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Yacouba Sylla, remember him?

The Aston Villa midfielder who has been shipped out on loan to Turkish side Kayseri Erciyesspo is currently starring in the Africa Cup Of Nations.

The Mali man produced a fine 90-minute performance in the 1-1 draw with Cameroon, even if this one rather unfortunate incident was caught on video for the internet generation to get hold of.

It's one of thoise 'nobody touched him' incidents that the Vine generation love to get hold of.

Clearly the Cameroon player didn't touch him, so what made Yacouba hit the deck?

The former Clermont Foot midfielder is contracted to Villa until summer 2016, he fell out of favour last season and found himself spending plenty of time on the bench, it was this that led to him leaving for first-team football.

But will he be back?

In an interview with France Football he appears to remain quite philosophical about his future:

"I did not want to travel to all four corners of England on the bench.

"Last season, I may have made mistakes, but I know I gave everything. That dark season with Aston Vila does not leave bad memories because we learn through the difficulty.

"I could not fall lower than last season but now I'm focused on the season in Turkey.

“Aston Villa is the club to which I belong, I always look out for their results. I left to come back stronger, but the truth of tomorrow is we do not know."