The �9.5m forward missed Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Sunderland after suffering a reaction to an injury sustained in a challenge with Birmingham's Darren Purse.

But the Colombian is back in light training and should be back in a Villa shirt before long.

Taylor said: "Juan felt that he could train on after the game with Birmingham but he felt this reaction so we felt that it was best to pull him out of the Sunderland game.

"He went to see the specialist and had a scan and it is been confirmed that there is some deep bruising in the knee and nothing more than that.

"In that respect we are happy and it's a question of waiting for the knee to ease now.

"The good thing is it is one of those things that clears up with not too many problems."