Villa in shock managerial move and other red-hot gossip

Slaven Bilic is being lined-up as a shock replacement for Martin O’Neill at Aston Villa. Apparently O’Neill has fallen out with Villa owner Randy Lerner and wants to leave in the summer. Bilic, a former West Ham star, is the current coach of the Croatian national team. Elsewhere, Manchester City will try and buy Liverpool superstar Fernando Torres for £40m - £20m short of the Reds' valuation of their prize asset; Manchester City want Fabio Capello to eventually take over at Eastlands, with club chiefs prepared to wait until 2012 for his services; Tottenham are set to bag Craig Bellamy for £6m after he fell out with Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini; and Fulham could pick up midfielder Steven Sidwell on a cut price deal after he was told he can quit Aston Villa.