
Unai Emery has hired former Valencia boss Pako Ayestaran as his assistant head coach at Aston Villa as the new manager’s first set of backroom staff appointments have been revealed.
Ayestaran, 59, rose to prominence as Rafa Benitez’s assistant at Valencia and Liverpool before falling out with the Spaniard, going on to take charge of teams including Maccabi Tel Aviv and, most recently, Portugal’s Tondela.