Wednesday 27 April 2016 11:47, UK
Aston Villa should be considering Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy to lead them in Sky Bet Championship, according to Ian Holloway.
McCarthy has a proven track record in the Championship, leading both Sunderland and Wolves to promotion and getting Ipswich into the play-offs last season on one of the smaller budgets in the division.
Aston Villa, who have been an ever-present Premier League club before this season's pending relegation, sacked Remi Garde in March.
"Mick McCarthy should be on the shortlist for the next Aston Villa job, without a shadow of a doubt," Holloway told Sky Sports.
"I think Ipswich will do well to hold onto McCarthy this summer. Someone with his credibility and know-how will be hot property."
A big rebuilding job will be required at Villa Park next season on and off the pitch.
Villa must go for someone who knows the Championship and have seen it and done it before.
Their relegation from the Premier League was followed by the immediate resignation of directors David Bernstein and Mervyn King, who were in the middle of a wholesale review of what had gone so desperately wrong this season.
Holloway believes in order for Villa to come back stronger they must hire a manager who knows how to negotiate his way through the slog of a Championship season.
"Villa must go for someone who knows the Championship and have seen it and done it before," Holloway said.
"It's going to take someone with real experience to clean up that mess. It's going to take down to earth talking. A straight talking person will need to lead and make the players believe again.
"That man will need to get the overpaid players who don't care out of the door. It will take someone with great skill to achieve that. It's massive job and someone has a huge job on their hands. They'll be a long queue of people who'd want that job - it's a belting gig, but it's one hell of a project."
