Former Aston Villa chairman Sir Doug Ellis says he would sell the club to Randy Lerner again with the benefit of hindsight, despite their current plight.
Villa sacked manager Remi Garde on Tuesday and sit bottom of the Premier League, 12 points from safety with seven games left. While an Aston Villa protest group has expressed its sympathy for Garde and blamed Lerner for the club's current predicament.
However, Ellis who sold the club to Lerner for £62.6 million in 2006, would do the same thing even though the American put Villa up for sale himself in May 2015.
"Yes, I would [sell the club to him again]," the 92-year-old told BBC Radio 5live. "When I did the deal with Randy, he made it clear he wouldn't be able to come to many matches and he certainly hasn't."
"I said I'd be there for him at any time because I left £20m in for new players. Consequently he hasn't asked."