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Aston Villa outcast Aly Cissokho is set to sign on a season-long loan for Porto, the Birmingham Mail can reveal.

The 27-year-old flew to Portugal today to finalise a move and his exit is expected to be confirmed in the next 48 hours.

Cissokho starred at Estadio do Dragao back in 2009 before he earned a big-money move to French giants Lyon.

Former boss Paul Lambert signed the left-back from Valencia in a £3.5million deal to help ease the problems in that position.

Current manager Tim Sherwood does not see him as part of his plans for the future, though, and has been keen to offload him all summer.

Cissokho still has three-and-a-half years left on his Villa deal but if his loan is successful, Porto will consider a permanent move.

The Frenchman made 25 appearances for Villa last term but has played just 90 minutes of action this pre-season.

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