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Aston Villa owner decides to sack Roberto Di Matteo: Announcement will be made soon
ROBERTO DI MATTEO is reportedly set to be sacked by Aston Villa after another defeat yesterday.
An announcement on Roberto Di Matteo's future will be made this week
Chinese owner Dr Tony Xia is said to have lost his faith in the Italian boss just four months after Di Matteo arrived at the club.
The Daily Star Sunday claim an announcement on Di Matteo’s departure will come in a few days.
It will give the Villa hierarchy time to bring in a new boss over the international break.
Villa have won just one game all season and lost 2-0 to Preston yesterday.
That defeat ended a five-game drawing streak during which the team scored just five goals.
Xia game his approval for Di Matteo’s arrival this summer shortly after his £65million takeover of the club was complete.
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The former Chelsea and West Brom boss was give over £25m to spend in the transfer market.
Xia and chief executive Keith Wyness will reportedly move quickly to find a replacement once Di Matteo’s departure has been confirmed.
Steve Bruce is said to be the top candidate for the position, despite the former Hull manager’s link with the vacant England job.
Sam Allardyce, who left the England post this week after a newspaper sting, is also supposedly in the running.
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