• Agbonlahor pictured apparently smoking a shisha pipe in Dubai • Club captain left out of Villa’s 4-0 home defeat by Chelsea

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Aston Villa will take no further action against Gabriel Agbonlahor after investigating his conduct on a recent trip to Dubai, the club have announced.

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Agbonlahor, the club’s longest-serving player, was omitted from the Villa squad for Saturday’s 4-0 home defeat by Chelsea while the club carried out their investigation into the conduct of the striker, who was pictured apparently smoking a shisha pipe during a recent holiday in Dubai.

A brief statement, tweeted by the club, read: “Aston Villa Football Club has completed its investigation into Gabby Agbonlahor’s trip to Dubai over the international break. The Club will be taking no further action.”

Micah Richards was also pictured with Agbonlahor but the defender was included against Chelsea with the Villa caretaker manager, Eric Black, stating: “It’s slightly different circumstances.”

Black made the call to remove Agbonlahor, the club captain, after the club’s new board, headed by the former Football Association chairman David Bernstein, launched an investigation.