Aston Villa have emerged as the club former Town trialist James Collins is likely to join.

Earlier today Blues manager Paul Hurst confirmed that the 35-year-old wouldn’t be returning to Town with whom he spent time training until he suffered a hamstring injury.

Stoke had appeared to be his destination, the Welshman having revealed he had spoken to the Potters at the weekend, however, according to The Telegraph, Collins has been invited to train with Villa once he has has returned to fitness with a view to a short-term deal.

The former Wales international was previously with Villa between 2009 and 2012.

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Toronto_Tractor added 20:30 - Sep 20 Prob for the best. The others need a good run in the team.
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wayway added 20:57 - Sep 20 They are probably paying him more than the minimum wage he was offered here
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leftie1972 added 21:38 - Sep 20 So who does the search go onto next?
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Warkys_Tash added 22:11 - Sep 20 Gone to whoever is paying the highest wages and that is not Town. NEXT.
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Chicago_Blue added 22:19 - Sep 20 Would have been a great addition, in my humble opinion.
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RobClark added 22:27 - Sep 20 Not unhappy about this, Saw hime quite a few times over the years at West Ham and he was dreadful.
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Pumpee1980 added 22:55 - Sep 20 The guy needs to make up his bloody mind or get a sat nav that works.....
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aas1010 added 23:05 - Sep 20 Time waster . Hope he gets injured badly
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shakytown added 01:36 - Sep 21 aas .that only happens when we sign them.
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ArnieM added 08:27 - Sep 21 Bring Wolf back. Give him some games players like Wark, Butcher, Mills all made senior appearances when young. Why keep sending out our youngsters for other clubs to benefit from then sign other clubs has been on high wages.
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Radlett_blue added 08:35 - Sep 21 An injury prone 35 year old who wanted high wages? Dodged a bullet there, I think. We have Chambers, Toto & Pennington, while Knudsen can play centre back (I won't mention Spence). We also already have a 30 man first team squad!
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IpswichToon added 09:20 - Sep 21 But you did mention Spence
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JewellintheTown added 10:24 - Sep 21 "Listen, don't mention the war!"
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Jonnosdreadlocks added 13:24 - Sep 21 Getting Woolfenden back would work if need be and swap Spence for Josh Emmanuel now.
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