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Aston Villa are all set to welcome Sam Johnstone back to the club on loan next season after Jose Mourinho gave Steve Bruce the green light to re-sign the Manchester United goalkeeper, according to reports.

Johnstone was Bruce’s first signing back in January when he shipped out Italian Pierluigi Gollini off to Atalanta on an 18-month loan deal.

After a difficult start Johnstone became one of the best performers in the side as Villa won and kept clean sheets in seven of eight matches.

And now it looks like he’ll be heading back to B6 for a further year to aid Bruce’s plans for a promotion push.

With the news that he will have to raise his own transfer funds through player sales, loan signings are an option for Bruce in the coming window.