David Wagner: Hudderfield chairman claims no deal for bookies favourite for Aston Villa hotseat
David Wagner will not leave Huddersfield to take charge at Aston Villa, Terriers chairman Dean Hoyle has claimed.
Earlier today, owner Dr Tony Xia confirmed the club have narrowed down their hunt to just two names as they worked to find a new boss following the sacking of Robert Di Matteo.
Many fans believed Wagner as well as bookies favourite Steve Bruce were the two men still in contention.
But Hoyle says the Huddersfield manager will not be leaving Yorkshire for another club in the Championship.
In a statement released on the club's official website, Hoyle said: "The club doesn't want to get into a situation where it has to comment every time David or a player is linked with a move away, but setting the position out once will help to set our fans' minds at ease.
"Like everyone, I know David has aspirations to manage at the highest level - but I also know he wants that to be with Huddersfield Town, which we're all working to make possible in the future.
"David has told me that he would never leave us for another Championship club, regardless of which club that is.
"We all feel like something is coming together here at Huddersfield Town and we're fully committed to seeing that through.
"Hopefully this will help to put some of our fans' minds at ease as we all aim to continue our good start to the season, with the game against Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday, 16 October the only focus."
