Lambert responds to Darren Bent claim

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has hit back at claims from record signing Darren Bent, insisting his decision to let the striker leave on loan was “nothing personal”.

The 30-year-old former England international was out of favour at Villa Park this season four years after arriving from Sunderland in a club-record £24m deal, making only eight appearances for the Premier League side - seven of them as a substitute.