Villa Step Up Search For Manager

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who had been the bookmakers' favourite to be the new Aston Villa manager, has opted to stay in Norway with Molde for family reasons. However . Villa insist the former Manchester United striker was never offered the job after he was interviewed last weekend by Lerner. Villa are now poised to make a second attempt to secure the services of Wigan boss Roberto Martinez as their new manager. Villa owner Randy Lerner remains a big fan of Martinez even though the Spaniard rejected the chance to take charge of the club 12 months ago.

Source: FOOTYMAD