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Aston Villa's Nicklas Helenius joins Aalborg on season-long loan

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Nicklas Helenius has returned to Aalborg on a season-long loan from Villa.

The Danish forward joined the claret and blues from the Superliga club for £1.2m last summer but has failed to make an impact.

He made just six appearances last season, scoring once in the 2-1 FA Cup defeat to Sheffield United in January.

Helenius' agent Mads Bach Lund had earlier claimed the 23-year-old was desperate to return home.

"Nicklas has one big wish: to return home with AaB. But he cannot wait indefinitely," he said.

"On Monday he will take training at Aston Villa and on Tuesday AaB start a training camp. The stay at Aston Villa has not gone as we hoped.

"There are various reasons which we want to keep to ourselves. But Nicklas has reached an age where he must play and it appears he is unlikely to at Aston Villa."