Lerner begins hunt for new boss

10 August 2010 08:30
Aston Villa chairman Randy Lerner will begin the hunt to find a successor to manager Martin O'Neill with fellow American Bob Bradley amongst the potential candidates. Bradley emerged as one of the early favourites with various bookmakers to replace O'Neill, who resigned after four years at the helm. He steered the United States to the last 16 of the World Cup in South Africa as they finished ahead of England in their first-round group. Speaking ahead of the friendly against Brazil in New Jersey, the 52-year-old Bradley said: "I have said over and over as well that I am always excited about new and different challenges. Certainly coaching in Europe at some point is something that I would love to do. "At the same time, I also consider it a challenge when you finish one [World Cup] cycle and begin the process of working on another one. From the time one World Cup ends, you begin to go through the process of assessing where you are."

Source: PA