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Christian Benteke hopes a musical tribute from a singing supporter will inspire him to spark an Aston Villa revival.

Villa fanatic Alex Davis, from Halesowen, became a YouTube favourite when we highlighted his brilliant Benteke chant on the Birmingham Mail's Villa Facebook page.

Alex travelled to watch the 1-1 draw with Burnley on Saturday and was filmed on the train singing a Benteke song to the tune of the Lion Sleeps Tonight.

The chant includes the lyrics: "There was a striker, a Belgian striker called Christian Ben-tek-e. There was a striker, a Belgian striker called Christian Ben-tek-e."

Instead of the traditional 'Wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh, wimoweh' Alex belts out 'Ben-teke, Ben-tek-e, Ben-teke, Ben-tek-e'.

As thousands of Villa fans watched the clip, it even came to the attention of Benteke himself who returns for Tuesday's trip to Crystal Palace after serving a three-match ban.

Posting on his official Twitter page @bentekechris20, the talisman striker tweeted: "Thanks for the new song, hopefully it will help me score & help the team #leggo #AVFC"

Asked about his moment of fame, Alex laughed and said: "Ha ha, I'm glad to hear I have lightened the mood for the fans.

"It's been crazy, my phone's been going mental from the moment I woke up!

"There's not much to be happy about at Villa right now, but you can't have a bad away day when it's a 3 o'clock kick off and there are 4,000 Villa fans there."

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