Aston Villa striker Julian Joachim is on his way out of the Birmingham club after a public bust-up with manager John Gregory.

The 25-year-old, who has been at Aston Villa since 1996, has been fined two weeks' wages and will be sold "at the earliest opportunity".

A senior Villa official, quoted in the Mail on Sunday, said: "He was way over the top in what he said and the club aren't prepared to stand for it."

Joachim had launched a scathing attack on Gregory, accusing him of going back on an improved pay deal for the former Leicester forward and of being "gutless and spineless".







I'm finished with John Gregory, absolutely finished

Julian Joachim