But he is poised to agree a short-term deal with the strugglers, possibly until the end of the season, and will make his return to the game in the Midlands.
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The coach turned down the chance to be Steve McClaren’s assistant at Newcastle in the summer.
The 21-year-old suffered the injury on Thursday night playing for France Under-21s against Northern Ireland in an European qualifying fixture.
The 26-year-old dropped back into the Championship with the Super Hoops last season, and despite serious interest from a host of Premier League clubs he remains in the second tier with the London side.
Jack Grealish and Gary Gardner have sent messages of sympathy to Jordan Amavi after the Aston Villa full-back was ruled out for the rest of the season.
Amavi was a summer signing from French club Nice and had quickly established himself as Aston Villa’s first choice left-back.
Garde is still working on building his backroom team at Villa after replacing Tim Sherwood as manager at Villa Park earlier this month.
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That result ended a run of seven straight league defeats for Villa but they remain rooted to the foot of the Premier League standings and five points adrift of safety.
