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title: "Young Villa striker sent out on loan for the rest of the season"
canonical: "https://readastonvilla.com/2019/01/31/young-villa-striker-sent-out-on-loan-for-the-rest-of-the-season/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Sheldon Muchmore"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2019-01-31T21:54:01Z"
modified: "2019-01-31T21:54:38Z"
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# Young Villa striker sent out on loan for the rest of the season

Aston Villa have sent a number of their young players out on loan to League 1 and League 2 clubs today, with Harry McKirdy being the latest to leave Villa Park for the rest of the season.

The promising 21-year-old striker, who started his career at Stoke before he moved to Villa in 2011, has been [loaned out to Newport County](https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/17401070.aston-villa-youngster-harry-mckirdy-joins-newport-county-on-loan/) in League 2.

McKirdy, unlike a number of his fellow young Villains, is yet to make his debut for Villa’s senior side and this will be his third stint in the fourth tier of English football – he has previously spent time as Stevenage and Crewe Alexandra.

During his time at Stevenage (the first half of the 2016/17 season), McKirdy made 13 appearances and scored 1 goal. While he was at Crewe (the second half of last season), he made 16 appearances and scored 3 goals.

The youngster will know that 4 goals in 29 appearances is not that great, and he will be desperate to bang in the goals for Newport to show Dean Smith what he is capable of.