Steven Gerrard is retired arsenic Aston Villa manager, the nine announced Thursday pursuing a 3-0 decision to Fulham.
"We would similar to convey Steven for his hard enactment and committedness and privation him good for the future," a Villa spokesperson said successful a statement.
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Gerrard was appointed successful November 2021 connected a three-year declaration but leaves pursuing a mediocre commencement to the play that sees Villa lone extracurricular the Premier League relegation portion connected goals scored aft 11 games.
The erstwhile England skipper endured chants of "getting sacked successful the morning" by Fulham fans astatine Craven Cottage and Harrison Reed and Aleksandar Mitrovic scored for the location broadside connected Thursday earlier a Tyrone Mings ain extremity completed Villa's misery.
"I thought I picked a squad that could physique connected the show [against Chelsea] astatine the weekend, but I got the opposite," Gerrard told Amazon Prime aft the defeat.
"We were 2nd champion for the bulk of the archetypal fractional and were fortunate to inactive beryllium successful the crippled astatine half-time, it was down to our keeper making immoderate outstanding saves.
"The show was obscurity adjacent bully enough.
"Tonight was a pugnacious nighttime for maine personally. We volition spot what happens but I recognize the concern we are in."
Gerrard replaced the fashionable Dean Smith past November aft Villa's mediocre run, having been astatine Scottish nine Rangers since 2018 and starring them to the title.
Villa's main enforcement Christian Purslow spoke astatine the clip of Gerrard taking the squad to the adjacent level, but the world is the Midlands nine are successful worse signifier than they were nether Smith.
When Smith, who led Villa backmost to the apical formation successful 2019, was fired aft 5 years successful charge, Villa were 15th successful the array with 10 points from 11 matches.
Under Gerrard this play they person 9 from 11 and helium led them to lone 12 wins successful 38 Premier League matches.
Villa person lone scored 7 goals and their struggles travel contempt Gerrard being backed successful the transportation marketplace with Philippe Coutinho, Lucas Digne, Diego Carlos, Boubacar Kamara and Leander Dendoncker each arriving.
A report connected Monday claimed erstwhile Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain manager Mauricio Pochettino was wanted by Villa.
Villa's adjacent crippled is astatine location to Brentford connected Sunday.
Gerrard is the 4th Premier League manager to suffer his occupation this play aft Scott Parker (Bournemouth), Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea) and Bruno Lage (Wolves).
Information from Reuters was utilized successful this report.
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