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Former Aston Villa goalkeeper Shay Given believes Remi Garde was not the right man to take charge at Villa Park after Tim Sherwood was given the sack.

Sherwood won six of his 23 Villa league matches, whilst his replacement has won just two of his 19 - a win rate of 11%.

Although Garde has won honours in his home country - namely the Coupe de France - Given questioned whether the boss knew enough about the Premier League to dig the struggling Midlands side out of trouble.

In an interview with Sky Sports News HQ, the stopper said: "I don't know Remi Garde personally, I don't know how well he knows the Premier League - obviously he managed in France.

"Me personally I would have looked for someone like a Tony Pulis or Sam Allardyce. Someone who knows the division extremely well, knows what it takes to get out of trouble, has that experience of the Premier League and Aston Villa fans will be thinking 'Remi Garde, does he know that?'.

"The proof is he probably doesn't, the results haven't improved since he has taken over."

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