Carlos Sanchez is set to leave Aston Villa permanently in a deal worth £2.5million, according to the Express and Star.
The Midlands newspaper claim that the Colombian midfielder, 31, is set to join Fiorentina after a successful season on loan at the Serie A club.
Villa have reportedly given the go ahead for Sanchez to quit because he played enough games for the Italian outfit to trigger an option to buy.
Sanchez, who was signed by former boss Paul Lambert from Elche in the summer of 2014, spent the entirety of the recently completed domestic season on loan at Fiorentina.
Italian transfer site Tutto Mercato Web claimed in March the Italian club were set to activate the buying option in Sanchez’s loan-to-buy deal.
It was reported that Fiorentina paid an initial loan fee of £220,000 for Sanchez when they signed him last summer and will pay the further £2.3million agreed with Villa in order to sign the 74-times Colombia international permanently.
Villa signed Sanchez from for £5million three years ago but he failed to justify his fee and made little impact in England, partly due to a series of niggling injuries.
Fiorentina boss Paulo Sousa recruited the midfield anchorman to protect the defence but he has been used predominantly at right-back last season.
Sanchez has been a mainstay of the team, accumulating eight Europa League appearances in addition to 33 in domestic competition.
Following Villa’s relegation from the Premier League in 2016 he was one of a number of players offloaded in order to trim the club’s wage bill.