Avram Grant being consider by villa

[johncvilla88]

Rumours circulating on twitter are that Avram Grant is being considered for a job at villa either as DOF or Assitant Manager. Personally I belive he would do a good job of DOF but why did we move Houlier on and not just give him the position! Only logical explaination is he wouldn't accept the offer.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I don't believe it for one second.

[Ger Regan]

Queue much wailing and gnashing of teeth from people who don't really understand the difference between Grant's managerial career in England and his potential abilities as a DoF

[Ger Regan]

I do agree though that GH would be a much better option, should he want it.

[PaulTheVillan]

We might as well get Ian Holloway in to help with match day entertainment

[Villa'Zawg]

Nobody will no more about relegation than us.



Only joking. Any help we can get from someone as experienced as Grant would be worth having.

[glasses]

The thing with GH would surely be the salary. Id say that a DOF gets paid significantly less than the manager. So it would have either meant asking GH to take a pay cut to move upstairs, or over paying him.

[Ger Regan]

Fair point actually, glasses. We could always offer him a take it or leave it package. Considering he got a pay off for leaving the managerial post, I don't think he'll be too stuck for money. It's obvious he loves the game, but a role such as this could be the best option for him. Much less stressful but still heavily involved in long-term planning.

[Concrete John]

He was doing the DOF thing at Chelsea, and quite well if you believe what you hear, and that got him the managers job when Mourinho left.  I see no harm if talking to him about it, if the reports are true.

As for Gezza, I think he wanted to stay as manager so maybe his departure was less than friendly, hence him not being considered as a DOF?

[hartman_1982]

GED nearly died. He will not return to any form of work for anyone. The man needs to rest!

[cheltenhamlion]

Utter bollocks

[Eigentor]

Well, it seems obvious that Grant don't have the decisiveness to be a successful Premier League manager, but that doesn't mean that he would be useless in a DoF role.

However, in my opinion, McLeish is not capable to an omnipotent manager a la Ferguson and Wenger (or perhaps Houllier), and appointing a DoF to complement him might not be a bad idea.

Not saying that Grant is the right/a good choice, mind.

[hartman_1982]

This rumour comes from a fake General Krulak account. The same account has tweeted we will be bringing in Holloway as Youth Team coach to complete a relegation treble. Move on, it is a wind up.

[E I Adio]

Bizzarre idea.

[kippaxvilla2]

It's Peter Grant his number 2 at Blues not Avram Grant.