Moorski Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Kendrick is the man to trust not SSN or Talkshite part of the same group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 SkyGraemeBailey Graeme Bailey #AVFC have made preliminary enquiries over Rafa Benitez, stay tuned to skysports.com... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Not sure if anyone as posted this but the Villa_Insider on Twitter has reared his head again. David Moyes. Claudio Ranieri. Not neccesarily in that order. Then a later tweet they post. For those sending me abuse. I'm not saying it's done. I'm saying that's what I'm hearing. See my tweets from 2 September 2010. Tweets from said date This is NOT confirmed and just a rumour flying around the office. I'm NOT saying it's definite. Houllier. He mentions GH many times that day and I believe that GH became manager Sept 8th? The problem with that, is that most of us had a big hunch that it was Houllier around that time because of what MM had told us. A lot of VTers even put money on it because of how confident MM was. Villa_Insider could be a lurker on here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 SNN - Villa contact Benitez. Hmmmm. Well, blow me down. Shannon Airport are ITK about Villa!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstsamVilla Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 All they are saying is that we have made preliminary contact, according to 'Sky Sources'. In other words they know nothing. Edit: Guys I've just heard we've signed Kevin-Prince Boateng from Tottenham! My point exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 It's on the SSN yellow bar thing. "Sky Sources: Aston Villa make contact with Rafa Benitez about managerial job". This doesn't really mean anything though, I would have fully expected the club to have been in contact with him at some stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycv Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Guys I've just heard we've signed Kevin-Prince Boateng from Tottenham! He plays for AC Milan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Guys I've just heard we've signed Kevin-Prince Boateng from Tottenham! He plays for AC Milan. You missed the point, a couple of years ago SSN said we had signed him from Spurs and it was total bollocks. Shows how reliable they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 One guy has came to the club and expressed his desire to take on the job..This man helped re-invent a new model into Barcelona FC..He won 2 titles and a CL with them and they hadnt won a thing in 7 years.. He is a massive name in football, has loads of connections, plays beautiful football, excellent at coaching and bringing through the youth. Its a flippin no brainer.....Frank Rijkaard step froward.. Has Frank Rijkaard come to us and expressed his desire in the job? I must admit that would be an exciting prospect but sadly I don't think he's approached us - any reports linking him as having done so are pure speculation. But I'd love to be proven wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanky Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I hope this has been leaked to throw us off the scent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphy Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 preliminary enquiries for Rafa only now, we must have been knocked back by someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Guys I've just heard we've signed Kevin-Prince Boateng from Tottenham! He plays for AC Milan. And his last English club was Pompey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 David Craig just makes stuff up on SSN. It's hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steaknchips Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Frank Rijkaard has emerged as an unexpected candidate for the vacant Aston Villa manager's job as Fulham close in on bringing Martin Jol back to English football. Both Premier League sides are currently without coaches after Gerard Houllier resigned his post following serious health problems last week and Mark Hughes exercised a clause in his Fulham contract that allowed him to leave the club. Villa were initially expected to invite Hughes to replace Houllier, but senior club officials insist that they have no intention of appointing the Welshman. Hughes, who has now gone through three Premier League managerial positions in four years had angered Fulham by courting the more affluent clubs while still under contract at Craven Cottage. The 47-year-old was not Fulham's first choice to succeed Roy Hodgson last summer. Instead the club offered the position to Jol, under the mistaken understanding that the popular former Tottenham Hotspur manager was free to leave Ajax Amsterdam. Jol, who led Tottenham to consecutive fifth-placed finishes, has subsequently left Ajax and is interested in a return to London where he still owns a house. Rijkaard returned Barcelona to Champions League success during a five season spell at the Camp Nou in which he also won two Spanish titles. The former Netherland international contacted Villa last week to express his interest in replacing Houllier and is understood to have received a positive response. Paul Faulkner, the Villa chief executive, has been charged with drawing up a shortlist of candidates for the position that is expected to also include Jol, Steve McClaren and Rafael Benitez. The club are also know to know admirers of David Moyes. The Scot has worked successive seasons at Everton without a transfer budget and could conceivably be tempted by Villa were the Midlands club to offer a long-term contract with significant funds to restructure their squad. Hughes is represented by Kia Joorabchian, a controversial figure who has drawn the ire of several English and overseas clubs. On Friday, Joorabchian insisted that his client had not resigned from Fulham in the expectation of taking over at Villa. "He wants to go to club where he can fight for titles, whether that is in England, Spain, Italy or Portugal," Joorabchian said. "If that means he has to be out of management for a year then that is the case. Mark left Fulham because he wanted to explore his aspirations. "I stick by what we are saying - we were not talking to anybody. No other club is in consideration. The timing may have influenced the press and public that he's headed in a direction. That's not the case." Link there you go Alec. :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Guys I've just heard we've signed Kevin-Prince Boateng from Tottenham! He plays for AC Milan. And his last English club was Pompey. See above :bonk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorski Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 All we need now is for Avram Grant to be mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuintonK6 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I've just had a vision... Anfield 2012 - Liverpool 3-0 Aston Villa . The Kop starting singing Rafa Benitez~~Rafa Benitez~~ Then the Fat Spanish waiter turns and waves at them. I think to myself..... Have I been here before ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irreverentad Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 David Craig just makes stuff up on SSN. It's hilarious He makes a call on Monday, Doesn't hear back til Tuesday, Then he was making love on Wednesday, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Then reports it on Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 8, 2011 Author Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2011 Villa_Insider could be a lurker on here! My understanding was that last year, he was an employee of AVFC, I was also under the impression he left avfc as an employee about a month after Houllier arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowDoINotLikeThat Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Well guess Rafa would be lot better than McClown or Martinez. The football will be terrible and a chore to watch under Benitez but if he could manage like before he went batshit id prefer him here than some names being mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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