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What’s the story?

This last week has been so fraught with excitement, perhaps its time to take stock. I find it very difficult, impossible in fact, to believe Martin O’Neill came to Aston Villa without the strongest possible assurances that Ellis was about to go, perhaps before the start of the season.

O’Neill is intensely ambitious but so far in his career he has had neither the resources or, at Celtic, the stage to compete with the likes of Mourinho, Ferguson, Wenger, or more latterly, Liverpool and Spurs. Only with new wealthy owners at Villa Park would he at last have that chance.

He wants to establish himself as one of ‘the greats’. MO’N didn’t come to Villa to languish in safe mid-table. We keep hearing from very reliable sources that Lerner and O’Neill have already held talks and that O’Neill was his choice for manager. Isn’t that very odd?

So far, despite all the rumours, the American has yet to make a formal bid, yet apparently the two men had talks several weeks ago. Did Neville (and whatever happened to him?) or Still have actual talks with O’Neill? I don’t believe so. {ed comment, I believe Neville has}

Incidentally, how did Lerner ever get to hear about O’Neill? I live in France, and I can tell you that although Martin might be a bit of a managerial legend in the UK, he is far less well known in Europe, nevermind America. Congratulations to Lerner’s team of researchers. I think things have happened back-stage that we will probably never know about. But times, they are a-changin’.

And Amen to that.

Article by Saurat

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