Aston Villa have sacked supervisor Dean Smith after three years in cost.
Smith, 50, leaves following Villa’s 1-0 defeat by Southampton on Friday, the membership’s fifth successive defeat within the Premier League.
Villa are fifteenth within the league, two factors above the relegation zone.
“This 12 months we’ve not seen the continual enchancment in outcomes, performances and league place which we’ve all been on the lookout for,” mentioned Villa chief Christian Purslow.
He added: “Because of this we’ve determined to make a change now to permit time for a brand new head coach to make an affect.”
Smith was appointed Villa supervisor in October 2018, guiding them to promotion from the Championship in his first season in cost.
Although they struggled of their first season within the top-flight, narrowly avoiding relegation, Smith led the membership to the 2019-20 Carabao Cup ultimate.
The 2020-21 season noticed Villa obtain an eleventh place end within the Premier League, however after the departure of star participant Jack Grealish to Manchester Metropolis in the summertime, outcomes began to slide.
The membership haven’t received since they defeated Manchester United on 25 September, selecting up simply 10 factors from the primary 11 video games of the season.
It’s their worst shedding run since January to February 2017 within the Championship.
Smith is the fifth managerial change within the prime flight this season with Tottenham sacking Nuno Espirito Santo on Monday and Norwich dismissing Daniel Farke late on Saturday.
Watford sacked Xisco Munoz in October, whereas Steve Bruce left his function as Newcastle supervisor by mutual consent on 20 October.
Villa say the method to interchange Smith has began.
“The board wish to sincerely thank Dean for his many wonderful achievements, on and off the pitch, throughout this time,” added Purslow.
“Everybody is aware of how a lot Aston Villa means to Dean and his household. He has represented the membership with distinction and dignity – universally appreciated and revered by everyone related to Aston Villa.”
Grealish tweeted: “No1 will ever examine, the actual goat.”
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