Earlier this morning, Aston Villa confirmed the speculation which had suggested that Adam Henshall would join as our new Head of Emerging Talents & Loans but a bit more out of the blue was the appointment of former midfielder/defender and skipper, Mile Jedinak, as our new Loan Player Development Coach.
Aston Villa have appointed Adam Henshall as the club's new Head of Emerging Talents & Loans and Mile Jedinak as our new Loan Player Development Coach.
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) March 30, 2021
Henshall is a new name for many of us, but he comes in from League One side Doncaster Rovers having previously held the role of Head of Talent Identification. He bolsters Johan Lange’s department having previously spent time at Leicester City and Shrewsbury Town.
Jedinak, of course, needs absolutely no introduction having arrived at the club in August 2016 from Crystal Palace. He went on to make 66 starting appearances for us, with 14 further showings from the bench and although he didn’t hit his Palace scoring heights, he was playing deeper under Steve Bruce and more than played his part in finally helping us back into the Premier League following the arrival of head coach Dean Smith.
As we know, the following season he was released but quickly returned to us when he was appointed to an Academy role in March 2020.
Whilst Henshall is a relative unknown, Mile’s promotion up the ranks was hugely welcomed by the fans on social media – for all the obvious reasons.
Mileπ€©π€©
— Reagan Martin (@Reaganavfc) March 30, 2021
MILEEEEEE
— Dan langford (@Danlangford6) March 30, 2021
He's been back for a while
— james ward-gwilliam (@jameswardg) March 30, 2021
Mile omds π
— James Lancaster (@jlancaster0) March 30, 2021
Beat me to it!
— Stiggy (@stiggaroo) March 30, 2021
The beard to be feared
— βΩ (@HarryAVFC_) March 30, 2021
The beard.
The stare.
The man!— B6 UTFV (@B6Utfv) March 30, 2021
More key work behind the scenes looking after our future ππΌππ»ππ»ππ» #avfc #utv
— Stephen James Arnold (@StephenArnold78) March 30, 2021
Oh yes pic.twitter.com/YmYoNopghB
— joe (@avfc_jf) March 30, 2021
More steps taken as we continue building the future and it has to be welcomed.
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