Aston Villa’s main player has been ruled out due to injuries, and his family believes he will die.

Aston Villa were dealt an injury blow in the second half of their Premier League clash with Burnley on New Year’s Day.

Striker Wesley had to be carried off on a stretcher and seemed in considerable pain with 20 minutes of their clash remaining.

The summer signing was caught in a robust, but fair, tackle by Burnley’s Ben Mee, although Wesley appeared to twist his ankle in the follow through and roll over onto it.

It will come as a blow to Dean Smith and Wesley himself, who had been impressive at Turf Moor.