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Villa close to Di Matteo deal
- Updated: June 1, 2016
Aston Villa are hopeful of announcing Roberto Di Matteo as their new manager in the next 48 hours, according to Sky sources.
The club’s new owner Dr Tony Xia is understood to have been impressed with Di Matteo’s CV and his plans for the Villa squad.
Dr Xia’s £76m takeover will only be concluded once he passes the Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test.
Villa chairman Steve Hollis had originally been keen to appoint former Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson, who has since joined Derby County.
Di Matteo, who has been …
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