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Carlos Sanchez departs Aston Villa for Fiorentina loan

Aston Villa midfielder Carlos Sanchez
Image: Carlos Sanchez will spend the 2016/17 season in Italy

Aston Villa midfielder Carlos Sanchez has joined Fiorentina on a season-long loan deal.

The Serie A club also have an option to buy the 30-year-old Colombia international at the end of the 2016/17 campaign.

Sanchez has made 55 appearances for Villa and scored one goal since joining them for £4.7m from Spanish side Elche in August 2014.

However, he did not even make the bench for Villa's 1-0 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday in their Sky Bet Championship opener on Sunday and has now been deemed surplus to requirements by new boss Roberto Di Matteo.

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Sanchez, who was signed by former Villa manager Paul Lambert, has two years remaining on his contract at Villa Park.

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