Aston Villa manager choice is biggest decision for 30 years

Remi Garde will go down as club's worst-ever boss and leaves the new man with a fight on his hands

David Moyes
David Moyes is in the frame to take over at Villa Park
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Former Manchester United boss David Moyes and ex-Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson have the dubious honour of being the favourites to take over coaching duties at Aston Villa after Remi Garde left the club by "mutual consent" on Tuesday.

The Frenchman will go down as "shortest-serving and statistically the worst manager in the club's 142-year history", notes the Express & Star newspaper. He leaves with a win ratio of just 13 per cent after 23 games and with Villa rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table, 11 points from safety.

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