Cleared Drobny set for Villa trial

Czech defender Vaclav Drobny will be looking forward to a stress-free trial with Aston Villa after a traumatic 2003/04 campaign during which he tested positive for morphine.

Drobny, who David O’Leary will watch at close quarters during Villa’s tour of Sweden later this month, was cleared of a doping offence last December despite the painkilling drug appearing in a random post-match test.