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"Former outcasts Darren Bent, Charles N'Zogbia and Alan Hutton all look to be back in the fold at Aston Villa after Paul Lambert's change of heart.  &amp;nbsp; #453249984 / gettyimages.com  Aston Villa&amp;rsquo;s squad numbers for the coming season have been revealed and, while one wouldn&amp;rsquo;t otherwise read too much into the list, it does look like good news for three names at least. Darren Bent, Alan Hutton and Charles N&amp;rsquo;Zogbia all looked to be heading for the exit door at Villa this summer but, after being handed a second chance to impress in pre-season, all have been given respectable numbers for the coming campaign. Having once made up the core of the infamous &amp;lsquo;bomb squad&amp;rsquo; &amp;ndash; the name given to the overpaid and underperforming members of the Villa squad deemed surplus to requirements under Paul Lambert, it&amp;rsquo;s somewhat of a remarkable turnaround. Dropped from the side upon Lambert&amp;rsquo;s appointment in 2012, Bent was handed the number 39 shirt for the following campaign, before joining Fulham on a season-long loan, but his recent return to the setup has seen him bestowed with the more reasonable number 19. N&amp;rsquo;Zogbia, meanwhile, wasn&amp;rsquo;t even given a squad number last season after damaging his Achilles tendon during the summer break, with various fitness setbacks seeing him fail to make a single appearance in 2013-14. His form over the past few weeks, however, means he claims the number 28 shirt, which, although not the heralded number 10 he owned in 2012-13, should be seen as somewhat of a more positive sign going forward. The same was also true for Alan Hutton, who hasn&amp;rsquo;t worn a Villa kit in a first-team game since Lambert&amp;rsquo;s arrival, being sent out on loan spells to Nottingham Forest, Real Mallorca and Bolton Wanderers, in an attempt to lessen the blow of his &amp;pound;30,000-per-week wages. However, the Scottish international has so far proved one of the revelations of the club&amp;rsquo;s pre-season and, after taking on the number 21, could be in line to start at right-back for the club&amp;rsquo;s Premier League opener against Stoke. The other interesting point to note is that the number nine shirt has been left open for the moment, but it would be tenuous at best to suggest that means Villa are still in the market for another goalscorer. Whether Bent, N'Zogbia and Hutton are just back in the fold through sheer desperation is open to debate, considering the current financial situation at the club, but it does seem that all three are set to for surprise returns in 2014-15. 2014-15 squad list: 1 Brad Guzan 2 Nathan Baker 3 Joe Bennett 4 Ron Vlaar 5 Jores Okore 6 Ciaran Clark 7 Leandro Bacuna 8 Karim El Ahmadi 10 Andreas Weimann 11 Gabby Agbonlahor 12 Joe Cole 13 Jed Steer 14 Philippe Senderos 15 Ashley Westwood 16 Fabian Delph 17 Chris Herd 18 Kieran Richardson 19 Darren Bent 20 Christian Benteke 21 Alan Hutton 22 Gary Gardner 24 Aleksandar Tonev 27 Libor Kozak 28 Charles N&amp;rsquo;Zogbia 31 Shay Given 32 Janoi Donacien 34 Matt Lowton 35 Enda Stevens 36 Daniel Johnson 37 Callum Robinson SEE ALSO: Aston Villa fans react on Twitter to former outcast's goal - will he start this season?38 Graham Burke 40 Jack GrealishWill Bent, N'Zogbia and Hutton make an impact for Villa this season?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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