The 29-year-old academy product has only made 15 Barclays Premier League appearances for the bottom club this season, and his future at Villa Park looks bleaker after Friday's announcement.
A tweet from Villa announced that Agbonlahor, who was pictured apparently smoking a shisha pipe during a recent holiday in Dubai, would not be involved in Saturday's early afternoon clash with Chelsea while an internal investigation into his behaviour is carried out.
Source: PA