Aston Villa were dealt a blow this weekend with the news that Brian Little has applied for the managerial job at League One club Port Vale.
After joining the Villa board in an advisory role earlier this year, many Villans were rightly hopefully that his presence at the club would be of huge benefit going forward.
But sources close to Villa Till I Die as well as reports in the print edition of the Stoke Sentinel (there has been nothing published online as of yet) which is a local news outlet for the Stoke-On-Trent area have confirmed that Little has thrown his hat in the ring for the Port Vale manager’s job.
With other board members such as David Bernstein jumping ship in recent times, the news that Little is also a want-away does not bode well for Villa’s maiden season in the English Championship this year.