Curtis Davies has backed Gabby Agbonlahor and Ashley Young to impress England supremo Fabio Capello as a quartet of Villa players gear up for the friendly with Germany.

The central-defender is full of praise for his attacking team-mates, who have been driving opposition defences crazy all season.

"Gabby has terrific pace, first and foremost but he's not just fast - he's also powerful.

"You see some people who are fast but they get knocked off the ball easily. When Gabby's running with the ball he's still strong enough to hold you off at the same time.

"Ashley can put a ball where he wants it - he's got unbelievable delivery. And if you check his Villa stats I think he creates or scores a goal every other game.

"The gaffer likes to buy English - he's signed me, Nigel Reo-Coker, Ashley Young and James Milner. And we've got Craig Gardner in the under-21s too.

"Hopefully we can push on with Villa and perhaps all break into the England team."

Davies also revealed his first memory of the traditional rivalry of England v Germany was the Euro 96 semi-final defeat at Wembley Stadium.

"That's the first one I can remember," he revealed. "It was a massive game and I remember the chances we missed.

"Obviously being in England we really didn't want to lose to the Germans. I was devastated.

"My fondest memory would be the 5-1 win in Munich. We went down 1-0 early and you're thinking 'here we go again'. But the lads dug in and got the goals for us."