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'I got the call' - Dean Smith's Aston Villa transfer decision explained
Portsmouth manager shares what he was told in latest Aston Villa transfer news
Shane Ireland
Aston Villa's decision to recall Andre Green came as a surprise to Portsmouth, manager Kenny Jackett has said.
The claret and blues have exercised their option to bring the winger back to Villa Park early from his stint at the League One side which was due to last until the end of the season.
Green made five appearances for Villa at the beginning of the campaign before he was sent to Pompey and Dean Smith is set to run the rule over the 20-year-old with a potential return to the first-team in the offing.
Green scored five goals in 12 appearances for the Fratton Park side and Jackett says Smith called him ahead of going ahead with the decision.
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Jackett added Villa recalled Green to add more home-grown talent to their squad.
"I got the call yesterday from Dean Smith, the Aston Villa manager, saying he was likely to recall Andre during the course of the day," he told the Portsmouth News.
"Having enough home-grown talent and quota in their group is something they've been looking at.
"We're thankful to Aston Villa for the loan.
"It was out of the blue, definitely, and not something we engineered but we obviously know what the loan market is and how it is.
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"We wish Andre all the best. He scored some vitals goals for us and it'll be interesting to follow his development now.
"It was more to do with the home-grown player rule they have internally and having enough players in their squad that fulfils that criteria.
"They will be bringing him back and having a look at him, I'm sure, and working him towards playing for his parent club."
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