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title: "Aston Villa: Gabby Agbonlahor reacts to Marvelous Nakamba injury"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-gabby-agbonlahor-reacts-to-marvelous-nakamba-injury/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2021-12-17T17:30:12Z"
modified: "2021-12-17T17:30:12Z"
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# Aston Villa: Gabby Agbonlahor reacts to Marvelous Nakamba injury

**Former Aston Villa man and now pundit Gabby Agbonlahor has been reacting to news on Marvelous Nakamba’s knee injury, [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/agbonlahor-aston-villa-hit-with-massive-blow-after-nakamba-crunch-talks-today/) report.**

### The Lowdown: Nakamba news

Nakamba had been a [regular](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/marvelous-nakamba/leistungsdaten/spieler/324882) under Steven Gerrard before he sustained the problem against Liverpool last weekend.

[News](https://theathletic.com/news/aston-villas-marvelous-nakamba-likely-to-miss-rest-of-the-season/WCyCyO0tpHU6/) then emerged hours before Villa’s 2-0 win over Norwich City on Tuesday evening that the holding midfielder may miss the rest of the season as a result.

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Villa will now [consider](https://theathletic.com/news/aston-villas-marvelous-nakamba-likely-to-miss-rest-of-the-season/WCyCyO0tpHU6/) signing a new midfielder in the [January transfer window](https://www.givemesport.com/1754870-january-transfer-window-2022-when-does-it-open-when-does-it-close-and-which-players-are-going-to-move) following the update on Nakamba, with the 27-year-old set to miss the Africa Cup of Nations with Zimbabwe.

### The Latest: Agbonlahor’s comments

Agbonlahor, who regularly features on [talkSPORT](https://icdb.tv/stats/6750/Gabby-Agbonlahor), was talking to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/agbonlahor-aston-villa-hit-with-massive-blow-after-nakamba-crunch-talks-today/) about Nakamba.

He labelled it as a ‘massive blow’ for Gerrard before calling on other players to ‘step in’.

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> “It’s a massive blow.
>
> “Steven Gerrard has played him a lot since he’s come in and he’s been outstanding, doing a great role.
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> “But this is football. It gives someone else a chance to step in. Can someone else come in and take the chance?
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> “Yes, it’s bad news but this is why you build a squad. Other players have got to step in.”

### The Verdict: Who comes in?

Gerrard has used [various](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/spielplan/verein/405) formations in his six games as Villa boss, with the last three all featuring three central midfielders.

John McGinn, Douglas Luiz and Jacob Ramsey were the [three](https://www.sofascore.com/team/football/aston-villa/40) who were used at Carrow Road, and the trio could be relied on heavily prior to the New Year.

Morgan Sanson and Carney Chukwuemeka are also [options](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/kader/verein/405) for Gerrard, so although losing Nakamba isn’t great news, at least the Villa boss should be able to deal with a busy festive period in midfield ahead of a possible addition in January.

***In other news: [‘A wind up?’ – Many Villa fans flock to ’embarrassing’ official news.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/aston-villa-fans-fume-at-manchester-united-ticket-details/)***