Remi Garde given no guarantees he will keep Aston Villa job
Friday 18 March 2016 11:16, UK
Remi Garde has been given no guarantees he will remain as Aston Villa boss Next season, chairman Steve Hollis says.
The Frenchman's future is in doubt with Villa appearing doomed to relegation from the Premier League for the first time.
Hollis and the new Villa board, which includes former Football Association chairman David Bernstein, are conducting a review of the club after a poor season which has seen them win just three league games.
Chief executive Tom Fox stepped down on Thursday, just 48 hours after sporting director Hendrik Almstadt departed.
Villa are bottom of the table, nine points from safety with eight games left ahead of Saturday's trip to Swansea, and Hollis conceded he cannot issued any promises over Garde's future.
"Let's see where the review goes," he told Sky Sports News HQ: "Let's not pre-empt anything. Let's give the process the time it needs to make the decisions. They're not going to make knee-jerk decisions.
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"Remi is fully engaged. He is spending a lot of time with Mervyn (King) and Brian (Little) and David. I'm leaving it to them to see what works best. They will come up with their recommendations."
More changes are expected at Villa Park as they prepare for their first relegation from the top flight since 1987, with every department under the microscope.
Hollis said: "There's no vendetta going on here. This is about turning over every stone in the club and no-one individual is bigger than the club, including me.
"What we will do as a part of the review is look at everyone's role and see how that fits in as a part of the package that we are going to be putting together than takes this club forward."
But Hollis admitted the previous regime had missed its targets which is why he felt the need for change.
He added: "You can't say it's gone right. These kind of organisations are about winning football games. We've not been winning football games and hence we have been very open that we're trying to take action and put things right. Hopefully we will return to better times."
