coach Remi Garde is likely to become the new
manager at Aston Villa.
Aston Villa caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald expects Remi
Garde take charge at Villa Park, if the club are willing to splash
the cash to get their man.
MacDonald will take charge of the Premier League's bottom-
placed side at Tottenham on Monday following the sacking of
Tim Sherwood last weekend.
Villa are believed to want former Lyon coach Remi Garde,
but the ex-Arsenal player's insistence on bringing his backroom
staff - under long-term contract at the Ligue 1 side - is proving
to be an obstacle.
But Macdonald said on Friday: "If they're desperate to get him,
then they'll pay the money.
"He's got a good pedigree as a coach and obviously the
hierarchy think he's the man for the job.
"Arsene Wenger came in with no Premier League experience
and he didn't do badly."
While Garde remains the firm favourite to land the job,
MacDonald's sole focus will be on getting his side ready for the
trip to White Hart Lane.
"I've been told I need to prepare the team for Monday - whether
Remi has been given the position or will be in the stand to
watch, I don't know," he added.
It remains to be seen if Villa and Garde can come to an
agreement, though, with Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas
determined to retain coaches Bruno Genesio and Gerald Baticle.
Aulas told Le Progres: "Remi, I hope, will go to Aston Villa, he
deserves a big English club. But an assistant under contract
cannot leave. And a deputy cannot ask [to leave]."
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