05 Mar 2015
London - Former Bulgaria international Stiliyan Petrov is returning to Premier League club Aston Villa as part of the coaching set-up, two years after retiring following treatment for leukaemia.
Villa, who he played for more than 200 times after arriving from Scottish club Celtic, said on their Twitter feed that Petrov would return to help new coach Tim Sherwood.
Petrov, who earned more than 100 caps for Bulgaria, was diagnosed with acute leukaemia in 2012.
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