Directors David Bernstein and Mervyn King have quit Aston Villa with immediate effect to plunge the relegated club deeper into a crisis.

Aston Villa have been relegated from the top flight for the first time in 29 years.

Remi Garde could have taken charge of his last game as Aston Villa manager, with an exit around the corner.

Remi Garde says Aston Villa’s squad needs major surgery and revealed he is already losing out on players.

Aston Villa 1 Swansea City 2: Within hours of Tim Sherwood’s sacking as Villa boss, the club slipped to the bottom of the Premier League, following Sunderland’s 3-0 victory over Newcastle.