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Matt Lowton is on the verge of moving to the Championship after agreeing to join Burnley on a three-year contract.

Lowton, like former team-mates Darren Bent and Andi Weimann, who have joined Derby, has decided to step down a level to kickstart his career.

Aston Villa have agreed a fee with Burnley; an initial £1 million which could rise to almost double that with adds ons.

It is just a matter of completing the finer details of the 26-year-old’s personal terms with the Turf Moor club.

Subject to that happening, Lowton is expected to have a medical with the newly relegated Clarets early next week.

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Lowton had offers from other Championship clubs, but believes Burnley represents his best chance of playing regularly and making a quick return to the Premier League.

The right-back was a virtual ever-present in his first season with Villa after arriving from Sheffield United in the summer of 2012.

But he has lost his place to Leandro Bacuna and Alan Hutton in the two campaigns since then and demoted to a bit-part role.

Lowton fell out of favour with former boss Paul Lambert and was deemed surplus to requirements by new manager Tim Sherwood.

The highlight of his time at Villa was his belting volley in a victory at Stoke towards the end of his first season.

He made 73 starts and nine substitute appearances in three years at Villa, scoring twice and had two years remaining on the four-year deal he signed in July 2013.

Lowton heads to Turf Moor as a replacement for Villa target Kieran Trippier, who opted to join Tottenham instead.

Weimann, whose opportunities have also been limited under Sherwood, joined Derby yesterday on a four-year deal, following fellow striker Bent from Villa Park to the iPro Stadium.