After five days of turmoil Alex McLeish has put pen to paper and signed a three-year contract to become the new manager of Aston Villa, in what has become one of the most controversial appointments in recent history. The announcement is sure to spark further scenes of fury and protests from the Villa faithful, many [...]

Mark Hughes is the new 5/4 favourite to join Aston Villa following Roberto Martinez’s decision to honour his contract and stay at Wigan Athletic. The Spaniard was widely expected to join Villa today but after talks with Wigan chairman David Whelan he has shown admirable loyalty – in a sport that has become increasingly money-obsessed [...]

Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner is reportedly due to begin interviewing potential replacements for Gerard Houllier in the next few days, with Steve McClaren, Mark Hughes and Rafa Benitez believed to be the main candidates for the job after Martin Jol joined Fulham and Carlo Ancelotti ruled himself out of the running. Last week reports [...]

Gerard Houllier will finally take charge of Aston Villa on Monday morning following the teams game against Bolton on Saturday, Houllier was appointed as the new Manager at Villa Park in the middle of last week but he has been busy trying to secure an early departure from his contract with the French Football Federation. [...]

Former Liverpool Manager Gerard Houllier is set to make his return to the Premier League as the New Aston Villa Manager after being offered the job of replacing Martin O’Neill at Villa Park, the Frenchman is vastly experienced but has not been seen in England since leaving Anfield in 2004 but could make his return within [...]

Following the shock resignation of Martin O’Neill as Aston Villa Manager yesterday, a number of high profile names have been linked with the job as the betting frenzy kicks into gear with Villa sure to want to act quickly with the Premier League season only days away. At this stage there are of course any [...]

It has been an interesting couple of days at Aston Villa with rumours and speculation surrounding the future of boss Martin O’Neill following their 7-1 drubbing at the hands of Chelsea on Saturday. In the last couple of weeks Villa have slipped out of the Champions League race and there have been some strong rumours [...]