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title: "Aston Villa: Gabby Agbonlahor reacts to Robin Olsen move"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/robin-olsen-signing-agbonlahor-praise-transfers-gerrard/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2022-06-12T17:05:39Z"
modified: "2022-06-12T17:05:39Z"
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# Aston Villa: Gabby Agbonlahor reacts to Robin Olsen move

**Former [Aston Villa](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/) forward Gabby Agbonlahor has waxed lyrical over the club’s [recent move](https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/june/04/villa-announce-olsen-signing/) for Robin Olsen on a permanent basis, as per [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/aston-villa-backed-to-sign-top-class-striker-as-crucial-deal-iagreed-agbonlahor/).**

### The Lowdown: Fourth summer signing

NSWE have already backed Steven Gerrard ahead of his first full season in charge by making [four](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/transfers/verein/405/saison_id/2022) signings so far. The most recent of those was Olsen, who – like Philippe Coutinho – converted his loan move into a permanent deal.

Villa [reportedly](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1532764549216194560) paid around €3.5m (£3m) for the Sweden international, with the club now [turning their attention](https://www.footballinsider247.com/aston-villa-ox-sources-liverpool/) to Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

### The Latest: Agbonlahor reacts to Olsen transfer

Agbonlahor, who contributes as a pundit for [Sky Sports](https://icdb.tv/stats/6750/Gabby-Agbonlahor), was talking to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/aston-villa-backed-to-sign-top-class-striker-as-crucial-deal-iagreed-agbonlahor/) regarding Villa’s business so far.

He described the club’s permanent move for Olsen as ‘crucial’, describing the goalkeeper’s performance on his [Villans debut](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61545115) against Manchester City last month as ‘very good’ .

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Agbonlahor said:

> “Sorting the goalkeeper out was crucial.
>
> “Martinez does travel a lot with Argentina, he says he suffered with jet lag this season (2021-22) and if your first-choice gets injured you want a second-choice who’s good enough, not one that you don’t trust.
>
> “I thought Olsen was very good against Man City. He was probably a bit nervous with his kicking but I’m sure that will come and it’s something Villa will be working on.”

### The Verdict: Good start…

As Agbonlahor mentions, bringing in Olsen on a full-time basis was a smart piece of business. Moves for Coutinho, Boubacar Kamara and Diego Carlos also appear to be exciting coups, with Villa’s summer expenditure so far just shy of [£50m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/transfers/verein/405/saison_id/2022).

Indeed, the Swedish stopper put in a decent display against City, making [two saves](https://www.sofascore.com/aston-villa-manchester-city/rP) on the day. Also, as Agbonlahor pointed out, first-choice ‘keeper Martinez was [frequently hopping across the Atlantic](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/emiliano-martinez/nationalmannschaft/spieler/111873/verein_id/3437) to play for Argentina throughout the season, so it would not be ideal for Gerrard to flog him remorselessly.

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[Reports](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-aston-villa-ready-to-smash-transfer-record-on-huge-signing-in-massive-new-spending-spree/) in recent months have claimed that NSWE are likely to spend more than £150m this summer and are expected to break their transfer record once again, so it could be an eye-catching few months following a positive start to the window as Gerrard looks to take Villa to the next level.

***In other news: [Gerrard set to axe £18m-rated Villa pair next after Targett; ‘very important’ Smith star may go](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/aston-villa-transfer-gossip-news-2/)***