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Ron Vlaar remains a major doubt for Aston Villa's clash with Arsenal on Saturday.

The claret and blues skipper is still struggling with a calf injury and looks set to miss out.

As a result Nathan Baker is expected to keep his place in the side alongside Philippe Senderos at the heart of defence.

Meanwhile Christian Benteke has almost completed his first full week of training unscathed.

He will not be rushed back into the match-day squad and is still a few weeks away from selection.

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The star striker stepped up the intensity in today's session and boss Paul Lambert admits it's a huge boost having it back with the group.

“It’s massive (seeing him back in training) and massive for himself," said the boss

"He's trained all week with no adverse reaction.

"Now he's got to work hard to get himself fully fit."