Aston Villa suspend Gabriel Agbonlahor amid investigation

Gabriel Agbonlahor will not play for Aston Villa while the Premier League club carries out an internal investigation into his conduct.

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The forward was pictured appearing to hold a shisha pipe while on holiday in Dubai during the international break.

Agbonlahor, 29, will miss Saturday's game against Chelsea at Villa Park. Villa are bottom of the table and without a manager after Remi Garde left the club by mutual consent on Tuesday after 147 days in charge.

First-team coach Eric Black has taken over as acting manager until the club find a full-time replacement.

Villa are 12 points adrift of safety with seven games remaining. Former Leicester boss Nigel Pearson and ex-Manchester United and Everton manager David Moyes are among the names being tipped to replace Frenchman Garde, who won just two league games while in charge.