Gabby Agbonlahor once caused a storm after failing to turn up for an England Under-21s tournament, but insists it wasn’t his fault.
The former Aston Villa striker was 19-years-old at the time and had played his first full season for the club under boss Martin O’Neill.
After impressing for the Midlands club in the 2006/07 season, Agbonlahor was called up by boss Stuart Pearce for the U21 European Championship in the Netherlands.
Agbonlahor was named in Pearce’s initial 30-man party but missed a pre-tournament training camp in Spain, eventually losing his place to Everton’s James Vaughan.
“Martin O’Neill had agreed with me that I had played 40-something games and didn’t want me to go to the tournament. He said ‘I want you to rest and have a holiday’,” Agbonlahor told talkSPORT.
“But he didn’t tell Stuart Pearce and the Under-21’s.
“So I went to Dubai with my girlfriend at the time and I’m…
