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Steve Bruce has admitted that Libor Kozak is likely to depart Aston Villa in the coming January transfer window.

Kozak has only featured twice this season and hasn’t played a first team match since August’s defeat at Bristol City.

The Czech Republic international arrived at Villa Park in 2013. Bad luck with injuries and managers not favouring him has seen him make just 20 appearances for Villa, scoring four goals.

His last goal for Villa came in a 2-1 defeat to Stoke City almost three years ago.

And Bruce thinks the 27-year-old striker might need to find a new environment to bring him a change in fortune.

“Certainly Kozak needs to go and play somewhere. He’s been fit for the last four or five weeks. He scored twice in the under-23s at Stoke on Saturday.” Bruce said.

“To be fair to the boy, he’s just got himself back training and fit. It’s been a disaster and maybe a change of scenery for him is probably inevitable.

“He needs to go and play football so if we could get a home for him to go and play football, that would probably be good.”