One of the more inspired mid-season manager changes in recent years has seen Unai Emery take the reigns at Aston Villa with the club slipping towards the relegation zone.
The Birmingham side have invested huge amounts of money in their playing squad over the past few years to ensure they do not go back into the Championship and they can start to push for the lower European places in the Premier League.
That is why they had to act decisively when it became clear that Steven Gerrard was not going to get the best out of the current squad.
Aston Villa announced the signing of Unai Emery on…
