Aston Villa will attempt to shift Gabby Agbonlahor’s mammoth £4million contract by offloading him to Major League Soccer.

Villa are ready to move Agbonlahor to an MLS expansion team in January as they bid to finally end his 16-year association with the club.

Agbonlahor has no future at Villa after being frozen out by manager Roberto Di Matteo and is training away from the first team with the under-23s.