Aston Villa have confirmed the arrivals of a number of Steve Gerrard's new backroom staff at Villa Park.

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In a short statement on their official website, the club confirmed the arrivals of Gary McAllister and Michael Beale as assistant head coaches, Tom Culshaw as technical coach, Scott Mason as lead analyst and Jordan Milsom as head of fitness and conditioning.

During a recent interview with Football Insider, Danny Mills stated his belief that, in anticipation of both McAllister and Beale making the move to Villa Park, the duo will be vital to Gerrard becoming a success with the Premier League club.

Speaking about the appointments, the former England right-back said: "I think it's vitally important, and Villa fans should be delighted his whole backroom team is coming. Michael Beale is a fantastic coach with a great reputation. Gary McAllister, part of that as well, he's been there, seen it and done it at big clubs in the Premier League. There's great experience coming with Steven Gerrard."

Fans will be over the moon

Considering the impressive reputations that both McAllister and Beale bring with them to Villa Park, the news that the club have officially appointed the duo as Gerrard's assistants is sure to have left fans over the moon with excitement.

Indeed, Beale is credited with being the former Liverpool captain's main man on the training ground, putting the 41-year-old's ideas into practice, as well as offering Gerrard tactical advice on a matchday by spending the first half of matches up in the stands - in order to gain a clearer picture of the way a game is panning out - before relaying his findings to the manager at half-time.

Furthermore, Beale has received high praise from many players he has coached in his career, perhaps none more so than from former Rangers midfielder Andy Halliday, who stated his belief that the 41-year-old was "probably the best coach I’ve worked under."

Meanwhile, McAllister's appointment brings with it a considerable amount of experience in professional management, with the 56-year-old having taken charge of both Coventry City and Leeds United. Gerrard will undoubtedly seek to draw upon that experience during his time at Villa.

As such, the news that McAllister and Beale have indeed followed the 41-year-old from Ibrox is undoubtedly a big positive for Villa, whose new era under Gerrard & co begins with a trip to Brighton & Hove Albion next weekend.

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