Former Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre expects forward trio Antony, Jadon Sancho and Alejandro Garnacho to at least reach double figures this season.
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Gabriel Agbonlahor has remarkably claimed only five Manchester United players would make the Aston Villa team.
The lifelong Villa fan is known for his 'hot takes' and controversial opinions and trotted out another belter this week. Despite Villa finishing 13 points behind United last season, he reckons more players from Unai Emery's side would make a combined team.
Agbonlahor's bias came shining through with the omission of Andre Onana, Raphael Varane, Casemiro and Mason Mount. Instead, he favoured Villa's men in those roles.
"I'm going the World Cup winner, best goalkeeper in the world, Martinez in goal," he told talkSPORT. "Left-back I'm going to go Luke Shaw, although [Alberto] Moreno is a very good player. [Lisandro] Martinez left-sided centre-back, Manchester United.
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"[Ezri] Konsa, I'm putting him right-sided centre-half. No [Raphael] Varane, no [Harry Maguire]. Right-back, [Aaron] Wan-Bissaka because I really like him, I'm not really fussed about my right-back being the best at crossing. No one gets past him.
"Midfield's quite simple for me. Casemiro's a very good player, not at the best in his career, he's not making my midfield. I've got Douglas Luiz, an outstanding player, and John McGinn.
"In front of them, in a free role, Fernandes. He has to be in there in front of [Emi] Buendia.
"Rashford on the left, I think that picks itself quite easily, Marcus Rashford. And then on the right, very easy, you've got Antony - he couldn't do anything last season, nothing. So I've got Diaby.
"I've
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