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Gabriel Agbonlahor reveals he became addicted to poker while Aston Villa as he was 'BORED' after training and claims a 'lot of players at the club' suffered from the same issue

Gabriel Agbonlahor has revealed he became addicted to poker when he played at Aston Villa and that several of his teammates suffered the same issue.

The former England striker told talkSPORT on Thursday that he started playing poker online due to being bored after returning home from training.

Players used to finish training at around 12:30pm-12:45pm during Martin O'Neill's five-year spell in charge of Villa, and some of them turned to online casinos to pass the time.

'I was on good money at Aston Villa at the time. It was more about being single with no kids and living with a couple of kids,' Agbonlahor said.