After five days of turmoil Alex McLeish has put pen to paper and signed a three-year contract to become the new manager of Aston Villa, in what has become one of the most controversial appointments in recent history. The announcement is sure to spark further scenes of fury and protests from the Villa faithful, many [...]

Alex McLeish has instantly been installed as the bookies favourite in the Next Aston Villa Manager Betting following his shock resignation as manager of Birmingham City. The Scotsman is the latest manager to part ways with a Premier League club in what is proving to be an extremely frantic post-season. The 52-year-old reportedly quit via [...]

Mark Hughes is the new 5/4 favourite to join Aston Villa following Roberto Martinez’s decision to honour his contract and stay at Wigan Athletic. The Spaniard was widely expected to join Villa today but after talks with Wigan chairman David Whelan he has shown admirable loyalty – in a sport that has become increasingly money-obsessed [...]

Aston Villa are today due to open talks with Roberto Martinez concerning the vacant managerial position at Villa Park after Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan gave them permission to approach the Spaniard. Martinez’s odds have thus been slashed from 6/1 to just 5/6 by Victor Chandler in the Next Aston Villa Manager Betting, as the [...]

Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner is reportedly due to begin interviewing potential replacements for Gerard Houllier in the next few days, with Steve McClaren, Mark Hughes and Rafa Benitez believed to be the main candidates for the job after Martin Jol joined Fulham and Carlo Ancelotti ruled himself out of the running. Last week reports [...]

Turkey manager Guus Hiddink has given the strongest indication yet that he is to become the next Chelsea manager after refusing to rule out a return to the club he briefly managed in 2009. Hiddink has been the stand out name to take over at Stamford Bridge ever since Carlo Ancelotti was sacked, and is [...]

What a week of drama it has been in the summer managerial merry-go-round. The 2010/11 Premier League season has barely finished yet we have already witnessed casualties at Chelsea, West Ham, Aston Villa and now Fulham. Earlier in the week, as expected, Aston Villa and Gerard Houllier parted ways due to the Frenchman’s ill health, [...]

Sky Bet have installed Fulham boss Mark Hughes as the odds on 4/11 favourite in the Next Aston Villa Manager Betting. Villa are set to part ways with Gerard Houllier by mutual consent due to medical reasons, and they are reportedly eyeing up Hughes as his successor. Houllier was diagnosed with a dissection of the [...]

As one of the most intriguing Premier League relegation scraps in years nears its climax we take a look at the managers under pressure at the bottom of the table. With just four games remaining there are mathematically still an incredible 13 teams that could go down, and with a number of crucial games to [...]

Martin O’Neill has announced that he is ready to make his comeback to Premier League management after a year in the wilderness following his shock departure from Aston Villa just days before the start of the 2010/11 season. The 59-year-old has expressed his desire for a return to England’s top flight, admitting it’s the pure [...]