Petrov is the “iron man”!

The Former captain of Bulgaria and Aston Villa Stilian Petrov announced his decision to resume his career for The Villains. He was diagnosed with leukaemia and was forced to retire four years ago. However, Stan managed to recover from the insidious disease and is now keen to win back his place in professional football.

Although on 5 July will turn 37 years, Stan believes he can regain his best form. He has been training with the youth team of Aston Villa for several months. When Petrov just recovered from his illness, he was 120 kg. Now, he is 90 kg. – just 4 more than in 2012.

“People may have doubts in me. They might be asking a lot of questions. But I’ve always believed that if you work hard, you will find your best shape again. My present physical condition is close to this from the moment I gave up. We’ll see what is going to happen,” Stiliyan Petrov said.

Aston Villa have already lost their place in The Premier League and the club will play in The Championship for the next season. But, this is not important for the former Aston Villa’s captain Petrov, who loves Aston Villa and hopes he can help his favourite team. He was a centre midfielder and scored 12 goals in 218 appearances for The Lions in all competitions (2006 – 2012).

“I am very happy for Stiliyan. I wish him all the best. I don’t know if you know, but we know each other from the youth national team and we have kept in touch for 20 years. I’m really happy for him. After all, he has been through, it is very inspiring news. Cool! I wish him to return to the national team. You can be sure that the doors are wide open for him. I can only be happy with such news. I congratulate him and his family and wish him good luck with Aston Villa,” Ivaylo Petev, the head coach of Bulgaria, said in an interview.

The Aston Villa’s fans will organize a new initiative in support of the former Villains’ captain Stiliyan Petrov. The idea is that in the remaining matches in the Premier League until the end of the season the fans will cheer their favourite player. This will happen in the 19th minute of the games against Watford, Newcastle United and Arsenal.

“I’m shocked that no representative of the club hasn’t welcomed the news of Petrov. Stan do not even have to ask if he could play again for us. Come on, Villa, give a response to Petrov! We all want him back in the game! I’ll cry like a little baby if I see again Stiliyan wearing the Aston Villa’s shirt,” one of the fans said.