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title: "Championship trio eye moves for Gardner"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ryan Darby"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2018-08-04T18:44:33Z"
modified: "2018-08-04T18:44:33Z"
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# Championship trio eye moves for Gardner

Three Championship teams are considering moves for Gary Gardner with West Brom, Queens Park Rangers and Bolton all vying for his signature.

[According to Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11461339/aston-villas-gary-gardner-a-target-for-west-brom-qpr-and-bolton), the Championship trio are all interested in the midfielder.

Garnder has come through the ranks at Villa Park but has struggled to fulfil the potential he once had.

The midfielder has become something of a serial loanee and spent time at Barnsley on loan last season.

![Nathan Stirk/Getty Images Sport](https://production-354f.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/08/619214120.jpg)

Gardner would go on to make 14 appearances in all competition for Barnsley in the Championship.

He has also endured spells on loan at Nottingham Forest, Brighton, Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry previously in his career.

At the age of 26, Gardner may be looking to nail down a regular place at a club, after finding regular football hard to come by at Villa Park.

He did feature 26 times in the Championship during the 2016-17 season but has since fallen out of favour at his boyhood club.