Vesper

shades of 2004

if they hold on it is the first ever European trophy for a Greek club

1 nil Olympiakos

what a SHIT game! extra time now horrific football all around

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anyone who says that doesn't know football I mean that bring the hate, I ain't changing it or backing down 54 topflight trophies as a player and manager Honours Player Barcelona B Segunda División B: 1990–91 Barcelona[249] La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99 Copa del Rey: 1996–97,[250] 1997–98 Supercopa de España: 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996 European Cup: 1991–92 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1996–97 European Super Cup: 1992 Spain Olympic gold medal: 1992[251] Individual Bravo Award: 1992[252] Olympics – Spain Best Player: 1992 UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2000 Manager Barcelona B Tercera División: 2007–08[253] Barcelona[254] La Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12 Supercopa de España: 2009, 2010, 2011 UEFA Champions League: 2008–09, 2010–11 UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011 FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011 Bayern Munich Bundesliga: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16[255] DFB-Pokal: 2013–14,[256] 2015–16[257] UEFA Super Cup: 2013[258] FIFA Club World Cup: 2013[259] Manchester City Premier League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24[260] FA Cup: 2018–19,[261] 2022–23[262] EFL Cup: 2017–18,[263] 2018–19,[264] 2019–20,[265] 2020–21[266] FA Community Shield: 2018,[267] 2019[268] UEFA Champions League: 2022–23[269] UEFA Super Cup: 2023[270] FIFA Club World Cup: 2023[271] Individual Don Balón Award: 2009, 2010 Miguel Muñoz Trophy: 2008–09, 2009–10 Onze d'Or Coach of the Year: 2009, 2011, 2012 World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year: 2009, 2011 IFFHS World's Best Club Coach: 2009, 2011,[272] 2023[273] UEFA Team of the Year Best Coach: 2008–09, 2010–11 La Liga Coach of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 FIFA World Coach of the Year: 2011[274] Globe Soccer Awards Coach Career Award: 2013[275] Globe Soccer Awards Coach of the Century: 2020[276] Premier League Manager of the Month: February 2017, September 2017, October 2017, November 2017, December 2017, February 2019, April 2019, January 2021, February 2021, November 2021, December 2021[260] Premier League Manager of the Season: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24[260] LMA Manager of the Year: 2017–18,[277] 2020–21,[278] 2022–23[279] LMA Premier League Manager of the Year: 2017–18,[280] 2020–21,[281] 2022–23,[282] 2023–24[283] League Managers Association (LMA) Hall of Fame[284] UEFA Men's Coach of the Year: 2022–23[285] The Best FIFA Football Coach: 2022-23[286] Decorations Gold Medal Royal Order of Sports Merit: 2010[287] Catalan of the Year Award: 2009[288]

Enzo Maresca: Diet Pep or too risky? A Chelsea supporter seeks answers from a Leicester fan https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5524236/2024/05/29/maresca-Chelsea-leicester-fans/ As Leicester City supporters digest the imminent departure of Enzo Maresca, their counterparts at Chelsea have been left pondering the credentials of the man most likely to replace Mauricio Pochettino at Stamford Bridge. The Italian may have worked for Pep Guardiola, and even looks a bit like Pep Guardiola, but does he boast the same streak of coaching genius as the Catalan? What kind of tactics did he deploy in restoring Leicester to the Premier League at the first attempt? And can he manage up as well as down at a club? We noticed some of those questions cropping up in the comments section of a piece on Maresca published this week, so we asked Dave Chidgey, a presenter on the Chelsea FanCast podcast and writer for the Chelsea fanzine cfcuk, to seek answers. Step forward Alex, a Leicester fan also known as Ric Flair from the Big Strong Leicester Boys podcast, who has witnessed Maresca’s football first-hand. Dave: So the first question I have for you is: are you disappointed he’s going? Alex: Rather than being ‘disappointed’, we’re numb to it all. Maresca inherited a bin fire at Leicester. Although he was expected to get us promoted at the first time of asking, it was not a guarantee considering how quickly we’d nosedived. He was already playing the style of football he wanted from us in less than a month, and that was really impressive. But fast forward a year and the reason Leicester fans might not be that bothered is that we’ve simply got bigger problems. The financial issues still exist. And we’re looking at it thinking, ‘Yes, he’s done a good job. But is he a great manager?’. No one knows. Is he a pragmatic manager that we might need next season back in the Premier League? Absolutely not. He has one way of playing, and he’s unflinching and unwavering in it. No matter who you play, whether you’re winning or losing, he won’t change. And doing that with us in the Premier League… Dave: A lot of Chelsea supporters are nonplussed about everything. These owners came in and, within a few months, fired Thomas Tuchel. Anyone after that is going to be a comedown. When they appointed Graham Potter most people thought: ‘Really?’. Pochettino split the fanbase given the Tottenham connections but, towards the end of the season, he was doing all right. So to turn to another manager — and not an ‘elite’ manager, for all that he won the Championship — has left us a bit perplexed. How worried should we be? Alex: He’s got an aura around him that your fanbase will pick up on and that will put them more at ease. There’s something about him that suggests he is the real deal. Whether he is or not remains to be seen — it’s difficult to determine that after one season at a club who, effectively, should not have been at that level. And he nearly made a pig’s ear of it down the stretch, don’t forget. So on the face of it, this might seem an outrageous appointment. A risk. But his ideas lend themselves to having elite players, and you’ve got some of those. And the intention to bring more in. He could do a better job than Pochettino. Yes, he’ll have to replicate what he did at Leicester early on and get off to a flier. But his principles lend himself to better players. He’s a disciple of Pep… Dave: I’ve heard him called the Diet Pep… Alex: He looks a bit like him if you take your glasses off, and talks like him. We all felt comforted by that aura, especially after Brendan Rodgers. He is no-nonsense and sticks to his guns but I can see why Chelsea fans are concerned because he’s not got the credentials behind him. But look at Xabi Alonso, another Pep disciple, and what he’s achieved at Bayer Leverkusen. Enzo could be the same. And you may have snagged him early. Dave: Chelsea supporters are actually a fairly level-headed lot. We’ll give him a chance. We’ll back him. But our patience is fairly thin after the last couple of years. He’s very stubborn, has a philosophy and a way of playing. That’s all very well and good if you’re Guardiola and you have some of the best players in the world, but I’ve seen an Italian manager at Chelsea who was very stubborn and wouldn’t change his ways or his philosophy — Maurizio Sarri. Some will point to him winning the Europa League, but really, Eden Hazard won us the Europa League. It had nothing to do with Sarri. The best coaches are those who adapt to the rigours of the Premier League and change it up when they need to, tailoring to the opposition. Given that we’re not Manchester City and he’s not Pep Guardiola, if he just sits there rigidly refusing to change… Alex: This was a bone of contention with Leicester fans. Guardiola has reinvented himself regularly with the systems and tactics at Manchester City. We didn’t see that from Maresca in that one season and he talks consistently about having a fixed way of playing. The modern football style, possession for possession’s sake, is boring, isn’t it… Dave: Very. Alex: You can understand why football teams do it, but it’s not going to get the pulse racing. Enzo is very much from that ‘retain possession and you control the game’ school. Playing on the counter, allowing basketball-type football, you lose that control. But when our lead at the top was whittling away with the team in a rut, and the fans were calling for him to mix it up in terms of the system or personnel, he didn’t. That concerned us. In his defence, he didn’t have 25 players who could play the football he wanted. At Chelsea, he’ll probably have greater depth in quality. But my major concern is he has this vision and he doesn’t adapt. The Premier League is brutal. You can have a game plan and it’s up to the opposition to counter that… Dave: And they do. By half-time, they’ve found you out. It happens within a game. Alex: Exactly. Enzo, before a game, is very good at setting a team up to go into a game and doing X, Y and Z. His in-game management, though… a lot of managers out-thought him tactically within games. He needs to learn quickly. You have less leeway in the Premier League and there is an inexperience there. GO DEEPER Enzo Maresca: Growing up with De Zerbi, playing like Gazza and why he's 'worth' the risk Dave: Do you think we have the players to play the system he wants? Alex: He needs a goalkeeper who has elite distribution. Dave: So we need a new goalkeeper, then. Alex: I guarantee he’ll come in for Mads Hermansen from Leicester. He signed him from Brondby and, with the ball at his feet, he’s sensational. He’s got a ricket in him because of the risks he takes, but his distribution is phenomenal. Dave: Can he actually save shots? Alex: Yes. He’s not huge but as an all-round goalkeeper, he’s very, very good. Hermansen has excelled under Maresca at Leicester (Plumb Images/Leicester City FC via Getty Images) He’ll try to play an inverted full-back, and will want a left-footed defender who does not play as a conventional full-back but can operate as a left-sided centre-half but will also venture into midfield. So Marc Cucurella or Levi Colwill. Ben Chilwell’s days will be numbered. He’ll have a defensive midfielder; not necessarily a destroyer, but someone who sits deep. That was Harry Winks for Leicester — he had no business playing at Championship level and found it very comfortable. He deployed two advanced central midfielders, ‘No 8s’, who would advance up-field and look to score goals. One of those was Wilfred Ndidi; watching Enzo turn him into an attacking midfielder was mind-bending. The key positions are the wingers. He’ll rub his hands together to have Cole Palmer, whom he worked with at Manchester City’s under-21s. His wingers need to be very good in one-versus-one situations, but also defensively. They get through a hell of a lot of work. Dave: Noni Madueke has a lot of potential and can probably fulfil that kind of role, but Palmer is way more than just a winger. I don’t want to see him haring back to perform last-ditch tackles. I want to see him creating and scoring goals. If Maresca could improve Mykhailo Mudryk, that would be massively impressive. Alex: He rebuilds players’ confidence. Mudryk will benefit from him. I would not be surprised to see him get Raheem Sterling firing again, too. On the one hand, he’s very, very good with young players and will dip into the academy if he thinks there’s a player there. At the other extreme, he revitalised others at Leicester who were on the scrap heap. Jannik Vestergaard was ridiculed, but he revived him. Up front, he’ll only ever play one striker — even when chasing a game. He needs a player who holds the ball up to feed the advancing No 8s and wingers. He also needs someone to press well. We didn’t have that ideal striker. He’ll need to get that position sorted at Chelsea. GO DEEPER Maresca, Chelsea and his love of chess: 'The board can be divided like a football pitch' Dave: Everyone seems to presume that Conor Gallagher will be sold, but he gives the side energy — that rather old-fashioned thing of putting in the hard yards, tackling and doing the dirty work, allowing the more talented players to create. He can lead the press. What will Maresca make of him? Alex: He’ll look at Gallagher in the way he looked at Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, an academy graduate whom he turned him into our key player. He’d look at Gallagher as one of the No 8s and ask him to do the same as Dewsbury-Hall in the Championship; score and create goals. He will get him into the pockets of space and will like his aggression. Ndidi was used as an attacking midfielder but we still leant on his defensive abilities to win the ball back. We would press and create changes by forcing turnovers close to their goal. Gallagher can do that. He’ll probably look to have someone like that alongside a Palmer centrally: one doing the ball-winning and getting into the box to score and assist, the other finding the space to influence things. Dave: With Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti and Tuchel, we loved them because they ‘got’ the supporters and the club. Will Enzo be that kind of guy, or will he be more aloof? One of the problems Pochettino had, aside from the Tottenham thing, was that he never really acknowledged the supporters. There was no connection there at all. And it’s important. Alex: I can alleviate your concerns in that regard. Enzo is very diligent on building a relationship with the fans. At Leicester, he engaged. He’d go up to the Union FS, our singing section, after every game and demand all his players clapped them, too, at the end of the match. As a result, the fans felt he ‘got’ us. You’ll get that with him. Dave: We love an Italian manager at Chelsea. If he bothers to find out about our Italian heritage, our players and managers, he will do very well. Alex: He will be watching hours and hours of footage as we speak. Before he joined us, he watched every single Leicester game from the previous few years to understand what we were about. He lived at our training ground for months. He would immerse himself in the club, learning everything. He’ll do the same, I’m sure. It won’t be lost on him, the Italian connection. Where it went slightly awry, our fanbase were a little bit frustrated with some of the football at times. Not necessarily because it was boring football, but we were the Manchester City of the Championship. Teams would come and play a low block against us. The atmosphere could be quite flat. There was no jeopardy in the games, and that built up frustration. He called out our fans and said: ‘If you don’t value me, I’ll be off. The moment I feel I’ve not got the support of the fanbase, I’ll leave’. So he will engage with the fans, but he’s also a touchy so-and-so. Dave: I don’t mind that. Let’s hope he’s a little bit more Antonio Conte than Sarri. Conte fired us up, but he was fiery. But the key to Chelsea at the moment is keeping co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart happy, a concept I find utterly bewildering. Don’t put their noses out of joint. Will he upset the apple cart there? Alex: So, the thing that our fanbase was most impressed with about Enzo Maresca was the fact he challenged our board and hierarchy more than any other manager ever has. He’s possibly come closest to any other manager to maybe getting some changes. We have financial problems looming over us, and nobody seemingly pays the price for that other than the managers. So why aren’t our owners making changes at that director of football/CEO level? Maresca was trying to make us an elite team on the field and wanted Leicester to become an elite club off it, too. To do that, they needed to make changes board level. He may see that ‘elite structure’ at Chelsea and keep schtum. But if there is an issue, he will reference it. It’s not a ticking time bomb, but if that’s a major problem, it will be exposed. Dave: So new manager by Christmas, then… Alex: Ha. Or, if he hits the ground running like he did at Leicester, you may well go on and win the league. You never know.

https://football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost466 England's Jude Bellingham is currently the player in the world with the highest value on the transfer market. According to the CIES Football Observatory's statistical model*, after a very successful first season at Real Madrid, with just a few days to go before the Champions League final, his fair price has now reached €280m**. Manchester City's striker Erling Haaland is the second highest-valued player (€255m). The outstanding Norwegian goal scorer is ahead of Real Madrid's Brazilian duo Vinícius Júnior (€241m) and Rodrygo Goes (€221m), as well as teammate Phil Foden (€204m). Also in the top ten are two Arsenal players (Bukayo Saka and Martin Ödegaard), a third Citizen (Julián Álvarez), Barcelona’s prodigy Lamine Yamal, and Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz. In the other positions, Borussia Dortmund's and Switzerland's goalkeeper Gregor Kobel tops the table for goalkeepers, Arsenal's Frenchman William Saliba for centre backs, Manchester City's Croatian Joško Gvardiol for full backs and Real Madrid's Uruguayan Federico Valverde for defensive midfielders. Endrick Felipe from Palmeiras (on loan from Real Madrid) has the top estimated transfer value among non-European based players (€92m). * Built on around 5,500 paid transfers, the CIES Football Observatory's statistical model explains more than 85% of the differences in the fees invested by clubs on the basis of criteria such as age, length of contract, minutes, the proportion of the latter as a starter, the sporting level of matches played, results, the economic strength of the player's club and league, that of potential buyers, the level of inflation, etc. **Estimates refer to 100% of transfer fees, including add-ons, with no consideration of eventual buy-out clauses. Highest estimated transfer values (€ Million) Date: 28/05/2024. Position: [gk] goalkeeper, [cb] centre back, [fb] full back, [dm] defensive midfielder, [am] attacking midfielder, [wi] winger, [cf] centre forward.

I do not want to sell him, but £60 to 70m in pure profit sure would help the FFP mess we are in fucking idiots at Bo-Clownlake with their insane Wes Fofana buy and huge overpays for some others

THIS!!! A top 3 or 4 on the planet CB atm

I am going to remain open minded. We could have chosen worse.

they are suprisingly not being pure cunts

I almost added him to my list of ball player GKers yesterday, but I watched some tape and decided not to. I am open to being proven wrong.

Fofana is wrecked, and only Colwill is acceptable from that group.

CBs!!! Number one need. Especially with Thiago and very likely Trevoh gone. We have Colwill. Fofana is very likely perma wrecked. The rest are youth or shit.

Chelsea facing fixture chaos after Man Utd denied them place in Europa League Manchester United's shock FA Cup final victory over Manchester City over the weekend meant Chelsea dropped into the UEFA Europa Conference League next season https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/Chelsea-fixture-schedule-chaos-manager-32901546 Chelsea will need to learn how to operate amid plenty of chaos next season after dropping into the UEFA Europa Conference League. The Blues looked set to compete in the Europa League after the now-departed Mauricio Pochettino guided his side to a sixth-placed finished following a sharp run of form to end the season. Chelsea have lifted the Europa League trophy twice, in 2013 and 2019 respectively. But the Blues will now compete in the Europa Conference League next season after Manchester United, who finished eighth in the Premier League, stunned Manchester City in the FA Cup final. United's triumph saw the Red Devils pip Chelsea to the Europa League, with the Blues dropping down and Newcastle United, who finished seventh, falling out of European competition altogether. Chelsea are already embroiled in chaos as they search for a new head coach to take over following Mauricio's exit, the fourth managerial change since the new ownership took over two years ago. And if the new head honcho's in-tray wasn't daunting enough, he will now need to navigate one of Chelsea's busiest seasons yet. Depending on how far the Blues go in domestic cup competitions, the club could rack up as many as 74 competitive matches next term, which means they could be playing for 330 days out of the 365-day calendar year. That congested fixture list does not include major tournaments or pre-season fixtures. A number of Chelsea players will feature at the European Championship this summer, including England's Cole Palmer. The showpiece event will end on 14 July, just 10 days before Chelsea jet off to the United States to face Wrexham, Celtic, Club America, Manchester City and Real Madrid between 24 July and 6 August. The Premier League season will commence less than two weeks after on the weekend of 17 and 18 of August. The following week, Chelsea will embark on a play-off round to reach the group stage of the Europa Conference League. Had Chelsea qualified for the Europa League, the additional fixtures would have been avoided. Another play-off match could be in store for the club should they progress through the group stage and bid to reach the round of 16. A trip to the final in Poland would require the Blues to rack up a mammoth 17 matches in the Conference League, while domestic cup competitions could increase that tally by 12. Chelsea will also need to factor in a further seven games from the Club World Cup next summer, which will run from June 15 to July 13 and feature 32 teams, one of them being the Blues. Altogether, Chelsea could be playing competitive football from the start of the Premier League season in mid-August to mid July, a staggering breadth of time that will consume 330 of the 365 days of the year. The concerning sum arrives when player welfare has become a hot topic in recent months as international and domestic calendars have grown the demands on players to unprecedented heights. Chelsea remain searching for a new head coach to assume the helm before a hectic season commences. Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna has dropped out of the race with Leicester City's Enzo Maresca becoming the club's No 1 target.

If this blows up in our faces, Clownlake has to fuck off and sell. I do not like what I see. Please surprise me!!!

Ball playing GKers: Diogo Costa (best option, but will cost a tonne) Mike Maignan Unai Simón Lucas Chevalier Bento Guillaume Restes (19yo from Toulouse, super athlete, biggest upside atm for any U21 keeper on the planet) 1.88m (6 feet, 2 inches) and great with the ball

Cherki is a 'no end product' flashboy, and is a primadonna in terms of attitude. Hard AF pass.

Super unhappy Enzo Maresca??? Really? Fuck Clownlake

would be a nice summer holiday to get away from all stress and go trance out in the forest 😍

Chelsea set to hijack Manchester United’s pursuit of Argentine sensation Aaron Anselmino https://www.caughtoffside.com/2024/05/25/Chelsea-hijack-manchester-united-pursuit-of-argentine-sensation/ Chelsea are reportedly poised to hijack Manchester United’s pursuit of Aaron Anselmino, one of Argentina’s most promising young defenders, ahead of the upcoming transfer window. Anselmino, the 19-year-old starlet currently playing for Boca Juniors, recently extended his contract with the Buenos Aires club in January, committing to them until the end of 2028. Despite this extension, the teenager has attracted significant interest from top Premier League clubs, including Manchester United. Initially, Boca Juniors had included a £15.72 million release clause in Anselmino’s contract. However, given the mounting interest from the Premier League giants, this clause was removed as it was deemed insufficient to fend off potential bids. Chelsea looking to hijack Manchester United target According to the latest report from The Sun, Chelsea have now entered the race for Anselmino’s signature. Journalist Fafi Perez confirmed Chelsea’s interest alongside that of Manchester United. Both clubs are reportedly ready to meet Boca’s revised asking price, setting the stage for a potential bidding war. Although Anselmino has yet to cement his place as a regular starter for Boca Juniors, having made just four appearances this season and scoring one goal, his potential has caught the eye of top scouts. Both Chelsea and United reportedly plan to loan Anselmino out after securing his signature to ensure he gets consistent playing time and continues his development before joining the English top flight. Chelsea and Manchester United are currently undergoing managerial uncertainty Both clubs are going through a period of managerial uncertainty. Chelsea recently sacked Mauricio Pochettino, leaving them without a permanent manager. Similarly, Manchester United are facing managerial instability, with Erik ten Hag’s future in doubt despite leading the team to an FA Cup victory with a 2-1 win over Manchester City earlier today.

Bayern Munich board believe Thomas Tuchel has agreed to become Manchester United’s next manager https://www.caughtoffside.com/2024/05/25/bayern-munich-board-believe-thomas-tuchel-has-agreed-to-become-manchester-uniteds-next-manager/ Bayern Munich believe Thomas Tuchel refused to U-turn on his decision to leave the club because he has agreed to become the next manager of Manchester United according to reports. Tuchel departed Bayern at the end of a disappointing season which saw them finish third in the Bundesliga and win no silverware, despite adding Harry Kane to their squad last summer. The German hasn’t hidden his desire to return to the Premier League, having previously won the Champions League during his time at Chelsea, and with uncertainty surrounding the future of Erik ten Hag, the former Chelsea boss has been linked with a move to Old Trafford. Bayern believe Tuchel has agreed to take over at United Bayern and Tuchel agreed to end their relationship back in February following a series of poor results, with the German giants saying at the time it was in the best interest of both parties to do so. However, Bayern’s search for a new manager hit a number of issues with several candidates turning down the job including Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann and Ralf Rangnick. As a result Bayern entered into conversations with Tuchel in an attempt to see if the German would stay on at the club. Those talks weren’t successful and Tuchel confirmed that he would be departing at the end of season. Bayern have now agreed to appoint Vincent Kompany as their new boss, but German football expert Christian Falk has reported that Bayern believe Tuchel has agreed to take the United job which is why he didn’t reverse his decision. The report claims Tuchel left negotiations after Bayern’s board attempted to convince him to stay because he received an offer from United, which the Bundesliga giants believe he has accepted. Erik Ten Hag’s future is up in the air, with reports claiming United have taken the decision to sack him after the FA Cup final regardless of the outcome. A return to the Premier League would certainly appeal to Tuchel, but the amount of work required at United is huge with the club in need of a big rebuild.