Aston Villa hope to appoint their new manager by the start of next week and look set to choose between Paul Lambert and Roberto Martinez.
Lambert and Martinez: Favourites for Villa job
Martinez's advisors spoke with Villa at the end of last week before the Wigan boss flew to America to hold talks with Liverpool's owners over the vacant position at Anfield.
But Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers now appears to be the new favourite to take that job and it is understood Martinez is now willing to push ahead with Villa talks - 12 months after he rejected the post.
But the delay in any possible deal while he spoke to the Reds means Norwich manager Paul Lambert is also now on Villa's radar.
The Midlands club have still to make an official approach to either Wigan or the Canaries but are set to push ahead with moves in that direction in the next 24 hours.
Villa owner Randy Lerner sees Martinez as the kind of progressive young manager needed to take the club forward after dismissing Alex McLeish two and a half weeks ago.
He has also been impressed by Lambert steering Norwich to successive promotions and establishing them in the Premier League last season.
But either appointment - if permission is given to Villa to open talks - would be subject to compensation being agreed.
Source : http://soccer365.com//news/european_news/general/17433/villa_step_up_search_for_boss
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