Del aims for 5-start show.Byline: Mat Kendrick UNDERSTUDY striker Nathan Delfouneso Nathan Delfouneso (born February 2, 1991 in Tyseley, Birmingham) is a professional football (soccer) player who currently plays for Aston Villa in the FA Premier League, as a striker. has set his sights on stepping out of the shadows to make five Premier League starts for Villa this season. Delfouneso has yet to be handed his full top-flight debut by manager Martin O'Neill and has been restricted to cameo appearances from the bench. But, after starting in a string of cup ties last season, the 18-year-old is confident of forcing his way into O'Neill's Premier League XI later this term. "I just want to get in the team and play more," said Delfouneso, who agreed a contract extension earlier this month. "I want to become a regular. That's my next goal. "It would be my main target to get my first Premier League start and after that it's got to be my aim to try to start at least five Premier League games this season." O'Neill has underlined how highly he rates Live Villa Webchat Join reporter Mat Kendrick for a live Villa webchat at 1pm tomorrow. Just log on at www. birminghammail.net Dlfouneso by preferring to send experienced frontman front·man n. 1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority. 2. Music A leading singer with a group. Marlon Harewood Marlon Anderson Harewood (born August 25, 1979 in Hampstead, England) is an English footballer of Barbadian origin who plays as a forward for Aston Villa. He started his career at Nottingham Forest, had a successful spell on loan to FC Haka before joining West Ham United in 2003 out on loan rather than the academy youngster. And the England Under-19 international is convinced he will continue to progress at Villa Park after pledging his future to the club until the summer of 2012. "I'm happy to have got a new deal," said Delfouneso, who has made substitute appearances against Wigan Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. and Bolton in the league this season. "Hopefully it's the start of what I want to be trying to achieve and I can move on from here. "The gaffer has seen enough in me to offer me a contract and wants to look at it and hopefully put me in the team and take it from there. "I've learned loads since I was 16 or 17 and I first started to train and to travel with the team. Hopefully I can learn even more as I go along." Delfouneso believes he and his fellow Bodymoor Heath graduates can follow in the first-team footsteps of his Brummie predecessor Gabby gab·by adj. gab·bi·er, gab·bi·est Slang Tending to talk excessively; garrulous. gab  bi·ness n. Agbonlahor.
"There's a lot of youngsters in and around the fringes of the team, so it seems like he's looking at everyone," he added. "Hopefully I can impress more and play more. "People like Gabby have come through the academy and done well, so it's got to be the aim of all of us young boys to follow what he's done." CAPTION(S): Ready to step up: Villa striker Nathan Delfouneso. |
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