Aston Villa have elected not to renew deals with goalkeeper Andy Marshall, attacker Simon Dawkins and defender Eric Lichaj.

Aston Villa have agreed to let Darren Bent leave the club this summer, although it is doubtful they will be able to recover anything close to the £24m fee they paid Sunderland in January 2011.

£6 million, three managers and nine games later, Jean Makoun's time as an Aston Villa player has come to an end.

Aston Villa have enough to worry about without constant fretting over Belgian forward Christian Benteke leaving the club. Let's just concentrate on the good, shall we?

To the majority of Aston Villa fans, new signing Simon Dawkins is very much an unknown quantity. These are some thoughts on the former San Jose Earthquakes winger from an MLS obsessive.

Aston Villa's newest signing scored some pretty excellent goals in his two seasons with the San Jose Earthquakes. Here are five of the best.

Aston Villa have announced the signing of 25-year-old winger Simon Dawkins of Spurs, most recently on loan to the San Jose Earthquakes of MLS.

The club has confirmed that they are working on a loan deal for an MLS player, and it has been suggested that said player is Tottenham Hotspur product Simon Dawkins, currently on loan to the San Jose Earthquakes.

With Alan Hutton gone, Stephen Warnock remained as Aston Villa's last major player that would never see the pitch. It seems that he too may be headed away from Birmingham.

Midfielder Yacouba Sylla has put pen to paper on a three-and-a-half year deal with Aston Villa, and will be eligible to play against Everton at the weekend.