so, the manager carousel.

ancelotti sacked by madrid. maybe he goes to liverpool and brenton goes to west ham? that seems like his level.

Ancelotti has said that he is taking a sabbatical. Either way there's no chance that he would move to Liverpool.

My guess is that he will return to Milan but it's dependent on them convincing him that they will back him in the transfer market to overhaul the squad. If he does re-sign, he will be doing so with a view to staying there for more than one season as their situation is not a quick fix. Otherwise, if Ancelotti is keen, I think PSG will sack Blanc and look to appoint him.

i cant see him going back to PSG after last time

Gurgen wrote:

Ancelotti has said that he is taking a sabbatical. Either way there's no chance that he would move to Liverpool.

Be great if he had a holiday for a year and then came in replace Wenger.

Seems like Pep, Klopp and Ancelotti available from now till 2016 but trust Wenger to leave in 2017 when all of these guys will be in new jobs.

Fat Sam is available.

Jus' sayin'.

Gunner89 wrote:

Seems like Pep, Klopp and Ancelotti available from now till 2016 but trust Wenger to leave in 2017 when all of these guys will be in new jobs.

That's typical Arsene. Always leaving one year too late so we miss out on a top replacement. 

What does everybody think of the impending appointment of Benitez at Madrid? There's talk that he wants to build the team around Bale which I'm sure will go down very well with a certain Portuguese in their squad...

I actually rate Benitez fairly highly, despite the fact that he can be a bit of an oddball. Think he could do well at Madrid if he's allowed to, but his decision making will come under fire quickly if results don't go the right way.

I do as well, has achieved pretty solid success with good-ish squads in the past, who knows how far he could take a team like Madrid?

Think he'll be in danger of being sacked by Christmas. Won't win La Liga and no chance in the Champions League with him in charge. Just my opinion of course...

Ricky1985 wrote:

Think he'll be in danger of being sacked by Christmas. Won't win La Liga and no chance in the Champions League with him in charge. Just my opinion of course...

Really? He's got to the final twice with a significantly weaker side, winning it once, and has also won the UEFA Cup twice. So not sure how that translates into 'no chance' when in charge of one of the 3 strongest sides on Europe.

Don't think he'll command the necessary respect from Ronaldo and co to play his dull, defensive, 'tactical' football. Think it'll all be a bit of a mess.

The respect part may be true. He used to sub Torres off back in his prime, I'd love to see him try and sub Ronaldo off 😆

I actually quite like his brand of football mind you, reckon Chelsea under him were more attractive than at any point in the Roman era.

Speaking of managers who can actually win European cups, Unai Emery - great achievement for him. Wonder if he could be a good replacement once Wenger leaves.

All this talk about this manager and that manager being available and tactics and winning the CL is depressing.

West ham persistent on Klopp and other big names say the Telegraph.

They should hurry up whoever they want to get in because their UEFA cup campaign starts in the beginning of July.

Apparently, Beckenbauer has backed Klopp to replace Benitez at Napoli.

Re Rafa:
I could imagine Ricky's prediction of Rafa coming true like this:

1) Rafa gets full control of buying players and structuring the academy or whatever
2) Blows money on players that don't perform
3) Complains about not having enough money to buy better players

I think its a strange hire due to the timing because it would've made a lot more sense after he had left Liverpool. His recent results with Napoli have been subpar after spending over 100m and not finishing in the CL places or challenging for the title. I also think Klopp fits Real's style a lot better as well.

No real top jobs available for him most probably. So he might as well take a year out and wait for big job to present itself.

He'd rather not work than manage Liverpool 🙂
Most probably changing his phone number and going into hiding.

y va marquer wrote:

He'd rather not work.

He'll fit right in with their fans then.

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ha ha.

Two year sabbatical and then bring some heavy metal football to the Emirates, aw yeah.

JazzG wrote:

No real top jobs available for him most probably.  So he might as well take a year out and wait for big job to present itself.

:opti:

General Mirth wrote:
y va marquer wrote:

He'd rather not work.

He'll fit right in with their fans then.

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😆

Jorge Jesus moves from Benfica to rivals Sporting


 The guy won 3 league titles and 6 cups and 1 super-cup in 6 years.

When he came in they lost out to the signing of Falcao to Porto at the last-minute. Since the first season he came in they've lost David Luiz, Angel Di Maria, Fabio Coentrao, Javi Garcia, Nemanja Matic, Ramires, Ezequiel Garay, Axel Witsel, and Oblak.

Felt for the guy in 2012-13 season. They lost the league on the final day and lost 2 finals. They were leading the liga till the last day. They had porto on the second-last matchday who were their competitors for the title. Anything bar a loss would ensure they would be leaders for the final-day but they lost to a last minute Kelvin goal.

They lost the europa league to 93rd minute goal from Ivanovic.

They lost the cup after scoring first and then conceding twice in the last 10 minutes.

He had some moments with Tactics tim too.

Imagine Wenger leaving for Spurs... that is some huge news the other day in Portugal. Surprised nobody mentioned it here till now.

To be fair to him, he is a boyhood Sporting fan.

Pretty sure it's bullshit. Krautzun is a Ferguson fangirl and has reached the age where he starts talking shit so people lend him an ear. I've read the original interview and he talks mostly nonsense.

Moron wanted the Man U job too. Is he also a cunt?

It really is a rhetorical question as most people on earth would say 'yes' without a shadow of a doubt.

Anyone associated with that scummy club is.

Is that a yes then?

Oh yes I've never denied he's a prick of a man.
Great manager though.

Gunner89 wrote:

Jorge Jesus moves from Benfica to rivals Sporting

They're hoping he'll work miracles? 😆

I'll get me coat.