Gianluca Vialli emerges as the 3/1 second favourite for the Newcastle job
Chelsea legend backed to take over at St James’ Park
An e-mail from Sky Bet dropped into the chickendinner inbox this morning revealing that Gianluca Vialli has emerged from nowhere to become the 3/1 second favourite to be appointed Newcastle’s new manager.
The former Chelsea boss hasn’t coached for seven years since an unsuccessful stint at Watford but long absences didn’t stop the Magpies from appointing Kevin Keegan and Joe Kinnear.
Reports in this morning’s papers suggested the Italian was being earmarked by potential owners to work as director of football in a “dream team” with director-of-football despiser Alan Shearer - who is still the 4/11 favourite.
However, perhaps sensing that Shearer wouldn’t be too happy about having someone operating above him, punters have backed Vialli for the main job.
Tags: Alan Shearer, Chelsea, Director of Football, Football, Gianluca Vialli, Joe Kinnear, Kevin Keegan, Manager, Newcastle, Sky Bet, Watford
Posted: July 9th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment 
