Aston Villa fans have been gushing on Twitter over recently posted footage of former Villan Christian Benteke.
This comes after Villa fan Twitter account @leelloyd_AV shared a post on their page that contained a compilation video of Benteke’s highlights as a Villa player.
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This post then gathered a lot of replies from Villa fans who were delighted with seeing their former man in action for the club again.
Here’s a sample of Villa fans responding to the post:
https://twitter.com/leelloyd_AV/status/1241336585041387521
Absolute monster
At his best
He was one of the best— Captain Jack. (@CJ7891234) March 21, 2020
Ridiculously good player for the Villa.
— crowiejnr (@crowiejnr) March 21, 2020
quite simply.. my favourite villa striker of all time – quite simply brilliant
— Matthew Rose (@M91_rose) March 22, 2020
The striker first signed for the Birmingham club back in 2012 from Belgian club KRC Genk for a fee of £7.92 million (per Transfermarkt). During his time at Villa, before leaving for a big-money move to Liverpool in 2015, Benteke scored 49 goals and provided 12 assists in 101 appearances for the club. Now that this video of Benteke’s highlights at Villa has been doing the rounds on Twitter, this quickly caught the attention of a lot of Villa fans.
Elite ??
— ??? ?????? ? (@BenAVFC98) March 21, 2020
Different animal then, nowhere near as good he was for villa when he left.
— David o mahony (@Davidomahony18) March 21, 2020
He was excellent for us
— richard asson (@AssonRichard) March 21, 2020
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Given the number of goals that Benteke scored whilst at the club, it’s no surprise that these Villa fans have been reflecting on the striker with such admiration.