Roberto Martinez Shenanigans: All Reaction Here

[ijjysmith]

No he said the internal candidates including steve round were interviewed 2 weeks ago and that out of the 3 people who are 'left' it's vitor, Roberto and someone else. didn't mention a name.

I'm taking this to mean that:

IT'S ON

 

[JamesEFC]

So Vitor was interviewed last week,according to sky news.Well this sort of puts paid to the claims that the board never looked outside the northwest for a manager.
Wonder if Vitor is delaying his decision to stay at Porto until Everton have interviewed Martinez and given their decision ?

Maybe mate, they also said the language barrier was a concern, I was under the impression he spoke good english

 

[JamesEFC]

I'm taking this to mean that:

IT'S ON

They said he was interviewed last week, so the fact they have moved onto Martinez it doesn't look likely

 

[AaronTheBlue]

Yeah apparently Vitor speaks perfect english so i'm not sure why that'd be an issue.

 

[Del]

Lads its Martinez, Its always been Martinez

 

[bourneblue]

Yeah it certainly fits within the time frame,maybe things are not as cut and dried as they appear.

 

[ijjysmith]

They said he was interviewed last week, so the fact they have moved onto Martinez it doesn't look likely

Oh piss.

OR, they are just seeing who is better. And Pereira is better.

 

[BiggyRat]

Surely Bill will baulk at handing over 2 million for Martinez....surely?

 

[Jags..class]

Surely Bill will baulk at handing over 2 million for Martinez....surely?

We're not frigging a championship club, 2 million **** all if you want a manager. Get a grip

 

[davek]

Surely Bill will baulk at handing over 2 million for Martinez....surely?

If someone says '£2M' in public, the figure settled on (if one is) will be south of that...considerably.

 

[BiggyRat]

We're not frigging a championship club, 2 million **** all if you want a manager. Get a grip

Not yet.

 

[Fazakerley Fan]

When is Bill going to hurry up and sign Roberto? It's obvious he left Wigan to join us so why the wait? 2mil for a good boss isn't bad.

 

[Blue_Berry]

They said he was interviewed last week, so the fact they have moved onto Martinez it doesn't look likely

Not necessarily mate - we couldn't speak with Martinez until he and Pegleg had finished their discussions. Vitor's agent confirmed very openly that he asked the Porto chairman for the rest of this week to make his decision to accept their new contract offer.

It kind of all fits into place that Bill is taking the time to interview all preferred (external) candidates. My main hope is that this isn't just a charade so he can say he did his due diligence properly on each candidate, and that he does infact then make a fair decision based on what he hears from each.

 

[MartSlinger]

Its been Martinez for months as far as im concerned.

 

[Librarian]

If someone says '£2M' in public, the figure settled on (if one is) will be south of that...considerably.

Exactly, Whelan has nothing to bargain with now, he's crossed the rubicon.