Aston Villa are transforming Dutch defender Arsenio Halfhuid into a lethal striker.

The former Excelsior defender helped himself to a hat-trick in the FA Youth Cup fifth round win over Millwall.

Villa youth boss Tony McAndrew told the club's website: "Arsenio came here as a centre-back but little bits in training showed he looks okay in front of goal.

"I just had a little gut feeling about it and then we tried it a couple of months ago and it seemed to work.

"We've had injury problems with strikers and Arsenio has done well to fill that gap and scored three fantastic goals."