The 28-year-old striker missed the last three months of the 2001/12 season after undergoing ankle surgery.
Lambert said: 'Darren will be huge, absolutely huge. He's a goalscorer. Every team needs them. 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.'
Bent scored ten goals for Villa last season before sustaining injury in February. He joined the club in a deal worth £24million from Sunderland in January 2011.
July 9, 2012.
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