Manchester United legend Dwight Yorke has urged another of his former clubs in Aston Villa to hire him as their new manager following the sacking of Tim Sherwood, talkSPORT reports.
Sherwood was relieved of his duties at Villa Park on Saturday after the Midlands club were defeat 2-1 by Swansea City, making him the second manager sacked in the English top flight this season.
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During his time with the Villans, Sherwood only managed to win six out of 23 games played, which was the shortest ever stint for a manager in charge of Aston Villa.
The vacancy has seen the likes of David Moyes, Remi Garde, and even recently sacked Brendan Rodgers linked with the role, but Yorke is asking for a chance by publicly stating on a talkSPORT radio show that he is the right man for the job.
“People are going to say I’m crazy for putting my name in the hat,” he stated. “But I’ve been involved in football for a very long time and, having played for Aston Villa for ten years, I’ve looked at the club and seen the direction they’re heading in – it’s a dire situation.
“Yes, Tim was sacked yesterday and that’s very sad, but it’s a situation that’s been ongoing for around five years now.
“You look at the way Villa have spent their time in the Premier league, avoiding relegation just by the skin of their teeth. They’re bottom of the league now and it’s a very worrying time for the club.
“You look at their squad and think they should be doing much better than they did under Tim, but the most worrying thing is that their main rivals in the table, the likes of Leicester, West Brom and Stoke, they all have better squads and for me that is absolutely crazy!
“Aston Villa are supposed to be the biggest club in the Midlands, but they’re nowhere near. They think they are a big club but the reality is that Villa, certainly in the last five or six years, have been deteriorating rapidly and that’s why they’re at the bottom of the table.
“People will say I don’t have any experience, but we’ve seen people with experience go in there and struggle to do a job. I know that club inside out and I’ve looked at the squad, there’s enough in there to get them out in this position and there’s enough time as well.
“It’s whether the owners are prepared to give an aspiring young manager an opportunity.”
Yorke scored 79 goals for Villa from 1992-1998, before joining Manchester United to score an emphatic 65 goals in four years with the Red Devils.
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