Martinez to hold talks with Liverpool
Reuters - Thursday 17 May 2012, 18:11
Liverpool have been granted permission to
speak to Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez about taking
over from Kenny Dalglish who was sacked on Wednesday.
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan told Sky Sports: "I've always
said that when a big club comes he [Martinez] will have
permission to talk to them and... they don't come any bigger
than Liverpool.
"I gave him permission and he'll be talking to them soon. I
don't know when, but it will be quite soon."
Dalglish was sacked on Wednesday after leading Liverpool to
a disappointing eighth place in the Premier League although they
won the League Cup and reached the FA Cup final.
Although Wigan finished a lowly 15th they had a fine end to
the season with Spaniard Martinez again showing his managerial
credentials on a tight budget by rallying his struggling team.
"I would love to keep Roberto," Whelan added on Thursday.
"He is a great manager but unfortunately in this day and age
of football there are two or three clubs looking for managers
and I think Roberto is on the list of every one of them.
"If Liverpool are serious then we may lose him."