{"id":452978,"date":"2011-07-04T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/04\/west-ham%e2%80%99s-thomas-hitzlsperger-keen-on-aston-villa-return-report\/"},"modified":"2011-07-04T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T09:55:00","slug":"west-hams-thomas-hitzlsperger-keen-on-aston-villa-return-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/west-hams-thomas-hitzlsperger-keen-on-aston-villa-return-report\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham\u2019s Thomas Hitzlsperger keen on Aston Villa return &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>4 Jul 2011 10:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.5952380952\">\n<div readability=\"13.6237623762\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thomas Hitzlsperger of West Ham(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/106100\/106153_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thomas Hitzlsperger of West Ham(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"20.9039145907\"><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/germany\/1185\/thomas-hitzlsperger\">Thomas Hitzlsperger<\/a> is keen on leaving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/374\/west-ham-united\">West Ham<\/a> to rejoin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a>, according to <em>Press Association Sport<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Germany international began his senior career at Villa, making 99 appearances between 2001 and 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Hitzlsperger only joined the Hammers last summer but spent the first half of the campaign on the sidelines after picking up an injury during pre-season, limiting him to only 11 appearances for the London club as they suffered relegation.<\/p>\n<p><span>A source close to Hitzlsperger said: &#8220;Thomas wants to go back to Villa. He enjoyed some great times there.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The midfielder was quoted to say that he would<\/span> <span>&#8220;one day like to return to the club&#8221; when he left Villa in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alex McLeish&#8217;s side face competition from Fulham, Blackburn and Stoke to sign the 29-year-old.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/04\/2559851\/west-hams-thomas-hitzlsperger-keen-on-aston-villa-return\" title=\"West Ham\u2019s Thomas Hitzlsperger keen on Aston Villa return - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Ham\u2019s Thomas Hitzlsperger keen on Aston Villa return &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 4 Jul 2011 10:55:00 Thomas Hitzlsperger of West Ham(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . Thomas Hitzlsperger is keen on leaving West Ham to rejoin Aston Villa , according to Press Association Sport . The Germany international began his senior career at Villa, making 99 appearances between 2001 and 2005. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Ham\u2019s Thomas Hitzlsperger keen on Aston Villa return - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/04\/west-hams-thomas-hitzlsperger-keen-on-aston-villa-return-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"West Ham\u2019s Thomas Hitzlsperger keen on Aston Villa return - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"4 Jul 2011 10:55:00 Thomas Hitzlsperger of West Ham(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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