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| Remi Garde has warned his players not to let the festive spirit get the best of them |
REMI GARDE has sent a "party at your peril" Christmas warning to his Aston Villa players - saying they face stark recriminations if they let the festive spirit get the better of them.
Garde's warning comes after he came down hard on rising star Jack Grealish for stepping out of line two weeks ago. The 20-year-old is still training with the under-21s after being pictured in a Manchester nightclub just hours after Villa's 4-0 drubbing at Everton.
Garde believes that with his side rooted at the bottom on just five points and without a win in 13 games, partying would send the wrong message to fed-up supporters.
"Of course it's party time but not for us and that's it," he said. "It's not only a case of, 'don't mess with me' - we are playing games and have a tough job to do.
"We are not kids and we need to be 100 per cent focused. I can't imagine that when you have an opportunity to play in the Premier League, big games for a big club, that you should want to be disturbed by parties just because it is Christmas."
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