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Tony Xia has warned that Aston Villa are prepared to take a financial hit to get rid of some of last season's relegation flops.

Xia has become very active on Twitter and regularly responds to questions from the claret and blue faithful.

In a social media exchange with a supporter today he revealed the club would take a hardline approach towards unwanted players.

Xia was asked: "Is it possible to cancel contracts of players who played with no passion last year to help clear the squad?"

The Chinese businessman replied: "No way to cancel but to make him go even with losses is a must!"

It suggests that Villa will be looking to offload some of last season's failures either for a knock down price or by settling up the remainder of their contracts.

Gabby Agbonlahor, Leandro Bacuna, Joleon Lescott and Brad Guzan were among those who had a tense relationship with supporters as Villa dropped out of the Premier League last season.