Pizy

Wow. He's so good. Wonder where he ends up in the summer.

Mourinho is the perfect manager for Woodward and they should be a match made in heaven. Woodward has shown over the past few years that he's obsessed with big name, superstar signings that help the United "brand." I'm sure José will have no trouble coming up with a nice fat list of top players he wants. Will be interesting (and annoying/sad for us) to see City/United battle it out for the likes of Pogba and Stones.

Hughes is moving on up in the estimation of many. Maybe the board will give him a shot. He can bring Crouchy with him.

That's probably why Pellegeino is being talked about. He'd be a yes man and a puppet that does what he's told without complaint.

Didn't he extend his contract before the season started? At that time he probably genuinely felt like he would be able to build a dynasty here and the board would back him properly.

It's being reported by some reputable outlets that José was in contact with United within 24 hours of us sacking him. That to me sounds like he's absolutely desperate for the job.

Don't think anyone will dominate points wise like Bayern, PSG, or RM/Barca do where there's enormous separation between them and the other clubs, but I can definitely see domination in terms of titles between those two if we don't appoint the right manager. We're the only club that can (theoretically) keep up with them financially in this league so I'd say we have the best chance of any PL side to challenge them. Again, assuming we appoint a top man.

You couldn't make it up. Just have to laugh because it's so unbelievably mad.

Maybe not at first. I think he'll talk about how he didn't feel like he was backed like he should've been in the market this past summer. I think he'll say that it was a joke that we sacked him again and I think he'll take a jab or three at our players for underperforming. I have a feeling that his unveiling press conference will be painful viewing/reading for Chelsea fans. I also remember him saying he'd talk about the Carneiro situation "when the time is right," so I wouldn't be shocked if he explained what happened at some point. "Out of respect" doesn't mean much to him in this case I feel. He'll be angry as hell and out for revenge against Chelsea. Think we'll see the best José Mourinho since his first stint with us. He'll have his "dream job," as disgusting as that is to type.

Looks like it's close. This is going to suck. Be prepared for a whole bunch of dirt about Chelsea to be made public.

Hey, man, I'm with you. Hopefully the next manager agrees and brings a few through. The question is if our board and owner share the supporters desire to implement youth. They've shown over the past few windows that the answer may be "no."

I guess the argument for some of our youth players is that they go on loan to much smaller clubs than Chelsea and don't exactly shine. Bamford couldn't get a game for Palace and when he did he struggled. If he can't do it there how would he here? RLC is certainly good enough and deserves more opportunities. Must annoy the shit out of him to see players like Dele Allie light it up at Spuds.

For better or worse, what Poch has been able to build there would never have been possible here over the past few years. You're right, it is impressive but you have to look at how it's possible. A club like Spuds have no title ambitions and even finishing ourtside of the top 4 is acceptable there. Without those requirements a manager is able to bring through youth at will and take huge risks that we haven't been able to. He's able to work for a couple of years to implement a system and take his lumps if there's turbulence. Would our supporters or our owner put up with a few years of high midtable finishes under a new manager?

While Pochettino deserves credit, the primary reason they are where they are is because ourselves and United have been so shit this season. I wouldn't mind a manager like him here under normal circumstances but I kind of think we do need a star "name" to compete with the Manchester clubs and Arsenal next season and beyond. Top players may have their choice between all of the top clubs in England. Why choose Chelsea if they're being pitched and recruited by Guardiola and Mourinho? With a big name like Simeone we'd have a shot at some of the same players. Not sure we would under a "lesser" name.

One of, if not the saddest part of this situation is that it'll make it seem like he's been desperate for years to take the United job as rumors have suggested since SAF left. That he only came back to Chelsea because he had no real alternatives. My one and only last hope is that the higher-ups at United decide he's not worth the inevitable trouble and go for someone else like Pochettino. He's my all time favorite manager and favorite football personality but if he goes there and waxes poetic about it being his dream job and how he wants to retire there, etc. my love for him will cease. Like I and others here have mentioned, a Pep led City and Mourinho led United will be able to attract and sign the absolute best players in world football. We risk losing some of our best players and may struggle to attract top talent. It honestly feels like we won't even be able to compete with them for a while. Now we've even fallen behind the likes of Arsenal and fucking Spurs! We won the bloody league last season! Feels surreal thinking about where we are now.

He can "want to" all he likes. They'd still have to spend £50m to get him back. If we steal their manager, however, I highly doubt he'd want to leave. It's extremely difficult to find a top class striker these days, much less pay the necessary fee to buy them. No chance will the club allow him to go. Not without bleeding a club dry. If we sold players that weren't even getting games for us for insane amounts I can only imagine what it would take for us to sell the focal point of our team. Not happening.

He's the kind of player we need to play with Diego Costa, not in place of him. Simeone should be our new manager and Griezmann his priority target along with Stones.

Like, why the fuck would we sign someone who isn't even close to fitness? Our board is mindbogglingly stupid. Unreal. Doesn't bode well for the summer.

And you know that when he is finally fit to play he won't be starting straight away. Over or under under 5 starts for Chelsea? That's a hard call.

Don't see any chance of us selling him. Unless they offer us £50m which they won't/can't.

The fact that he's like Diego Costa is a bonus for me! We're gonna need a big personality and inspirational leader to battle with the superstar managers that our rivals will have. Would be glorious to watch him get under the skin of the likes of Wenger and Pep who are obsessed with "pure, pretty" football. What a boost in confidence it would be for Costa and Tibo to work with him again as well.

It could be made and I feel the same about his time at Bayern. Not impressed with what he did there at all, really. Took a stunningly brilliant team in a weak league and kept them great. No real challenge.

To be honest, not that impressive to dominate Serie A when you have by far the most expensive team with by far the best players.

Allegri just doesn't impress me or instill that confidence in me that he'll return us to the summit of the PL where we belong. I'd be very underwhelmed if he's our pick.