Villa bring in Ray Wilkins as boss' No 2

Aston Villa today confirmed Ray Wilkins as boss Tim Sherwood's new deputy at Villa Park.

The former England midfielder has managed Fulham and Queens Park Rangers and was caretaker chief at Chelsea in 2009.

The move is not likely to affect former No 2 Kevin MacDonald, who is set to continue with a role in Villa's backing staff.

Wilkins, 58, brings with him a wealth of experience at different levels of the game. He most recently had a spell as head coach of the Jordan national side.

He said: "I will be assisting Kevin MacDonald, Tim and I'm absolutely thrilled to be involved. We've been having a chat for the couple of weeks, a couple of minutes ago it was finalised so I'm thrilled."

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