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Melbourne City sign Aston Villa's Ross McCormack

Experienced Scottish striker Ross McCormack has swapped Aston Villa for Melbourne City in the A-League.

McCormack, 31, moves to Melbourne in Australia as an injury-replacement player for captain Bruno Fornaroli ahead of the 2017-18 season, which gets underway next month.

City – bankrolled by the City Football Group – and new head coach Warren Joyce, formerly of Manchester United and Wigan Athletic, were on the hunt for a new striker following a serious ankle injury to leading marksman Fornaroli.

And it led them to 13-time Scotland international McCormack, who struggled to make an impact at Championship outfit Villa after arriving from Fulham, scoring just three goals since August 2016, while he also spent time on loan at Nottingham Forest.