Apparently AVB is the latest favourite now, having mix feeling about this. I really like him but not sure whatever happen to him at Chelsea will happen here as well.

Andre Villas-Boas awaiting call from Liverpool which could bring chance to prove Chelsea wrong

By Jason Burt

7:30AM BST 18 May 2012

From the man everyone wanted a year ago, having swept the board at Porto with dynamic attacking play, the 34 year-old was ridiculed as incompetent and out of his depth when he was brutally sacked by Chelsea in March.

At that time, Villas-Boas was minded to wash his hands of the Premier League and rebuild his career elsewhere. He may still do that. Roma wanted him last year and are looking to come calling again with coach Luis Enrique quitting. The Italian club’s sporting director, Franco Baldini, was in the United States on Thursday talking to the club’s owner, Thomas DiBenedetto, to discuss plans and he is a known admirer of Villas-Boas.

The feeling is mutual. Indeed Villas-Boas had suggested, during negotiations over his move to Chelsea, that the club should hire Baldini as the director of football. Certainly the former England general manager would have quickly improved the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge and provided a conduit between the dugout, the boardroom and owner Roman Abramovich. But that did not happen.

Instead, according to sources, Villas-Boas was left feeling bruised and let down by the whole experience at Chelsea where he was handed the impossible job of rebuilding the squad, changing the style of play and still winning trophies. And he was asked to do this on his own, without his own backroom staff and with debatable support from the club’s hierarchy, including Michael Emenalo who, predictably, became the director of football instead of Baldini.

Failure at Chelsea has only redoubled Villas-Boas’s determination to prove some people wrong; to try to come back and challenge for trophies and, of course, take on the club who sacked him having persuaded him to join them ahead of Bayern Munich, Juventus and Inter Milan who were all, also, willing to pay the €15million (£12million) to release him from his contract at Porto.

Sources close to Villas-Boas say he will now wait for the right opportunity to come along. He is busily preparing himself for that having travelled, on his own initiative, to Brazil last weekend to scout players and also drawing up plans to be at the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine to watch potential signings. That might all change if he gets a job sooner. The right opportunity may have just presented itself at Liverpool with the departure of Kenny Dalglish.

The club spent Thursday deciding which managers on their shortlist they would approach first and the call has, of course, now gone out to Wigan Athletic’s Roberto Martínez. But the Fenway Sports Group will be speaking to more than one candidate and Villas-Boas, back in Portugal, is awaiting the call and would be intrigued by the possibility of talking to Liverpool.

FSG also needs to remember why it came so close to approaching Villas-Boas when he was at Porto and why he topped the list of candidates then. The Americans may feel that the young Portuguese is now ‘damaged goods’, or may not be accepted by Liverpool supporters because of his experiences at Chelsea, but that would be far too short-sighted.

It may be that Villas-Boas has to convince Liverpool that gossip over his poor man-management style is just that because he would appear to possess all the other qualities to make a successful manager at a club that certainly appeals to him. Like his former mentor, Jose Mourinho, Villas-Boas knows the importance and heritage and size of Liverpool as one of the world’s biggest and most iconic clubs.

He also spoke warmly, when he was at Chelsea, of the Liverpool supporters and the fervent atmosphere in the city that engulfs the club — in the way that is hard to replicate in the sprawling metropolis of London.

There is another thought for FSG – look at the magnificent job Alan Pardew has done at Newcastle United after being sacked by Southampton. A good manager is a good manager and if Villas-Boas does go to Roma it will be the Premier League’s loss.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/...lsea-wrong.html
looks like AVB love us...that reason alone got my vote!

just get mourinho and be done with it. no pep next season so la liga will be so boring for him... come special one. you want CL? win it with us, for us

since when mourinho is bothered by a paycheck? sliding on the byline is his passion

please la bros. you won the cup so savor it. what i feel about torres, no offense, why do you care? more over, i just said he basically did nothing much in his chelsea career, not in the game itself. so can you give me proof that he had a WONDERFUL career at chelsea so far? if you can do that, i would be humbled to apologize, no problem. you all really read into my post in a negative way

@raf93: so what if i butthurt? no we won the cup 5 times. no problemo. been there, done that. please, next reply, mention about your season as compared to us, mention the FA cup bla bla bla... i dont get why do you even bother when you already won the CL. if i'm torres, i wont be proud with my season where i know i can do much better, once the most feared striker in the world. which makes you prouder? considering you basically did nothing and hold a winners' medal, or scored the winning goal in a final? you get my point? 

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Added on May 20, 2012, 6:21 pm

bro, you should put yourself in the shoes of the fans who are bitter towards him. and no offense, but we have something called "you'll never walk alone". regardless the money his transfer gave us, the motive of his move did him no good. and even so, what did he do after he left us? had he said anything about Liverpool since he left? you ask us not to belittle him, but you can forgive the man fot belittling the club whom made him?

There are rumor AVB will be offered  Liverpool manager job in this week.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/321304...op-great-again-

joe cole wanted to play for liverpool, wonder will it happen or not

Yup, they both should.

Van Gaal's work with Ajax and Barcelona undoubtedly appeals to Liverpool's owners as they conduct an overhaul at Anfield and look to imprint a playing philosophy throughout every level of the club. That strengthens his claims for the proposed sporting director role, although Van Gaal has not yet called time on his managerial career and was linked with PSV Eindhoven before their recent appointment of d*** Advocaat

the playing philosophy..this what was done in barca & ajax..players from youth to first team playing similar system philosophy..one thing i'm worried bout Van Gaal,he's not the most friendly..his style might offended several people

Villas-Boas out of contention as Liverpool have second thoughts
The prospect of Rafael Benitez returning is remote, despite a fans' online campaign
As it seems,
Brendan Rodgers who rejected as not interested in beauty parade (kicks out AVB from list) vs Roberto Martinez
odds are more to Martinez, and then whoever next..
...and we could see the news in the next few days

http://www.koptalk.co.uk/201204214418/Live...rt-downing.html

" Reports today claim that Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish turned down the opportunity to sign Juan Mata in favour of Stewart Downing purely because he was British.
*Sources close to former Reds director of football Damien Comolli claim that the Frenchman was frustrated at Dalglish's insistence on chasing British players rather than foreign imports that can often be more cost effective.
One report today claims: 'Comolli feels that the American owners and manager Kenny Dalglish pushed him towards a transfer policy of targeting young British players even though he advised them that there was more value for money abroad.
'For example, Comolli is believed to have been extremely interested in signing Juan Mata last summer from Valencia and received encouragement from the Spaniard's representatives. Dalglish was not so keen and the Reds instead signed an expensive compromise in Stewart Downing from Aston Villa for £20 million.'
During that transfer window, KOPTALK continually maintained that Mata was up for a move to Anfield and that his father had met and spoken with the Reds on several occasions. Juan Mata Senior - who is also the player's agent - had commented how his son was in awe of Liverpool's history and status as one of the biggest clubs in Europe. Despite big-money offers from other clubs, we believe Liverpool had a real chance of signing the player, which is why we were adamant about our chances.
* When reports say 'sources close to..', this is often actually the person at the centre of such reports who is commenting off-the-record. In this case for example, this could be Comolli himself, although there is nothing to suggest that is the case."
Seems like Mata was keen on joining us as well. Of course these are just rumours and we can't 100% believe it but if it's true, We missed a big player, one that is MUCH better than Downing. He could have been the star for us. Anyway, I hope this is not true. 

have any of you folks read klopp's wikipedia edit?

So, we got Klopp as coach, Van Gaal as Director? gotta admit if this is it, things turned out MUCH better than I expected.

btw if we really got Cavani.... hahahaha miracle

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Added on May 29, 2012, 1:58 amSo, we got Klopp as coach, Van Gaal as Director? gotta admit if this is it, things turned out MUCH better than I expected.

btw if we really got Cavani.... hahahaha miracle

Sigh, either Martinez or Rodgers, I don't see anything good coming out of this, both are not player magnets. It's going to be another screwed up season in my opinion.

We screw up the next season, Suarez will surely leave. Gerrard will be too old then, Carragher's retired (but he's showing his age anyway). Who will we have then? Henderson?

YNWA will be come You'll Never Win Anything.