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Aston Villa’s shirt-printing issues will be resolved before the start of the season as the club continue to deal with a frenzy following the arrival of John Terry.

An incredible 79 per-cent of sales have included the new club captain’s surname which has led to a shortage of letters on the printing desk at the Villa Park club shop.

With sales of merchandise also increasing by 50 per-cent compared to this time last summer, staff have been flat out preparing shirts for the new season.

In recent days some supporters have faced difficulties getting the names of their favourite players emblazoned on shirts as the letter ‘R’ is no longer available.

A similar problem happened at Manchester United when Angel Di Maria was signed back in 2014 as supporters were desperate for his surname on their shirt.

Villa have confirmed, however, that stock will be fully replenished by the end of the week and that supporters will then be able to receive the normal printing service.

Some fans have lost patience, though, and today tweeted owner Tony Xia with their problems.

He responded to one supporter with the following tweet:

“I will pass your ‘warning’ to the dept. managers as I could be ‘dangerous’ #xiaout if they can’t sort this ®problem out @AVFCSupport ”

The Birmingham Mail understands that the reason for the shortage is because the club shop were not prepared for such a high amount of sales following the capture of Terry, the new skipper.

With his surname featuring a double ‘R’ and also local lad Jack Grealish proving another popular choice, the club have now had to order more letters in advance of the busy days ahead.

On Saturday the club shop recorded it’s biggest day trading for more than five years and the club are expecting another huge turnout when Villa take on Hull City this weekend.

Villa’s away shirt has proved to be the more popular choice this time around, outselling the traditional-looking claret and blue home strip.

Terry’s popularity levels have also soared higher than the likes of Christian Benteke and Fabian Delph, players who were firm fans favourites in years gone by.

He will wear his traditional No.26 this season and the rest of the squad numbers will be announced later this week.