Kevin McDonald is to Leave Aston Villa.

[Shrek]

Kevin MacDonald is leaving Villa after 17 years at the club.


 http://t.co/S63dlqJy

[cdbearsfan]

Shame. Good servant to the club and hope he finds another job elsewhere if he wants one. Mr Tickle has to be given the chance to bring his own men in though, which is fair enough.

[PeterWithe]

Thats a kick in the teeth, I hope every effort was made to accommodate him. His Next Gen teams were the highlight of many a year.

I wish him every success and I'm sure he will achieve it.

[frank black]

Is he joining the Blues??

[Pete3206]

Great servant to the club, good luck to him.

[Toronto Villa]

As sad as this is, the new manager needs to have a team around him that is totally sold on what he wants to do. At the end of the day he'll be judged on what he produces, and Lambert has to have every person at the club pulling in one direction. KMac has been a superb servant to the club, and the last few years have been quite turbulent and will have hurt him. Maybe he just no longer wants more change and feels he needs to move on to find a new challenge and some stability for himself and his family. I can only wish him the very best in everything he does.

[Steve67]

Good luck to Kevin and thanks for everything he's done for the club.  17 years is a long time and he's earned the respect of the fans.  I hope this means that Karsa and Culverhouse are already sorted. Not as if it was ever a doubt.

[JUAN PABLO]

shame , he has not been very well later , something to do with his throat .    all the best Colin , mind see you down the pub soon .

[midnite]

Really gutted there wasn't a way we could acommadate him. He has been brilliant with the youth set up.
Maybe he feels it's time to move on.

I wish him all the best, he's been a credit to Aston Villa.

[maidstonevillain]

Blues manager?

[PeterWithe]

I hope this doesn't impact on our attractiveness to the most sought after young players, he would have been a big part of the pull.

[sonlyme]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[VillaAlways]

All the best Kevin

I'm sure I read he applied for the managers job and was interviewed. So probably wants to seek a new challenge

[PeterWithesShin]

All the best for the future Kevin and thanks for all you've done for the Villa. But all good things come to an end.

[TheSandman]

All the best Kev. I just hope that we are able to continue the good work he's done with the academy.

The indications are that this was his choice, and in that kind of situation there's nothing the club can do. Maybe he wants to be a number 1 somewhere?