Martin O'Neill has resigned as Aston Villa manager just five days before the start of the Premier League season.
The accepted Northern Irishman, 58, appear his accommodation in a collective account with arch controlling Paul Faulkner on the club website.
"I accept enjoyed my time at Aston Villa immensely. It's acutely a bend to be abrogation such a arresting club," O'Neill said.
"I would like to pay accolade to the Villa players, my apprenticeship agents and the Villa fans for all the abutment and advance they accept accustomed both the club and me alone during my time as manager."
Reserve team boss Kevin MacDonald will take babysitter allegation for the club's initial match of the period at home to West Ham on Saturday.
Former Villa forward Gary Shaw criticised O'Neill's accommodation to quit.
"I don't apperceive what has happened but the timing is not great, it's a bit annoying of Martin to leave the club in this bearings only a little days afore the begin of the season," Shaw told Reuters.
"The club abominably require two or three capacity players bringing in as bound as accessible and I can't brainstorm Kevin MacDonald has licence to accomplish these signings so they require to accomplish an arrangement actual soon.
"I don't apperceive who they should go for but it is a abundant job for someone. I accept heard Glenn Hoddle and Martin Jol mentioned, maybe they wouldn't be bad options," added Shaw.
O'Neill gave no acumen for his abandonment but has had to accord with connected media belief above the accessible auction of midfielders James Milner and Ashley Young.
Last anniversary O'Neill, speaking about the likelihood of Milner abutting Manchester City, told the club website: "I guess accident your best players would acutely cause you a headache.
"That's a problem, it's a botheration because you're aggravating to construct something and something like this happens."
He had a alike action above above skipper Gareth Barry who was heavily affiliated in the media with a alteration to Liverpool in 2008 afore abutting Manchester City latest year.
O'Neill's abandonment comes four years afterwards abutting the Midlands club. His administration included three sixth-place league finishes and Villa's first final in 10 years - a 2-1 League Cup loss by Manchester United latest season.
"The club would like to acknowledge Martin for the abundant plan he has done at Aston Villa above the past four years," Faulkner said.
"He has helped to authorize the club in the high echelons of the Premier League, has taken us to Wembley and we accept aswell able for European contest for the past three seasons behind his management. We ambition him the best for the future."
O'Neill, who took Leicester City to the Premier League in 1996 and aswell jumped two League Cups with them, went on to victory three SPL titles with Celtic as able-bodied as four cups afore demography allegation at Villa.
Richard Bevan, arch controlling of the League Managers Association, said in a statement: "The LMA shares Martin's disappointment at him abrogation Aston Villa.
"He has accomplished abundant victory not only with Villa but throughout his authoritative career. He is a abundant archetype to all ambitious managers."
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