Aston Villa coach Gordon Cowans has welcomed the arrival of new manager Tim Sherwood.
Sherwood and Cowans played together at Blackburn Rovers.
"I played with Tim at Blackburn, he was my midfield partner," said Cowans to the Birmingham Mail. "I enjoyed playing with Tim and enjoyed my time there at Blackburn, we had a very good team there.
"I obviously came back to Villa when Ron Atkinson asked me to come back. The following season Blackburn went on, with Tim as captain, to win the league.
"I got on really well with him there and hopefully I'll get along really well with him here and he can get us moving up that division to safety where we need to be.
"Tim was always a winner, whether it was training or in the games. Everything he did he did properly and worked hard."
