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Aston Villa's players believe boss Remi Garde will be among those to leave the club in the massive overhaul looming at the end of the season.

Frenchman Garde has won just three matches out of 20 since succeeding Tim Sherwood as manager in November.

Villa are surely doomed to relegation, with just 16 points from 28 games after their 3-1 loss at home to Everton on Tuesday night.

Chief executive Tom Fox publicly insisted in December that Villa intended to stick with Garde, even in the event of relegation.

But MirrorSport understands members of the club’s squad are now expecting the former Lyon boss to either quit or be sacked in the summer.

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Villa - whose fans staged a massed protest walkout after 74 minutes of the Everton defeat - did not make any signings in the January transfer window, and new chairman Steve Hollis is conducting a review of club operations.

The squad are expecting big changes in the playing ranks and management staff ahead of a Championship campaign.

But before Villa can reshape their squad and management team, the club’s woes are likely to get worse with games against title-chasing sides Manchester City and Spurs next up.

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Defender Micah Richards said: “It’s more tough games coming up - Man City and Spurs - it’s not getting any easier. I know it’s hard for everyone associated with the club, especially the fans.

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“I feel their pain because Aston Villa - in this situation - it’s hard to take. Not just for the fans but for the players as well.

“When people say that it doesn’t hurt us, as players, that hurts the most, because we don’t want to go out and lose every week.

"After the Liverpool game, when we capitulated [in a 6-0 home defeat], we tried to fight as much as we could, but Everton’s quality in the end showed.”