Bob Bradley among front-runners to replace Martin O'Neill at Aston Villa

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Bradley emerged as one of the early favourites with various bookmakers to replace O'Neill, who resigned yesterday after four years at the helm.

He steered the United States to the last 16 of the World Cup in South Africa as they finished ahead of England in their first-round group.

Speaking last night ahead of tonight's friendly against Brazil in New Jersey, the 52-year-old Bradley said: "I have said over and over as well that I am always excited about new and different challenges. Certainly coaching in Europe at some point is something that I would love to do.

"At the same time, I also consider it a challenge when you finish one [World Cup] cycle and begin the process of working on another one. From the time one World Cup ends, you begin to go through the process of assessing where you are."

Ex-Aston Villa midfielder Alan Curbishley is also likely to be in the frame and is keen to return to the game after his spell at West Ham.

But Lerner will not be short of candidates given Villa's standing, despite his apparent tightening of the purse strings in recent months.

Croatia coach Slaven Bilic has also made it known in the past of his desire to manage in the Premier League.

Germany legend Jurgen Klinsmann was also one of the names being mentioned when there was speculation over O'Neill's future towards the tail-end of last season.