Aston Villa striker Darren Bent believes the club will miss their now former assistant manager Roy Keane.

The Ireland assistant stepped down from his Villa role today after less than four months in the job, saying that combining the two roles had become untenable.

Bent, who joined Brighton on loan this week, experienced Keane's methods on the training ground.

The former England striker told Sky News: "What people most respected about him was that he told it and if you weren't playing well, he'd tell you. For me personally, he was fantastic for me. I had a lot of contact with him on a lot of aspects of the game and he'll be a sorry loss.