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 [...]

After a week of heavy speculation, which has seen the club linked with the likes of Steve McClaren, Chris Hughton and Carlo Ancelotti, Fulham have appointed Martin Jol as Mark Hughes’ replacement. After a successful first season in charge, Mark Hughes surprisingly quit the Cottagers last week after invoking a clause in his contract which [...]

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, [...]

Following on from the departure of Sam Allardyce from Blackburn Rovers yesterday Martin Jol has been installed as the favourite by the bookmakers to become the new Gaffer at Ewood Park, the owners shocked most by sacking Big Sam and they may now turn their attention to the former Spurs and Ajax Manager who has [...]

The former Tottenham boss, Martin Jol has left his position with Dutch side Ajax following a poor run of form in the Dutch Eredivisie. Jol had joined the four times European Champions in May last year after leaving Hamburg, taking over the job from Marco van Basten who quit the club at the end of [...]

Last night in their qualifying campaign against Montenegro for the 2012 European Championship Fabio Capello’s side put up a lacklustre performance to ruin their flawless start to the campaign. Although the England side dominated on the possession front they were uninspired upfront and of the two teams it was Montenegro who came closest to scoring [...]

Fabio Capello has confirmed that he will stand down as manager of the England team after Euro 2012. The Italian confirmed that following the European Champions in Poland and the Ukraine in just under two years time, he will be “too old” and wants to enjoy “life as a pensioner”. Capello did acknowledge that the [...]

Martin Jol has turned down the chance to become Fulham Manager leaving the Craven Cottage club to continue their search for a successor to Roy Hodgson, it had been thought that Jol was itching to leave Ajax for Craven cottage but the talks have been drawn out and it has now been confirmed that he [...]

Former Spurs Manager Martin Jol is set to be unveiled this week as the new Boss of Fulham in a surprise move, the Sack Race understands that a deal is almost done for the Dutchman to return to the Premier League after a spell in charge of Ajax. Jol will be a popular choice at [...]