Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert is supremely confident that Darren Bent will be back to his best next season.
The 28-year old striker was sidelined for around three months last season because of an ankle injury but new Villa boss Lambert is expecting him to be fit and firing by the beginning of the next campaign.
"Darren will be huge, absolutely huge. He's a goalscorer. Every team needs them," Lambert told the club's official website.
"You can't just rely on one guy to score you the goals, but his influence at the football club is huge as a result of what he has done in his football career up to now.
"He had a fabulous goalscoring record at Sunderland and if you look at it, his goalscoring career here is phenomenal.
"For England too, he is a threat. He would have gone to the Euros no problem if he had been fit.
"It is a big plus for us to have him fit."
