Aston Villa Transfers: 10 Goal-Scorers Lambert Should Break His Neck To Buy

7. Kris Commons

On paper, Commons would appear to be the biggest gamble of all of these suggestions: he's the wrong side of 30 and his successes in the past few seasons have been in an inferior league where competition simply isn't as taxing as the Premier league. But Commons knows exactly how to find the net and while he's not one for the long term, Villa need options right now and the need solutions to stop the rot before they run out of games and have to start thinking about building back up from zero. And even with as long a history as Villa have, they might just struggle to walk back into the Premier League if the worst happens.