Career in Pictures: Chelsea defender Gary Cahill

Trotters time

A return to Villa in the Premier League was always part of the loan agreement with Sheffield United, but what happened next, was unexpected.

Come the end of January 2008, fellow top-flight side Bolton had agreed a deal with Villa to sign Cahill on a three-and-a-half-year deal.

He made his Trotters debut against Reading at the Madejski Stadium three days later, in Bolton’s 2-0 win.