5. Rudi Garcia
If Randy Lerner was to look abroad, he could do no better than look across the channel and at Lille OSC. Having secured the league and cup double last season, Lille are set to finish third this season and qualify for the Champions League. While that may appear to make a move to Villa Park unlikely, Garcia may see the chance to move to the Premiership as a step up. In terms of fans and facilities Aston Villa are as big as Lille, and with the impending departure of Eden Hazard adding to the past sales of Moussa Sow, Gervinho, and Michel Bastos, as well as the increased wealth of Paris Saint Germain, Garcia might feel its time to move on from Ligue 1. With the books now balanced Lerner could assure Garcia that he will not have to sell his star players, and with the big wages of Emile Heskey and Carlos Cuellar off the books the new man may have money to spend. Garcia is known for playing attractive, attacking football, a mirror opposite of McLeish, and as the names above indicate, Garcia is adept at bringing through young talent and realising their potential. He is just enough under the radar that he might not attract the attentions of the big European heavyweights, unlike say Andre Villas Boas or Jurgen Klopp, and would bring great knowledge of the French market that has proved so fertile for Newcastle United, a team Villa would want to compete with.