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Former Scotland right-back Hutton spent eight years at Villa Park, playing alongside forward Grealish, 25, for five of them. The new Premier League campaign is fast approaching - but does a flurry of cancelled friendly fixtures suggest will be another season disrupted by the coronavius pandemic?

Manchester United's fixture at Preston was the latest to be called off because of positive Covid cases , while Norwich have been similarly impacted , Arsenal scrapped their pre-season tour of the US and Newcastle lost three goalkeepers to self-isolation for one fixture.

The Premier League still intends to test twice a week. However, unlike last season, players will have lateral flow rather than PCR tests, to reduce costs and speed up the process. The number of players and staff taking tests will be increased to Should any come back positive, a PCR test will then be arranged. The Premier League is also going to continue operating red zones for players and senior staff. For the first few weeks of the season at least, clubs will be asked to continue with the established virtual media conferences, both before and after matches.

Read more: Could a Covid 'pingdemic' ruin the start of the season? I have always said that apart from Ronaldo and Messi he is the best in the world. I said that this is what I want to do, I want my end ball to be like his and that is something I practised on.

Then, last season I ended up getting 10 assists in 25 or 26 games which is a good return. The international break is a killer for managers. Losing five games in a row, they're sinking like a stone and that shouldn't be happening for a team that was aiming as high as they were, so I get it.

That shows the level we're at in the Premier League; at the bottom of that table it's getting a little bit too tight. These comments are now closed. Everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment. The latest rumours and stories from around the world of football. Analysis and opinion from our chief football writer. How to get into football - the most popular sport in the world, with clubs and facilities throughout the UK. Tap into a heart-to-heart between Kevin and Stacey about persistence in the face of difficulties.

Eight players battle on The Tournament in nail-biting tug-of-war quiz matches, hosted by Alex Scott. Dean Smith is the fifth manager to either be sacked or leave his job in the Premier League this season Aston Villa have sacked manager Dean Smith after three years in charge.

Comments Join the conversation. To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. Imagine performing exceptionally in your job for 2 years 11 months only to get sacked for 1 slightly off month. Reply posted by tkrypton, at 7 Nov tkrypton.

More replies 94 down. Comment posted by valjester, at 7 Nov valjester. I'll never understand sackings like this; Dean Smith has not become a bad manager overnight. Give the man the chance to weather the storm - he's owed that much after the success he's brought. Reply posted by vorpalblade, at 7 Nov vorpalblade.

More replies 33 down. Comment posted by exxyeddie, at 7 Nov exxyeddie. No Premier League team registered more attacks down their left side last season than Aston Villa and as such their best player was sold. What did the Villa hierarchy expect?

Reply posted by Commentier, at 7 Nov Commentier. More replies 18 down. Putting footballing rivalries aside, that seems like a ridiculous knee jerk reaction to one bad spell. Reply posted by Jaymo83, at 7 Nov Jaymo Jaymo83 replied: I think people are missing our form since Jan this year has been dreadful. More replies 13 down. Comment posted by jamessnow, at 7 Nov jamessnow. TV Money - ruining the national game since More replies 25 down.

Comment posted by Wayne, at 7 Nov Wayne. Saints fan here. Sorry to see Dean go. Good manager. Teams need to learn to stick with their managers over the bad times. Steve Bruce's side went into the game with six wins from their previous eight games, but never recovered from their nightmare start. Straight from the kick off Ross Wallace gained possession to set up Reach, who produced a stunning left-footed swerving shot from fully 30 yards which flew into the top corner of the net.

With seven clean sheets in their previous 10 games it was a shock to the system for Villa as they struggled to assert their authority. Wednesday had their tails up thanks to the early goal and produced several promising attacks, often engineered by Barry Bannan.

Villa suffered another blow in the 21st minute when skipper Terry was forced to limp out of the game with a leg injury, to be replaced by Samba. It proved a crucial moment as Wednesday steamed further ahead within a minute of Terry's premature departure.

Bannan cleverly played a one-two with Rhodes to cut through a defence clearly weakened by the departure of the former England international and Rhodes took full advantage by slipping the ball home unchallenged.