Jesus Garcia Pitarch has left his role as Aston Villa’s sporting director, the club have confirmed.
The Spaniard was appointed on October 10 2018, the same day Dean Smith took over as head coach.
Last summer saw a number of arrivals, with more than £120million spent, but only a final-day draw at West Ham saw Smith’s side stay up by a point in 17th position.
The sporting director’s transfers included forward Wesley from Club Brugge for £22million, while £11.5million was spent on left-back Matt Targett from Southampton.
An official club statement read: “The board would like to thank Suso for his hard work in restructuring the playing squad after the change of ownership in 2018, and for setting in place foundations for future success including the reorganisation of our academy.”
