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title: "Villa midfielder completes move to Serie A side"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2017/07/25/villa-midfielder-completes-move-serie-side/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Sheldon Muchmore"
section: "Aston Villa Transfer News"
published: "2017-07-25T21:06:28Z"
modified: "2017-07-25T22:07:03Z"
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# Villa midfielder completes move to Serie A side

Aston Villa midfielder Jordan Veretout has [completed](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-jordan-veretout-fiorentina--13382258) a move to Serie A side Fiorentina.

The Frenchman signed for Villa from Nantes for £7 million pounds in 2015, but he had a torrid time with the Birmingham-based club, making just 29 appearances over the course of two years. Veretout spent the whole of last season on loan with St. Etienne, where he scored 5 goals in 43 appearances.

The Ligue 1 side were showing interest in acquiring Veretout’s services permanently, but the Viola swooped in before they had the chance of completing a deal.

Veretout has signed a 4-year deal with the team from Florence, and he will now be reunited with Carlos Sanchez, with whom he played alongside during Villa’s catastrophic 2015/16 Premier League campaign. The Colombian completed his own permanent move earlier in the summer for £2.55 million.

It is believed that Villa will receive around £6.25 million plus add-ons for the midfielder, meaning that they will at least get back most, if not all, of what they paid for him.