Future of Warnock under a Villa cloud
Stephen Warnock's Villa future remained in the balance today after boss Paul Lambert refused to be drawn on the defender's exclusion from their pre-season friendly against Werder Bremen.
Stephen Warnock's Villa future remained in the balance today after boss Paul Lambert refused to be drawn on the defender's exclusion from their pre-season friendly against Werder Bremen.
The left-back was left out of the Villa squad which travelled to Germany for a final warm-up match against the Bundesliga outfit which ended in a 3-3 draw.
Enda Stevens played in the position against Bremen for the majority of the game with midfielder Fabian Delph also given 25 minutes.
And despite being asked about the decision to leave Warnock behind, Lambert played his cards close to his chest.
"I decided to go with that squad that came over, and that's all there is to it," said Lambert.
"There's no update on Stephen Warnock or anything like that. It's just that that's the squad I chose to bring and that's all that I'll say about it really."
Lambert has already sold centre-back James Collins to West Ham for £2.5m and replaced him with Dutch international Ron Vlaar as Villa's defence is given a facelift.
He has also indicated that Villa are willing to listen to offers for right-back Alan Hutton and it now appears Warnock might not feature in his long-term plans.