Alex McLeish Sacked By Aston Villa
What Culture understands that Aston Villa have parted ways with manager Alex McLeish after a disappointing season that saw Villa finish 16th, just two points above the drop zone.
Breaking news; What Culture understands that Aston Villa have parted ways with manager Alex McLeish after a disappointing season that saw Villa finish 16th, just two points above the drop zone. We believe that McLeish was sacked this morning after holding talks about his future with the board members at Villa Park including owner Randy Lerner and chief executive Paul Faulkner. There had been mounting speculation that he was about to be outed as Villa boss and the fans dismay at the 2-o defeat at Norwich on Sunday was likely the final straw in what has been an awful campaign for the midlands club. Villa had only won seven games all season, their worst ever total in the Premier League and actually finished the campaign with one point fewer than McLeish's former club Birmingham City last season, a final tally that saw them relegated. After relegating their rivals to the Championship last season, McLeish was never a choice that the Villa fans had warmed to as manager to take the club forward and he was met with fan protests from day one. McLeish said before the meeting today; "I will go into the meeting as positive as possible," McLeish said. "You can start fearing for your job at any time. That would be really negative."Early favourites to take over the Villa job are Chelsea interim boss Roberto Di Matteo and former Liverpool manager Rafa Bentiez who has been looking to get back into management.