Frank Rijkaard

[kbchel 2]

anyone beside grant

[buzybone 0]

No body seems to want grant anymore. well if this is how every one feels then we can push him into resigning like the fans of newcastle did against Sam Allardyce. Rijkaard is not a bad idea at all.

[EskWeston 696]

Lol, funny how everyone all of a sudden would LOVE to see Rightguard at Chelsea..... wasn't too long ago everybody completely disliked him and would never want him here

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Thats because ANY alternative, Mr Blobby, McClaren, or Mr Bean, looks a more attractive proposition at the moment.

Agree with Badboy - the Dutch thread with Ten cate could work really well -and they're both familiar with Arnesen

[Badboy 1,526]

Lol, funny how everyone all of a sudden would LOVE to see Rightguard at Chelsea..... wasn't too long ago everybody completely disliked him and would never want him here

Frank is a quality coach and we are a quality team we need to forget the past.

[Bandicoot 3]

I reckon Rijkaard could be just what we need for that extra attacking spark that we miss at the moment.

[EskWeston 696]

I agree it would be a good appointment for us for sure. Not too sure if i can see it happening though, a Jose to Barca/Rightguard to Chelsea swap does look possible for the summer though!! And he does have the experience of bringing through younger players..

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

I wonder how much compensation the Yids would want for Juande Ramos ?

Riijkaard is the spitting image of this fella

[Steve 10,227]

please ge him in the job asap

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Its obviously a knee jerk reaction from Mr Toad being scheize to wanting Riijkaard, and maybe there are better candidates, but the positive is hes worked with Ten Coats.

Anyway, Rijkaard's record

As a player

1980 Made senior debut aged 17 for Ajax under Leo Beenhakker

1982 Won championship with Ajax, the first of three titles in his first spell at the club

1987 Fell out with Johan Cruyff, eventually going out on loan to Real Zaragoza before moving to Milan where he achieved legendary status

1988 Arrigo Sacchi converted him from central defender to world-class midfielder in a side with Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit who won the European Cup twice and Serie A title twice. As an international won Euro 88 and a semi-finalist in 1992

As a manager

2000 Despite inexperience as a manager, he guided Holland to the Euro 2000 semi-finals

2003 After a difficult start he turned around Barcelona's fortunes. They finished runners-up in first season before winning La Liga twice

2006 Won Champions League, beating Arsenal in the final

[Akemisu 0]

I for one would love to see it happen.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Same here, he is easily one of the world's best coaches.