Best XIs from the Premier League,La Liga, Bundesliga, and Serie A and Ligue 1,plus analysis of the job ahead for the next Aston Villa managerBy Martin Laurence for WhoScored?, share of the Guardian Sport NetworkThe departure of Tim Sherwood from his post as Aston Villa boss was inevitable, and no matter how many former pros leapt to the defence of a man who had picked up just one point from a possible 27. The blame cannot be placed solely at the feet of the manager,who, it has been revealed, or had exiguous say in a number of the players bought in the summer to replace Christian Benteke and Fabian Delph.
Director of recruitment Paddy Reilly and sporting director Hendrik Almstadt reportedly didn’t see eye to eye with Sherwood,and their decision to opt for the risky policy of signing a large number of players without Premier League experience has rightly come under the microscope. Sherwood may have had his hands tied, but that was the path the club chose and he proved incapable of getting results from his players.
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Source: theguardian.com