The Times are reporting that the Liverpool board are offering Rafa £3m to leave

Times LINK

of of course a quick link by MON’s mate Henry Winter on Twitter

End-game for Rafa Benitez at Liverpool. Had to happen. Club moving against him. He’ll always have Istanbul. Martin O’Neill & Roy Hodgson will be linked with Liverpool. Good managers, warmer men than Rafa Benitez. LFC dressing room needs warmth

I guess over the next few hours we will hear a lot of these links and some Villa supporters will delight in this but remember what Randy said, the guy does not lie

Let me say again, Martin O’Neill will be the manager next season. He has definitely agreed and I wasn’t worried that might change. In fact, I would say our working relationship is as close as ever – if not closer.’

And for these reasons below as well

1) MON not finished job at Villa Park

2) MON stated he would be staying in the summer

3) MON was at the meeting with Milner yesterday and would he try and persuade Milner to stay knowing he was going to go

4) Why would he go there if their best two players are almost certain to leave ?

5) Swap Randy for those two idiots, Liverpool have in charge ?

6) The whole club is built on Rafa and his ethos, from the doctor’s, physion, youth team coaches and every single player with a massive squad MON dislikes

7) We have plans for the stadium and building now, they have well, the dreams.

8 ) The way Liverpool acted over the Barry attempted deal

For MON it would make no sense at all, at his age trying to reconfigure the whole club with no money, owners who could sell up to anyone at any time and a squad in serious decline. People may argue that is how he joined Villa but he knew the owner then and his plans, not now.

So for those dreamers wishing MON to go, the small majority he is is STAYING.