Aston Villa have sacked manager Steven Gerrard following Thursday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat at Fulham on Thursday evening.
A club spokesman said: “We would like to thank Steven for his hard work and commitment and wish him well for the future.”
Villa have won just twice in the league this season and only sit above the relegation zone on goals scored.
Gerrard succeeded Dean Smith as Villa manager in November 2021 after leaving his role at Rangers.
But the former England and Liverpool midfielder, 42, led Villa to only 13 wins from 40 games during his 11 months in charge.
After the defeat by Fulham, he said: “Inconsistency has cost us, that’s the position we find ourselves in. I took over the team in a very similar situation. We’ve tried to recruit to get us out of that situation.
“I’m a fighter – it’s in my DNA. I’ll continue to fight unless I’m told differently.”
About an hour later his time as Villa boss was over.
Villa fans sang various anti-Gerrard chants during the game at Craven Cottage.
In Gerrard’s time at Villa he signed some high-profile players including Barcelona forward Phillipe Coutinho, Sevilla defender Diego Carlos and French midfielder Boubacar Kamara, who had been linked with some of Europe’s top sides.
However, Carlos suffered a serious ankle injury on his home debut and Kamara is expected to be out until the new year with a knee ligament injury sustained against Southampton last month.
In the summer Gerrard removed England defender Tyrone Mings as captain and replaced him with Scotland’s McGinn – who has made a poor start to the season.
Gerrard also overlooked Zimbabwe international Marvelous Nakamba since the start of the season despite the hardworking midfielder having initially been a focal point to his bright start in Premier League management last season.
Gerrard, who played 710 times for Liverpool, took his first steps in senior management with Rangers in 2018 and guided the club to their first Scottish Premiership title in 10 years.
Prior to that, he coached within Liverpool’s academy before managing the under-18 team during the 2017-18 season.