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With Aston Villa seemingly keen to get Gabby Agbonlahor off their books, it appears his future might lie in the United States.

The Mail has revealed the exiled striker was considering a move to MLS to get his career up and running again.

The 29-year-old axed striker has no future at the club but will only agree to a move on his terms after rejecting a deadline day loan switch to Reading.

But a move to the United States could mean a new American Dream for Gabby - and he would be in good company when it comes to West Midlands footballers.

Former professionals from West Brom, Wolves, Villa and Birmingham City have made the move State-side.

Here, we celebrate them with our Midland MLS XI.

Midlands Mavericks FC's starting XI

1 Bill Hamid

2 Nigel Reo-Coker

3 Michael Bradley

4 Liam Ridgewell

5 Zat Knight

6 Matt Watson

7 Obafemi Martins

8 Robbie Keane

9 Rob Earnshaw

10 Luke Moore

11 Giles Barnes

Other transatlantic stars who played in the West Midlands and MLS include Villa’s Colombian hitman Juan Pablo Angel, Albion duo Danny Dichio and Sherjill MacDonald and Wolves’ Paul Dougherty and Tomasz Frankowski.

Former Wolves youth Jonny Steele spent four years at the top of the US game with Vancouver Whitecaps, Salt Lake City and New York Red Bulls before moving to Australian outfit Newcastle United Jets.

Brummie and Redditch United man Kyle Patterson enjoyed a brief spell with David Beckham’s LA Galaxy in 2009.