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Villa sign forward Traore from Lyon for 18 million euros

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Olympique Lyonnais v AS Saint-Etienne - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - March 1, 2020 Olympique Lyonnais' Bertrand Traore in action REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

(Reuters) - Aston Villa have signed Burkina Faso international Bertrand Traore from Olympique Lyonnais for 18.4 million euros (16.88 million pounds) plus up to 2.2 million euros in incentives, the Ligue 1 club announced on Monday.

Traore, 25, made 126 appearances for Lyon and scored 33 goals after his arrival from Chelsea in 2017.

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