Aston Villa defender Jordan Amavi suffers knee injury on international duty

Aston Villa defender Jordan Amavi has suffered what appears to be a serious knee injury on international duty.

The 21-year-old was playing for the France Under-21s in their U21 Euro 2017 qualifier against Northern Ireland Under-21s on Thursday night.

Midway through the second half in Guingamp, the left-back went down in clear pain while clutching his knee, and had to be taken off the pitch.

Jordan Amavi has horribly injured his knee playing for France U21s vs Ireland. Stretchered off. (@SeriousCharly) pic.twitter.com/XzjQpLcd6H

— Get French Football (@GFN_France) November 12, 2015

France won the game 1-0.