Zak Whitbread: The Texan defender was today released by the Canaries.
Tonight and Latics owner Dave Whelan confirmed that Martinez could talk to Liverpool with his blessing. "I don’t know the exact timescales of when he is due to meet with the Liverpool owners, but I will never stand in Roberto’s way," Whelan said.
"What we want is the best, what we don't want is to choose quickly or choose because there's a time pressure," the club’s managing director, Ian Ayre, told www.liverpoolfc.tv today.
As the football world begins to come to terms with the exit of 'King Kenny' at Anfield, perhaps it is time to dust down that piece on the Sons Of Glasgow and wonder aloud whether Lambert might be Shankly's heir...
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