🟣 AVFC held emergency board meeting immediately after 3-0 defeat by FFC 🟣 Gerrard then sacked by CEO Purslow inside Craven Cottage 🟣 Quiet bus journey home & Gerrard gave speech at training ground around 1am 📝 greggevans40
An emergency board meeting was held at Fulham’s stadium on the final whistle. Co-owner Nassef Sawiris had made the short trip from his London base to attend and decided midway through the second half thatIn the directors’ box, the Egyptian co-owner raged at another defeat and left early. Gerrard perhaps sensed that his time was up, answering just four questions in his press conference before confirmation of the news from Purslow.
On a quiet coach home back to Birmingham the players sat behind Gerrard as they processed the news and began preparing for the future. Some were upset and embarrassed that they didn’t do enough to help save his position but others welcomed the change.At 1am when the team arrived back at Bodymoor Heath, Gerrard addressed the players with a short speech to thank them all for their efforts and offer reassuring words that their quality will eventually shine through. Handshakes followed.on Sunday as Gerrard’s backroom staff — Gary McAllister, Neil Critchley, Tom Culshaw, Jordan Milsom and Scott Mason — have also left their roles.
Villa want to act quickly and decisively and have already gauged Mauricio Pochettino’s interest in managing the club but he has shown no interest in taking over. Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim and Brentford’s Thomas Frank are both on Villa’s radar.What Gerrard, 42, does next will also be fascinating. As a player, he enjoyed a legendary career with
but as a coach, he has been sacked for the first time. He had two and a half years left on his Villa deal, worth around £4million a year.Let’s start with the statistics that lay bare the struggles of the Gerrard reign. He won just 13 of the 40 games in charge and over the last 22 Premier League games, managed just four wins.Advertisement
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