Steven Gerrard: Aston Villa and manager part ways after heavy defeat at Fulham

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard has near the nine pursuing Thursday's 3-0 Premier League decision astatine Fulham.

Villa person won conscionable doubly successful the league this play and lone beryllium supra the relegation portion connected goals scored.

Gerrard succeeded Dean Smith arsenic Villa manager successful November 2021 aft leaving his relation astatine Rangers.

But the erstwhile England and Liverpool midfielder, 42, led Villa to lone 13 wins from 40 games during his 11 months successful charge.

In his clip astatine Villa helium signed immoderate high-profile players including Barcelona guardant Phillipe Coutinho, Sevilla defender Diego Carlos and French midfielder Boubacar Kamara, who had been linked with immoderate of Europe's apical sides.

However Carlos suffered a superior ankle wounded connected his location debut and Kamara is expected to beryllium retired until the caller twelvemonth with a genu ligament wounded sustained against Southampton past month.

In the summertime Gerrard removed England defender Tyrone Mings arsenic skipper and replaced him with Scotland's John McGinn - who has made a mediocre commencement to the season.

Gerrard's adjunct Michael Beale, who had been with him since Rangers, near Villa successful the summertime to go QPR manager.

Gerrard took his archetypal steps successful elder absorption with Rangers successful 2018 and guided the nine to their archetypal Scottish Premiership rubric successful 10 years.

Prior to that, helium coached wrong Liverpool's academy earlier managing the under-18 squad during the 2017-18 season.

Gerrard played 710 times for Liverpool, winning 9 trophies, and spent a play astatine MLS broadside LA Galaxy successful 2015 earlier retiring arsenic a subordinate the pursuing year.

He is England's fourth-most capped subordinate with 114 planetary appearances, successful which helium scored 21 goals.