Oh what could have been at Villa Park. (Picture: Getty)

Former Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has revealed how he and other Villa officials narrowly missed out on signing three world-class strikers while he was in charge.

Villa, who are currently rock bottom of the Premier League, suffered a humiliating 6-0 defeat at the hands of Liverpool in their last league outing as supporters find themselves resigned to playing football in the Championship next season.

And if things couldn’t seem any worse for the Villa faithful, former boss Paul Lambert has revealed how the club missed out on world-class transfer targets in Romelu Lukaku, Wifried Bony AND Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.



‘I knew that the club needed big players to come in and we couldn’t go and get them. I remember speaking to [Romelu] Lukaku when I first went there,’ he told the Express.


‘I spoke to [Wilfried] Bony in one window. I actually spoke to an agent from France about [Pierre-Emerick] Aubameyang now at Dortmund. He was at St Etienne and we made contact.

‘It was players like that I wanted to try and bring in but we were never going to get them. It is a brilliant club but I always think a team that has won the European Cup should not be in the position it is in.’

Bony was later snapped up by Manchester City for £25m, Lukaku left Chelsea to join Everton in a £28m deal and Aubameyang, who is being targeted by Europe’s leading clubs, is the one of the hottest strikers in world football.

Ah well Villa fans, at least you still have Gabby!

Loves it. (Picture: Getty)