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