I moved to Aston Villa from West Brom due to unfulfilled promises

I moved to Aston Villa from West Brom due to unfulfilled promises

Curtis Davies, who was called up to the England squad while in the Premier League,

acknowledges that leaving West Bromwich Albion for Aston Villa in the summer of 2007 was a

“difficult” decision to make, but he believes that it was a local move that was ultimately justified.

Centre half Davies came to Albion from Luton Town in 2005,

and even though Premier League clubs already knew he was a great player,

he stayed at The Hawthorns after his first season of play.

Davies was officially named Albion’s captain the following year,

although he was forced to watch from the sidelines as the Baggies lost

the play-off final at Wembley due to an injury sustained in the closing stretch.

As a result, Davies was allowed to join Villa;

his brief transfer from B71 to B6 was made permanent for almost £8 million

the following summer on a loan arrangement.

Although it wasn’t well welcomed by Albion supporters,

it undoubtedly helped Davies’ career and brought him prominence as a

Three Lions player while he was playing for Martin O’Neill.

Regarding the transfer, Davies expressed his disappointment with Albion’s outcome.

Davies said that the story wasn’t the most satisfying part of his playing career and talked about

“broken promises” before to the transfer.

Despite this, he doesn’t regret his choice,

even though his tenure at Villa Park wasn’t without its challenges

due to a combination of tough competition and injuries.

“The way it happened made the move [from West Brom to Aston Villa] difficult,

” he stated, according to SkyBet.

“Although it wasn’t my best performance as a player,

it was difficult since I had also broken vows to myself.

Although I would have preferred to go with all the blessings, that didn’t work out.

“The relocation was a professional move in and of itself.

In the end, I was fortunate to transfer to a club that remained in Birmingham,

which spared me from having to start over and establish new acquaintances.

In addition, I was joining a team that had a core of talented, young English players.

Despite having only played nine games for Villa,

my selection in Fabio Capello’s inaugural 30-man England squad proved my decision was warranted.

That supported my action and the reason I took it.

Even after relegation and the heartbreak of losing to Derby in the play-off final a year later,

Davies, who will turn 39 in the spring,

is still playing in League One with Cheltenham Town.

He remembers his time at Albion with pride and a lot of enthusiasm,

especially when he was given the captain’s armband by

former Albion manager and midfielder Bryan Robson during a

Premier League match against Manchester United.

“Captaining the club at Old Trafford on Boxing Day 2005,

when I was 20 years old, was my favourite moment,

even though it wasn’t a great game,” he said. “Bryan Robson was the manager.

Growing up, I was a big Manchester United supporter, and on Christmas Day,

we travelled to Manchester, slept overnight, and had the team meeting.

Nigel Pearson turned to face the manager and asked,

“Have you told him yet?” once I realised I was playing.

I asked myself, what have I done? Turning around,

he [Bryan Robson] gave me the order to lead the squad out as captain.

“This is the Captain Marvel of England,

the former captain of Manchester United,

and he just appointed me captain of the team I grew up cheering for.

” My entire family was present on Boxing Day,

which made me feel really proud of myself.

I never looked back after that;

it was almost like confirmation that I could succeed if Bryan Robson thought I could.

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