 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chibvumirano chaMcLeish chakapedzwa pakupera kwemwaka wa2011-12 mushure mekunge Villa yapedza iri pachinzvimbo chegumi nenhanhatu, ichingori pamusoro penzvimbo yekudzikira. Musi waChikunguru 2, 2012, Aston Villa yakasimbisa kugadzwa kweaimbove maneja weNorwich City Paul Lambert semutsivi waMcLeish. Musi wa 28 Kukadzi 2012, kirabhu yakazivisa kurasikirwa kwemari kwe 53.9 mamirioni. Lerner akaisa kirabhu kutengeswa musi wa12 Chivabvu 2014, nemutengo unofungidzirwa we 200 mamirioni. NaLerner achiri pabhodhi, mumwaka wa2014-15 Aston Villa yakawana zvibodzwa gumi nezviviri mumitambo makumi maviri neshanu, yakaderera munhoroondo yePremier League, uye Lambert akadzingwa musi wa12 Kukadzi 2015. Akatsiviwa naTim Sherwood, uyo akaponesa Villa kubva pakudzikiswa mumwaka wa2014-15 uye akavatora kuenda ku2015 FA Cup Final. 