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Kieran King

Richard Keys blames Steven Gerrard for causing "trouble" at Aston Villa

Steven Gerrard has caused trouble at Aston Villa by taking the captaincy off Tyrone Mings and dropping him from the club's starting XI.

That's an opinion held by Richard Keys, who believes Gerrard has made a mistake with his decision to replace Mings by handing the armband to new skipper John McGinn. The former was not included in the Villa side to face Bournemouth on Saturday, with Diego Carlos and Ezri Konsa preferred, while Calum Chambers appears to be deemed as third choice centre-back.

Mings has fallen out of favour at Villa following a string a below-par performances towards the back end of last season and he has since been linked with a move away from the club. The player did not feature as Villa were beaten 2-0 at Bournemouth thanks to goals from Jefferson Lerma and Kieffer Moore.

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