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Aston Villa's Jordan Amavi ruled out for season with ruptured ACL

Aston Villa defender Jordan Amavi has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

Amavi, 21, picked up the injury on Thursday night playing for France under-21s against Northern Ireland in a European qualifying fixture.

A statement read: "Everyone at the Club wishes Jordan a speedy recovery and we look forward to seeing him back on a football pitch as soon as possible."

The left-back was injured after making a challenge in the second half of the European U21 qualifier in Guingamp and was taken to hospital before undergoing scans on Friday.

Losing Amavi is a significant blow to new Villa boss Remi Garde, who replaced Tim Sherwood earlier this month.

Amavi has made 12 appearances since joining from Nice in the summer and was recalled by Garde for his first game in charge as Villa drew 0-0 with Manchester City immediately prior to the international break.

That result ended a run of seven straight league defeats for Villa but they remain rooted to the foot of the Premier League standings and five points adrift of safety.

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