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Published 00:28 2 Aug 2016 BST
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"Last season Villa's players felt the weight of the shirt, but not the importance of it. They didn't respect the badge enough. I'm worried nothing will change. "They could easily get relegated again, with the lack of investment and the lack of unity within the playing squad. They've got Roberto Di Matteo, who is a wonderful man, but it's a huge job to carry that expectation. It's going to take something special to turn it around."Xia recently bought Villa from Randy Lerner, appointed Roberto Di Matteo as manager and is seeking to inject some optimism into the downtrodden club. The Chinese businessman didn't take kindly to Holloway's predictions and dubbed him a "failed manager." https://twitter.com/FutbolFlawless/status/760107305170067456 He has since deleted the tweet, but undoubtedly gained a raft of new followers in the process.
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