Clrnc Suffering from FFP and now you spend a good chunk of your budget paying a manager and his entire backroom staff off.

The bit that's hard to believe is how much they've pissed off their young stars with this move. Palmer, Jackson etc are basically all they've got as a club.

    Pepe LeFrits Chelsea are remarkably consistent. They haven't had a manager last longer than 2 years since Mourinho left in 2007. Most don't even stay a year.

    It's in their DNA now

      Tuchel to United mooted ... the dream. We'd get to enjoy ten Hag eating shit again in public before probably moving on to a better run club within weeks, then a period of improved results prior to a guaranteed multi-party dummy spit.

      https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/23/lucas-paqueta-charged-fa-betting-rules-west-ham-yellow-cards

      Paquetá denies wrongdoing and any knowledge of the suspicious bets, which have been traced to Paquetá Island, off the coast of Rio de Janiero.

      If he didn't want to get caught, he might have avoided having his partners make their bets from an island named after him. 😆

      That's actually good news for us, he looked headed for City and would have helped them out a lot.

        CPM that means they can go for whatever CM we want instead.

        • CPM replied to this.

            CPM Terrible news for West Ham, bet that wiped the smile off Lopetegui's face and made Moyes' furlough piña coladas taste a little sweeter … instead of raking in £50m+ they'll be chaperoning a Tonali-style situation for a season or something.

            In my mind's eye "Paquetá Island" is a place a bit like Tortuga from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, but with a gigantic boardwalk sports bar where all Paquetá's deadbeat Brazilian pirate mates sit around getting trashed and placing bets on his disciplinary issues. 😆

              Southampton promoted to PL

              I think we're better equipped now to smash them at their place rather than succumb to a limp loss.

              I know it’s their 4th consecutive league title but that’s still a travesty.

                Didn't realise Manchester had gone back into lockdown.....

                The way Leicester collapsed from a huge points lead and almost gave away automatic promotion tells me I should be happy with this appointment.

                I would be worried if they appointed Mckenna instead

                  Very quirky leadership at Chelsea. It's this combination of demanding to be seen as ultra-rational, progressive and innovative while actually being megalomaniacal and madder than a cut snake that's funny. In the old days the madmen were happy enough to be thought of as such.

                  INEOS are showing signs too.

                    Clrnc I still think going from Ipswich to the high stakes car crash that is Chelsea would be a step too far for McKenna. Ditto for going to Man U. Brighton is a more feasible step up for him.