With Aston Villa looking to solve their striker problem, they could do alot worse than re-signing Stoke City forward Peter Crouch.
As Aston Villa prepare for life without Jonathan Kodjia and Jordan Ayew as a result of the African Cup of Nations, fans are wondering who will provide the goals in his absence. Gabriel Agbonlahor played well against Cardiff but isn’t really known for his goalscoring, meanwhile Gestede is on his way out of the club to Premier League side Middlesbrough and Ross McCormack isn’t in the best of form.
So when it comes down to January transfers, there’s a veteran option on the table that may be of interest to the club – Peter Crouch. With the 35-year-old recently getting back to scoring ways for Stoke it would seem unlikely they would want to get rid of him, but given the money being thrown around in the Championship these days it wouldn’t be too surprising.
Aston Villa’s Jonathan Kodjia celebrates scoring their first goal
After all, Stoke are a team on the up in the Premier League and need to start looking to the future. In the form of Crouch and Walters they have two veteran forwards when they really should only be utilising one, meanwhile a move to Villa would give the Englishman a chance to rectify the one major stain on his career.
Stoke City’s Peter Crouch on the bench
The forward moved to Villa Park well over a decade ago but never really found his footing at the club. Now, in the back end of his career, Crouch could end up being the saviour they desire when it comes to firing them through this Kodjia-less period.
There’s alot of top youngsters available for Villa, but if you want a guaranteed goalscorer then enquiring about Crouchy is the way to go.
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