beINSPORTS presenter Richard Keys believes that Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa sacking is imminent.
Following a disappointing pair of draws at 10-man Leeds and lowly Nottingham Forest, the Villans were handed a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea on Sunday.
Gerrard has been under pressure from the early weeks of the campaign and a fifth defeat of the campaign has only intensified matters.
The west Midlanders remain 16th but are now just one point ahead of the bottom three and Keys feels the former Liverpool captain’s time is up.
Writing in his blog Keys said:
‘I’m reading that Gerrard has two games to save his job. And it’s not the first time I’ve read that this season. Unless something dramatic happens now I’m told it’s over for him at Villa Park.
‘If that’s the case I’m genuinely sorry that it didn’t work out. I hope it still does. I’ve always believed that we need players like Gerrard to continue their careers in coaching once they’ve hung their boots up. We can’t give our game up entirely to school teachers. So I admired Gerrard for giving it a go.’
TIF Thoughts on Keys’ comments…
Is it time to get rid of Gerrard?
Yes, before it's too late
Judge him in May
In Gerrard we trust
Football Insider reported that Steven Gerrard has been sacked by Aston Villa, but nothing has been officially announced at this point.
The club are thought to have Mauricio Pochettino and Unai Emery in mind as potential replacements.
With two games to come in quick succession against Fulham and Brentford this week we think that four points is a reasonable target and is perhaps the least that Gerrard needs in order to save his job, should the owners not pull the plug before then.