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title: "‘Who?’, ‘Forgot about him’ – These Aston Villa fans react to Kalinic message"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2020/04/03/who-forgot-about-him-these-aston-villa-fans-react-to-kalinic-message/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Chris Gallagher"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2020-04-03T18:00:00Z"
modified: "2026-09-03T11:40:32Z"
---

# ‘Who?’, ‘Forgot about him’ – These Aston Villa fans react to Kalinic message

Aston Villa have made some forgettable signings in the past and Lovre Kalinic certainly falls into that category.

The keeper [arrived at Villa Park at the start of 2019](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46649332) and was expected to play a big part as the club looked to win promotion back to the Premier League.

As it turns out, the club achieved their goal of returning to the top-flight, although the Croatian didn’t do much, as he lost his place to Jed Steer just weeks after joining after a series of blunders.

Since then, several new keepers coming through the door pushed Kalinic further down the pecking order and [he eventually joined French side Toulouse on loan](https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2020/01/20/kalinic-departs-on-loan) in the January window.

Nevertheless, he remains on Villa’s books, so [the club sent out a tweet](https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1245969532994420737) to the stopper earlier today as he celebrates his 30th birthday.

> Happy birthday, Lovre Kalinić! 🥳 [#AVFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AVFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/z5O5Ksw3mw](https://t.co/z5O5Ksw3mw)
>
> — Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) [April 3, 2020](https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1245969532994420737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

It’s fair to say the message brought a lot of negative responses from the fans, who clearly don’t rate the giant keeper much at all.

Here we look at some of the comments…

> Forgot about him 😂
>
> — Tom Parker (@ThomasTParker) [April 3, 2020](https://twitter.com/ThomasTParker/status/1245970918075219969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/Villaboy93\_/status/1245977435490877440

> Happy birthday Lovre have a great day [#utv](https://twitter.com/hashtag/utv?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Sam 💕🦥💕 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@Sammy78avfc) [April 3, 2020](https://twitter.com/Sammy78avfc/status/1245973226095874049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Running out of things to post are we lads?
>
> — JoelAVFC (@JoelAvfc) [April 3, 2020](https://twitter.com/JoelAvfc/status/1245970294638088192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/avfcszn/status/1246005788952399872

https://twitter.com/KaiSims7/status/1246005019142488064

> Who?
>
> — Gennaro Savastano (@JohnDoe57109475) [April 3, 2020](https://twitter.com/JohnDoe57109475/status/1245994679876927489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)