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Carlos Cuellar: It's my dream to return to Aston Villa - this time as manager

Speaking exclusively to The Holte Roar, the former defender reflected on his time at Villa Park, his view of the current side and his coaching ambitions.

04.10.26, 09:00 Updated 03.10.26, 21:46

“That would be my dream.”

It’s an off-hand remark delivered with a smile. Yet there’s a glint in Carlos Cuellar’s eye. He says it with full conviction.

The topic being discussed? The possibility of him returning to Villa Park, this time as first-team coach.

For someone who is yet to take charge of a senior team, it’s a bold claim, yet it should not be dismissed. After all, when Steven Gerrard and Tim Sherwood were appointed as Aston Villa coaches, it was just their second respective managerial jobs.

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Michael Plant

Freelance reporter. Nearly a decade's experience in the media industry and a former Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool club correspondent. A Villa fan from birth, Michael was born in Birmingham but grew up in Belfast.

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