Aston Villa boss Gerrard criticises Mings after stripping England defender of captaincy

The manager is not convinced his previous skipper is ready to reclaim his place in the line-up

Steven Gerrard has claimed that Tyrone Mings must show significant improvement if he is to return to the starting line-up while also questioning the attitude of the England defender. Before the start of the season, the 29-year-old was stripped of the captaincy in favour of John McGinn.

Mings was an unused substitute in his side’s 2-0 opening day defeat to Bournemouth with Ezri Konsa and new signing Diego Carlos – who both played the full 90 minutes – preferred by Gerrard.

Gerrard’s approach to Mings has been a top storyline for Aston Villa after the centre-back appeared 36 times in each of the past two Premier League seasons and started twice for England at Euro 2020. Read More

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