Liverpool hero Robbie Fowler is backing former teammate Steven Gerrard for success with Aston Villa.
Fowler wrote for the Mirror: "Will he be a success at Villa? I don't doubt it. But then you have to ask the question, what is success at Villa? Dean Smith was successful, and he was sacked.
"They don't have the funds to match the top six, they have lost their best player because rightly, he wanted to move on in his career. So what is success? Maybe Europe. Maybe a cup win.
"It's a strange one isn't it. We all expect Steven to go there and do something dramatic, and I can understand that he absolutely had to the take the job, after doing so well with Rangers.
"But can he win the Premier League with Villa? You have to say unlikely. Can he qualify for the Champions League? Again, unlikely. So perhaps success is doing what Brendan Rodgers has done at Leicester the last few seasons. Challenge for Europe, challenge in the cups. Be around the top."
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