Villa to unveil Micho's right-hand man

According to strong reports, the 37 year-old is already in the country, with a few niggles in the paperwork pending, before he gets unveiled at the helm.

It is strongly believed Uganda Cranes head coach Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic, who is also a former coach at Villa, played a leading role in having the tactician at the club.

Micho and Stojanovic are not only country-mates but also have a working history in more than one jobs.

The pair worked together at Egypt's Zamalek, with Micho at the helm and Stojanovic as his assistant between 2019-2020.

The two continued in similar roles at the Zambian national team, the Chipolopolo between 2020 and 2021.

About Stojanovic

The UEFA A licence holder, is a graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Sports Studies from the University of Belgrade in his native, Serbia.

He has previously worked as coach at OFK Beograd (2005-2012), assistant head coach at FK Cularicki (2013-2016) and assistant head coach at FC Krasnodar in Russia between 2016-2017.

He also served as a football coach at FK Crvena Zvezda (2018-2019), assistant head coach at Zamalek (2019-2020), assistant head coach at the Zambia national team (2020-21), football coach at FK Vojvodina, with his last job at FK Rad as a deputy head coach between March 2022 to October that year.