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Report: How Christian Purslow actually feels about sacking Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa right now

Steven Gerrard is not in immediate danger of getting sacked by Aston Villa due to continued support from Christian Purslow.

﷽The report that Pursl🗹ow is as invested as Gerrard in making the managerial appointment work at Villa Park.

But 👍Villa went down 1-0 to West Ham on Sunday, with the fans showing their discontent and the🐷 next two games are tricky for Gerrard.

Arsenal and Manchester City lie in wait for Gerrard by the end of the week and two defeats there may tes⛎t the 🥂resolve of Purslow.

Photo by Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images
Photo by Rob Newell – CameraSport via Getty Images

Gerrard not in immediate danger of getting sacked by Villa

The report says🌃 that even two losses there should see Gerrard keep his job but asks how long the faith o♔f club’s owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens will hold.

Villa spent big in the summer an🐷d want to see Gerrard push the club towards the upper reaches of the Premier League after a disappoint♏ing season.

In July, it was reported he had told senior Villa stars he wanted to finish se🀅venth this season, as the ‘best of the rest’ in the top flight.

This is his first managerial role in the Premier League and it wꦐas expected that Gerrard would have one e𝕴ye on the Liverpool job in future.

But to even be considered for Anfield, he needs to shine at Villa Park and th🦩at is currently not happening, with discontent to quell now.

Gerrard needs to turn the tide rapidly and the performances in t✤he next two tricky games will show whether the players﷽ are still playing for him.