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title: "Aston Villa face one major obstacle in transfer plans for Henri Lansbury"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2020/12/04/villa-want-to-sell-henri-lansbury-high-wages-problem/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2020-12-04T20:00:11Z"
modified: "2020-12-04T20:00:11Z"
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# Aston Villa face one major obstacle in transfer plans for Henri Lansbury

Ashley Preece of [Birmingham Live](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-january-transfer-window-19345470) has claimed that Aston Villa would like to sell [Henri Lansbury](https://readastonvilla.com/2020/10/27/lansbury-turns-down-payout-from-aston-villa-as-club-look-to-sell-him/) when the winter window opens but face one major obstacle – finding a suitor willing to match his lofty wages.

The 30-year-old is surplus to requirements at Villa Park, having been left out of this season’s [Premier League squad](https://www.premierleague.com/news/1869523) as Dean Smith [prefers](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/ausfallzeiten/verein/405) Douglas Luiz, Marvelous Nakamba, Ross Barkley, John McGinn and Conor Hourihane in midfield. However, selling Lansbury has proven difficult.

Preece wrote in [Birmingham Live](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-january-transfer-window-19345470) that the former England under-21 international earns £40,000-a-week at Villa, so clubs have been put off from making a move given his substantial salary.

Indeed, the club [couldn’t even agree](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-january-transfer-window-19345470) a mutual termination of his contract, so they could be stuck with Lansbury until his deal expires next summer unless he is willing to lower his demands.

### READ ASTON VILLA VERDICT

The former Arsenal man [joined](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/henri-lansbury/transfers/spieler/44794) Villa on a four-and-a-half-year deal in 2017 and has gone on to make [53 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/henri-lansbury/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/44794) in all competitions, scoring two goals and supplying nine assists.

Lansbury no longer commands even a place on the substitutes’ bench under Smith and has only featured in the Carabao Cup this season \[[Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/henri-lansbury/leistungsdaten/spieler/44794)\], so he desperately needs a move away from Villa.

***In other news, Ashley Preece drops exciting Aston Villa transfer hint over ‘first class’ former England star***