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Aston Villa tonight dismissed assistant manager Ian Culverhouse.

Head of Football Operations Gary Karsa also left the club earlier this month, after the pair were suspended in April.

Karsa faced the more serious allegations, including bullying members of staff.

They left, pending an internal investigation. But boss Paul Lambert is staying and can now recruit two replacements.

Meanwhile, Wigan have told striker Grant Holt he can go - after returning from a loan spell at Villa.

Experienced Holt still has a couple of years left on his contract but Uwe Rosler wants him out and is willing to let him go on the cheap.

Holt was snapped up by his former Norwich boss Lambert in the January transfer window for a temporary return to the Premier League, but the frontman, 33, is unlikely to get a permanent move to Villa Park.