Agbonlahor savages Man Utd naming only two players in combined Aston Villa XI
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Ex-Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor risked the wrath of Manchester United fans after updating his combined XI between the two squads. At the beginning of the Premier League season, the pundit claimed that only five members of the Red Devils’ squad would make Villa’s starting team and has now cut that number down.
In August, Agbonlahor said that Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martinez, Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford would be the only United players who could start for Villa – but just the last two now remain. He returned to talkSPORT to update that combined XI with Unai Emery’s side in fifth place, four points and three places better off than the Red Devils.
“My team now, I have taken some Manchester United players out,” Agbonlahor said. “So I have got Martinez in goal, I have got Matty Cash at right-back. [Esri] Konsa, has been outstanding at centre-half with [Pau] Torres. Left-back I have got [Lucas] Digne, not even my first-choice left-back, [Alex] Moreno is injured!
“Midfield I have gone Douglas Luiz, John McGinn and [Boubacar] Kamara. On the left I have gone Rashford and cutting in from the right is Bruno Fernandes, and [Ollie] Watkins up front.”
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The analysis comes at a time when United have struggled to maintain the positive momentum from the previous year, despite three wins in a row they have been rescued by some unlikely names in Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Andre Onana who have been lambasted this season by a section of the fanbase.
Despite not picking him in the combined XI, Agbonlahor believes that Maguire is owed an apology by United fans after his recent performances. The England defender has found himself back in Erik ten Hag’s plans and scored the only goal of the game to secure the Red Devils’ first Champions League win of the campaign on Tuesday against Copenhagen.
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“First of all I would like to say that a lot of Manchester United fans owe Harry Maguire an apology,” Agbonlahor said. “What he has been through, he has had fans booing him, he’s been away on pre-season tours and you have got sheep booing him, sheep fans that don’t have a clue about football booing him.
“He has got through it and said: ‘No I am not going to leave, I want to play for Manchester United’. Easier for him to say: ‘I’ll go to West Ham, get a deal through, no. I am going to stay here and I am going to fight for my position’.”
Agbonlahor’s combined United and Villa XI in full: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Douglas Luiz, McGinn, Kamara; Fernandes, Watkins, Rashford.
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