Aston Villa's Premier League squad list highlights lack of depth as club name only 23 senior players
Sep 2 2010 by Mat Kendrick, Birmingham Mail
Villa’s senior squad includes midfielders Isaiah Osbourne and Moustapha Salifou, who have barely played in the last few seasons, along with over-21 academy graduates Eric Lichaj and Jonathan Hogg, who made their competitive debuts last month.
Stephen Ireland is the only new arrival during the summer after being an £8 million makeweight in the £26 million deal that took James Milner to Manchester City.
Nicky Shorey, Wilfred Bouma, Marlon Harewood and Stephen O’Halloran have also left to join Albion, PSV Eindhoven, Blackpool and Coventry respectively.
Players loaned to Football League clubs cannot be replaced in the squads, but can regain their spot on return to parent club. The rules apply only to Premier League matches, not FA Cup or League Cup action.
Changes can be made to the squad when the transfer window reopens in January.
SQUAD: Brad Friedel, Brad Guzan, James Collins, Carlos Cuellar, Curtis Davies, Habib Beye, Richard Dunne, Eric Lichaj, Stephen Warnock, Luke Young, Stewart Downing, Jonathan Hogg, Stephen Ireland, Isaiah Osbourne, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Moustapha Salifou, Steve Sidwell, Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor, John Carew, Emile Heskey.
UNDER 21 (contract and scholars): Marc Albrighton, Nathan Baker, Barry Bannan, Calum Barrett, Joshua Barton, Durrell Berry, Richard Bryan, Graham Burke, Courtney Cameron, Samir Carruthers, Ciaran Clark, James Collins jnr, Matthew Coton, Darious Darkin, Ellis Deeney, Nathan Delfouneso, Fabian Delph, Daniel Devine, Michael Drennan, Calum Flanagan, Harry Forrester, Gary Gardner, Arsenio Halfhuid, Christopher Herd, Sebastien Jenkins, Daniel Johnson, Jason Lampkin, Shane Lowry, Ebby Nelson-Addy, Elliott Parish, Benjamin Siegrist, Andra Steiber, Connor Taylor, Charles Ward, Andreas Weimann, Derrick Williams.
