Aston Villa: Gabby’s new ‘pecs’ cause a stir
Sep 17 2009 by Lisa Smith, Birmingham Mail
STILIYAN Petrov claims team-mate Gabby Agbonlahor’s new “pecs appeal” may be striking fear into the heart of Premier League opponents but his obsession with his new body-beautiful is incurring the wrath of his Villa team-mates.
Agbonlahor has spent the summer working out in the gym to add strength to his pace up front.
But his skipper claims there are times when the players have to tell him to stop posing as he walks around the dressing room showing off his new physique.
Agbonlahor used his new-found power to get on the end of a John Carew flick-on to steal the bragging rights in the Second City derby with Blues on Sunday but Petrov says, behind the scenes, his stature is the mirth of the locker room.
“Gabby is a very big player for us and we know how important he is for our team,” said Petrov.
“But we do have to tell him to put a top on when he starts flexing his muscles in the dressing room.
“But, seriously, he is confident with his body and his form and it shows in his game.”
Petrov added: “He is outmuscling people and you can see how easy it is for him to do that now.
“You can see that he has built up his upper body strength.”
The Bulgarian international believes Agbonlahor is focused on improving all the time.
“That’s what you want to see when a young player takes it to the next level and wants to improve more and more and that’s what Gabby wants to do,” said Petrov.
