0% Villa: Benitez sacked (Confirmed p.6)

[sendô WHU]

Can I just say I was gutted Benitez has left red scouse. I was hoping to see many more years of Liverpool mediocrity on the back of that one CL win.

[supertom]

Seems the O Neill talk has somewhat subsided. Which is pleasing. We could do without that uncertainty on top of all the Milner speculation.

[Lowendbehold]

Can I just say I was gutted Benitez has left red scouse. I was hoping to see many more years of Liverpool mediocrity on the back of that one CL win.

When Benny left Valencia they were heavily in debt, but not as much as Liverpool.

[TheSandman]

Is this why they keep on having to sell their stars to save their financial bacon or is that the fault of someone else?

[Lowendbehold]

As with Robbie Keene, Benny blamed the club for bad purchases.  

Something about, 'I asked for a steak and they bought me a paella'.  Wrong food I know but something just as daft.

[Villa'Zawg]

Interesting comments from 'appy 'arry.

"I am not being presumptuous turning down Liverpool, because I haven't been offered the job and haven't spoken to anyone about it," he told ESPN Soccernet.

"There is no need, as I have one year left on my contract at Tottenham and I am not thinking about anything other than being at White Hart Lane next season."


"I can tell you that I have not been offered a new contract, but that doesn't mean I am looking to move on - far from it.

"I am loyal to Spurs, I want to stay at Spurs and I have a contract with Spurs, and I'd be happy to sign a new contract at Spurs if I was offered one, but in any case I have one year on my contract."

Is he using the Liverpool vacancy to force the issue with his contract or would he really welcome an approach from Liverpool?

Sky Sports - clicky

[PaulTheVillan]

Redknapp would be a tit to leave Spurs for Liverpool.

Could see it happening then.

[Chris Smith]

Interesting comments from 'appy 'arry.

"I am not being presumptuous turning down Liverpool, because I haven't been offered the job and haven't spoken to anyone about it," he told ESPN Soccernet.

"There is no need, as I have one year left on my contract at Tottenham and I am not thinking about anything other than being at White Hart Lane next season."


"I can tell you that I have not been offered a new contract, but that doesn't mean I am looking to move on - far from it.

"I am loyal to Spurs, I want to stay at Spurs and I have a contract with Spurs, and I'd be happy to sign a new contract at Spurs if I was offered one, but in any case I have one year on my contract."

Is he using the Liverpool vacancy to force the issue with his contract or would he really welcome an approach from Liverpool?

Sky Sports - clicky

I sthis the same Harry Redknapp who said that he would not be joining Southampton after he walked out on Pompey for the first time?

His words have as much sincerity as a gregnash post.

[Merv]

Harry Redknapp was manager of the 'England' team in Sunday's Soccer Aid charity match.... opposite manager was Kenny Dalglish, who is, of course, leading recruitment for Liverpool's next manager.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Redknapp go.

[eastie]

There were rumours a couple of months ago of some kind of fall out between harry and the spurs board-could be interesting!

[old man villa fan]

Redknapp would be a tit to leave Spurs for Liverpool.

Could see it happening then.

With any new manager having to do some wheeling and dealing in the transfer market, the Liverpool job would suit Mr 5%.

[Lowendbehold]

Redknapp would be a tit to leave Spurs for Liverpool.

Could see it happening then.

With any new manager having to do some wheeling and dealing in the transfer market, the Liverpool job would suit Mr 5%.

Exactly, didn't he have a contract term at Portsmouth where he got a percentage of transfer deals done?  Arry will go where the money is, great deal for Liverpool if he goes, but watch out for us losing MON to Spurs if he does.

[Concrete John]

After getting them there and never having managed it in before, I think 'arry will want a crack at the Champions League.  He's not getting any younger and there's no guarantee Liverpool would qualify next year or Spurs would do it again, so it might be his only chance.

Bit of a non-starter this story, IMO.

[eastie]

Liverpool are a much bigger club though than spurs - the problem is will the new owners want him?
Have sensed all is not well behind the scenes for a while at spurs and rumours of a rift .

I can't see spurs being interested in o neill though if harry went!

[The Man With A Stick]

MON would be the most unlikely Spurs manager ever.

No more fancy foreign signings.
No free-flowing football which they're known for across the whole of Fleet Street.

Never in a billion years.  There'd be more chance of Osama bin Laden getting the job.