{"id":439239,"date":"2011-06-10T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/10\/roberto-martinez-bookmakers-favourite-for-aston-villa-job\/"},"modified":"2011-06-10T09:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T09:42:00","slug":"roberto-martinez-bookmakers-favourite-for-aston-villa-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/roberto-martinez-bookmakers-favourite-for-aston-villa-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberto Martinez bookmakers favourite for Aston Villa Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>10 Jun 2011 10:42:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.2503209243\">\n<div readability=\"17.4705882353\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roberto Martinez, Wigan Athletic\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/132200\/132294_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Roberto Martinez, Wigan Athletic<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"29.3391304348\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/536\/wigan-athletic\">Wigan<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/33427\/roberto-mart%C3%ADnez\">Roberto Martinez<\/a> is the slight bookmakers favourite to take over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a> as he looks set to make a decision about his future.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet365.com\/home\/?affiliate=365_069562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6\/4 (2.50)<\/a> with <strong>bet365<\/strong> to move to Villa Park as a replacement for Gerard Houllier. The Villians have made an approach for the 37-year old who has kept Wigan in the top flight since he took over in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Whelan, Wigan Athletic&#8217;s chairman, has praised the club&#8217;s Premier League rivals for their conduct in pursuing Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Villa have been absolutely wonderfully clean in everything they\u2019ve done, I have to say that.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Whelan added, &#8220;I\u2019ve put certain things to Roberto, but if he wants to go I will allow him to go. I have too much respect for him to say that he cannot do what he wants to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Previous favourite Mark Hughes, who was trading as short as <strong>1\/3<\/strong> a week ago, has drifted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet365.com\/home\/?affiliate=365_069562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2\/1 (3.0)<\/a>. &#8216;Sparky&#8217; was mooted to take over after he left Fulham but is understood to be behind Martinez in the Villa pecking order.<\/p>\n<p>Other contenders who have seen their odds plummet are Martinez&#8217;s compatriot Rafael Benitez <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet365.com\/home\/?affiliate=365_069562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(25\/1)<\/a> and Carlo Ancelotti <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet365.com\/home\/?affiliate=365_069562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(25\/1)<\/a>. Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner is believed to have gone cold on hiring Benitez after the Spaniard was reputed to want a significant budget to improve the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti has since decided to take a year&#8217;s break from the game after his sacking by Chelsea. Gerard Houllier&#8217;s assistant Gary McAllister is trading at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet365.com\/home\/?affiliate=365_069562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">40\/1 (41.0)<\/a> to get the job on a full-time basis with former England boss Steve McClaren @ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet365.com\/home\/?affiliate=365_069562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20\/1 (21.0)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa fans angling for a Martin O&#8217;Neill return can back the Northern Irishman @ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet365.com\/home\/?affiliate=365_069562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50\/1 (51.0)<\/a>. The former Leicester City and Celtic manager was linked with Fulham before the job went to Martin Jol.<br \/><em><br \/><strong>Next Aston Villa Manager Odds (bet365)<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet365.com\/home\/?affiliate=365_069562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roberto Martinez 6\/4 (2.50)<br \/>Mark Hughes 2\/1 (3.0)<br \/>Owen Coyle 8\/1 (9.0)<br \/>David Moyes 10\/1 (11.0)<br \/>Claudio Ranieri 16\/1 (17.0)<\/a><br \/><strong><br \/>Selected Others<\/strong><br \/><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet365.com\/home\/?affiliate=365_069562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Frank Rijkaard 33\/1 (34.0)<br \/>Gary McAllister 40\/1 (41.0)<br \/>Louis Van Gaal 50\/1 (51.0)<br \/>Martin O&#8217;Neill 50\/1 (51.0)<\/em><br \/><\/a><br \/><span><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bet365.com\/home\/?affiliate=365_069562\">Sign up with bet365 to bet on the new Aston Villa manager<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2995\/betting\/2011\/06\/10\/2525975\/roberto-martinez-bookmakers-favourite-for-aston-villa-job\" title=\"Roberto Martinez bookmakers favourite for Aston Villa Job\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roberto Martinez bookmakers favourite for Aston Villa Job<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 10 Jun 2011 10:42:00 Roberto Martinez, Wigan Athletic Related Links Teams Players Wigan boss Roberto Martinez is the slight bookmakers favourite to take over at Aston Villa as he looks set to make a decision about his future. Martinez is 6\/4 (2.50) with bet365 to move to Villa Park as a replacement for Gerard Houllier. The Villians have made an approach for the 37-year old who has kept Wigan in the top flight since he took over in 2009. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Roberto Martinez bookmakers favourite for Aston Villa Job - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/roberto-martinez-bookmakers-favourite-for-aston-villa-job\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Roberto Martinez bookmakers favourite for Aston Villa Job - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"10 Jun 2011 10:42:00 Roberto Martinez, Wigan Athletic Related Links Teams Players Wigan boss Roberto Martinez is the slight bookmakers favourite to take over at Aston Villa as he looks set to make a decision about his future. 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