Monchi arrived at Aston Villa as president of football operations in 2023

Aston Villa transfer guru Monchi looks set to pay for the club’s dismal start to the season by leaving the club after little more than two years.

The Spaniard, a close ally of current Villa boss Unai Emery from their time at Sevilla, is widely reported to be departing amid a troubled period for the Midlands outfit.

Villa are yet to win this season, languish in the relegation zone of the Premier League and were dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Brentford.

They were also the last club in England’s top seven divisions to score a goal, a drought they finally ended on Sunday in a 1-1 draw with 10-man Sunderland.

It follows a difficult summer transfer window in which Villa’s trading was severely hampered by the eff

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