Aston Villa have confirmed recently retired Stiliyan Petrov will take up a new role as assistant to development coach Gordon Cowans at the club’s academy.

Aston Villa are set to unveil new manager Alex McLeish later today and first team coach Gordon Cowans is looking forward to working with the former Birmingham boss.

Aston Villa fans want to know where the club’s projected summer transfer budget of £20m (€29.2m) has come from.