John Carew Aston Villa, striker Age 31 'Oh John Carew, Carew. He’s bigger than me and you. He’s gonna score one or two, John Carew, Carew.' Villa fans were pretty taken by the Norway centre-forward and his first three seasons at the club saw him strike up a productive partnership with Gabriel Agbonlahor. He is adept at linking the play and can terrorise defenders with his heading ability but he scored only once in 20 games for Villa and Stoke last season and fell out of favour with Gérard Houllier, who swapped him for Milan Baros in 2007, when he was the Lyon manager. Out of contract and needs to stop relying on his size to find a way back from turning himself into Carsten Jancker

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