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Rangers boss Steven Gerrard now on Aston Villa’s list of targets to replace Dean Smith after he was sacked following five successive defeats
- Aston Villa sacked Dean Smith on Sunday after three years in charge of the club
- They have lost five games on the spin and are two clear of the relegation zone
- Co-owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens are drawing up a list of candidates
- Rangers boss Steven Gerrard is said to be prominent on the list of targets
Steven Gerrard is prominent on Aston Villa’s list of possible targets after Dean Smith was sacked on Sunday.
Smith’s reign was brought to an end after five successive defeats, the latest of which was at Southampton on Friday. He leaves with Villa 15th in the table.
The 50-year-old was called to a meeting with chief executive Christian Purslow at the club’s Bodymoor Heath training ground around lunchtime on Sunday, where he was informed he would be dismissed.
He had a little less than two years to run on a four-year deal and will be compensated as per the terms of that contract.
Steven Gerrard (left) is on Aston Villa’s list of targets to replace sacked boss Dean Smith (right)
The previous day, co-owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens had held discussions with Purslow and sporting director Johan Lange.
Smith’s assistant Craig Shakespeare is also thought to have left Villa, which suggests the new head coach will be appointed relatively swiftly. Shakespeare has managed Leicester in the Premier League and Champions League and would have been an ideal interim candidate had the board favoured a longer recruitment process.
Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl is another who has admirers at Villa Park while Lange has a…
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Source : dailymail
