O'Neill walks out on Villa???

[Vermilion]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/davi...a-randy-lerner

Think that's the article.

Lerner's other companies have loaned Villa lots and lots of money.

Thanks.

[red g]

think it all started on a forum.

Talk****e picked it up from there.......

[Vermilion]

think it all started on a forum.

Talk****e picked it up from there.......

The Mirror got onto it pretty quick...an article already posted above from them...

Anyway it's been denied then...spoilt my day now..

[MrsB]

think it all started on a forum.

Talk****e picked it up from there.......

Aye … http://astonvilla-views.com/category/aston-villa-blogs/

[Mike]

Its gonna be bull****, never believe anything off talksport.

[Mike]

Paddy power have slashed their odds from 66-1 for him to be next EPL manager to leave, to 7-1.

[-V-]

Another lesson to be learned here, if you have any self-respect don't listen to talk****e radio

[MrsB]

http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2010/03/30/aston-villa-deny-martin-o-neill-quit-rumours-97319-26139812/

Aston Villa deny Martin O'Neill quit rumours

Mar 30 2010 By Steve Wollaston

Aston Villa have denied rumours that Martin O'Neill has quit the club.

Unconfirmed claims are circulating in the Midlands that the Villa Park chief has resigned following a disagreement with chairman Randy Lerner.

It is understood that the club's American owner wanted to trim the playing squad and cut the wage bill this summer, while O'Neill wanted money to spend to bolster his squad to continue their challenge to break into the top four.

When told that money would not be forthcoming, the Ulsterman is believed to have decided to consider his future, but the club insists he has not resigned.

Villa have an FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea on April 10. And Chelsea beat Villa 7-1 in the Premier League at the weekend. O'Neill joined the club in August 2006.

[Shaggy]

SSN have their Villa fella on the phone now. He reckons there's a lot truth in the rift between MON and Lerner but "as far as I am aware he's still Villa boss". He wasn't at training this morning.

[Bender]

Paddy power have slashed their odds from 66-1 for him to be next EPL manager to leave, to 7-1.

these plonkers have done this before with Rafa

[spud_gun]

Not a peep about this on 5Live.

I suspect that there may be tensions and that he may go at the end of the season but that O'Neil is still the manager.

[mick the click]

online with the Times & Torygraph now - could be???

[red g]

oh brilliant last thing we need if Rafa walks is MON available

[mick the click]

oh brilliant last thing we need if Rafa walks is MON available

[Kenneth]

Martin O'Neill quit rumours denied by Aston Villa

Aston Villa sources have dismissed reports which claimed manager Martin O'Neill had quit the midlands club.

Radio and internet reports suggested O'Neill had decided to end his four-year reign at Villa Park following disagreements with club owner Randy Lerner over his transfer budget for next season.

O'Neill's odds to be the next Barclays Premier League manager to leave his post were slashed from 66-1 to 7-1.

Villa are unwilling to comment officially on reports which they are adamant are wide of the mark.

But sources close to the club are adamant the claims O'Neill has opted to leave are "pure nonsense".

O'Neill spent heavily last summer in bringing in the likes of James Milner (£12million), Stephen Warnock (£7million), Richard Dunne (£6million), Fabian Delph (£6million) James Collins (£5million) and Habib Beye (£3million).

He recouped £12 million of this outlay from the sale of Gareth Barry to Manchester City.

But in January O'Neill admitted he had to adhere to a "sell to buy" policy if he was to bring in new players during that transfer window.

And he did not add to his squad and sold midfielder Craig Gardner to local rivals Birmingham for £3million.

O'Neill has admitted Villa do not have the strength in depth of the established leading clubs in the top flight.

And his squad is now being stretched to the limit because of injuries to Dunne, John Carew, Emile Heskey and Gabriel Agbonlahor, James Milner and Stiliyan Petrov with several of them playing when not 100% fit.

There has also been no public reponse from Lerner as to how much money - if any - O'Neill will have to bolster his playing strength this summer.

But chances of obtaining a Champions League spot - and its financial riches - have floundered.

Villa are now seven points adrift of fourth placed Tottenham after the 7-1 loss at Chelsea on Saturday - their first league defeat of 2010.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-23820506-martin-oneill-quit-rumours-denied-by-aston-villa.do