Who Do You Want To Be The Next Manager?

[Fulham Broadway 17,305]

Mark Hughes would be my choice -but realistically I wonder how long before he crossed swords with 30 % Abramovich.

[misschief 24]

Mancini's a dick. Two of the titles he won buy default and he did his best to throw this years away. He's well known for falling out with the players constantly - there's no ego as big as his in the dressing room. Who wants his style of football anyway?

I'd go for Hughes, think he'd make a right good job of it, in fact, the more Ive thought about it, the better I like the idea.

Edited May 28, 2008 by misschief

[terry26 6]

Sparky for me as well

[warnie_666 1,081]

So, Sparky is the Fan's favourite!!

I dont know why.

I wouldnt want a coach just because he was an ex Chelsea player.

I would anytime prefer laudrup to hughes.

Huges Doesnt have much to show on his CV.

Hughes Doesnt play attractive football.

And Roman wants both. He wants a winner. and thats why rijkaard is not even in the reckoning.

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

Marcello Lippi is the man to take us to the next level.

[bombayblue™ 55]

So, Sparky is the Fan's favourite!!

I dont know why.

I wouldnt want a coach just because he was an ex Chelsea player.

I would anytime prefer laudrup to hughes. why?

Huges Doesnt have much to show on his CV. and does laudrup? atleast hughes has manged in EPL for 4 years

Hughes Doesnt play attractive football. getafe scored 44 goals in la liga all season

And Roman wants both. He wants a winner. and thats why rijkaard is not even in the reckoning.

Chelsea face fight with Portuguese FA over Scolari

The Portuguese Football Federation said last night that Chelsea are keen to appoint Luiz Felipe Scolari as their next manager. "I already know that Chelsea are interested in Scolari," said the federation's vice-president Amandio De Carvalho when asked about the Brazilian's future.

Scolari is out of contract after Euro 2008, and the Portuguese confirmed that they want to hold talks with him about a new deal when the squad arrives in Switzerland on Sunday ahead of the tournament.

Scolari has also let it be known that he wants to sort out his future in the next couple of weeks which means that Chelsea may have to move quickly if they intend to choose him as Avram Grant's successor.

Gilberto Madial, the federation's president, is likely to offer Scolari a new contract and a pay increase – he currently earns €2.4m (£1.9m) a year. The former World Cup winner, who is increasingly unlikely to join Manchester City, knows that he could earn far more at Stamford Bridge. In some ways, however, the scenario is started to look like a re-run of the Football Association's pursuit of Scolari in 2006.

With still no consensus from the Chelsea hierarchy on whom they should move for to succeed Grant, the clubs and national associations who believe that their managers are under consideration are moving to shore up their men with new contracts.

Mark Hughes is the only British manager in Roman Abramovich's sights, but the Chelsea owner will not get his man cheap if he decides to try and do a deal with Blackburn Rovers this month.

Hughes' future at Ewood Park is protected by the same sort of rolling contract deal that Sir Alex Ferguson has with Manchester United.

Hughes agreed a two-year fixed contract deal with Blackburn last summer, with an extra year on a rolling contract. There are no plans at the club to speak to their manager (who is currently on holiday) about a new deal this summer because they believe the two years' notice that would have to be paid up on his contract gives them adequate protection. There have been no approaches yet from Chelsea for the 44-year-old.

The rolling contract was used by Ferguson when he signed his last deal with United in January 2004 and a similar arrangement means Blackburn can go down to the last year of a contract without fear of losing Hughes without compensation.

At the very least, Blackburn will be able to demand one year's value of the contract although that is not likely to be a problem for Abramovich. Hughes, who finished seventh with Blackburn in the Premier League this season, is understood to be the candidate that Peter Kenyon, Chelsea's chief executive, is backing for the job.

With no official contact yet for Hughes and an inquiry for the former Germany manager Jürgen Klinsmann – now the new Bayern Munich manager – rebuffed, it is only Roberto Mancini of the front-runners who has announced his candidature.

Mancini's drawn-out departure from Internazionale – he announced his intention to quit when they were eliminated by Liverpool from the Champions League in March – came to a close yesterday when Mancini's advisor, Maurizio de Giorgis, confirmed that he had been sacked on Tuesday. He said that there had been no contact with Chelsea, adding: "Roberto Mancini is not a person or coach who likes to propose himself to a club, he waits for a club to look after him so we are in that position right now.

"We are not proposing Mancini to any club, but Chelsea are one of the top five clubs in the world so it is more likely, if there will be any talk, for it to happen now rather than then."

Jose Mourinho is expected to be named the new manager of the Serie A club within the next two days.

The former Chelsea manager's interest in Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba is long-standing, but it now seems that he will also try to recruit his former defender Ricardo Carvalho, who also played for him at Porto, when he takes over the Milan club.

Source: Independent

Edited May 29, 2008 by bombayblue™

[warnie_666 1,081]

I would anytime prefer laudrup to hughes. why?

Simply because, There is an oceans gap between the quality of Getafe and Blackburn. Getafe if im not mistaken was just promoted(correct me im wrong) and to take a club like that within a whisker of a semi final of UEFA cup is a far greater achievement. And yes, they do play attacking football.

Huges Doesnt have much to show on his CV. and does laudrup? atleast hughes has manged in EPL for 4 years

Ans. Atleast laudrup plays entertaining football and not defensive. again refer to my first point.

Hughes Doesnt play attractive football. getafe scored 44 goals in la liga all season

Ans. Laudrup had argument with the owners who dint provide him with the players he needed. Still he managed to take them to the QF. Blackburn for all the quality that they have have scored 50 and conceded 48 same as Getafe.

[bombayblue™ 55]

Simply because, There is an oceans gap between the quality of Getafe and Blackburn. Getafe if im not mistaken was just promoted(correct me im wrong) and to take a club like that within a whisker of a semi final of UEFA cup is a far greater achievement. And yes, they do play attacking football.

Ans. Atleast laudrup plays entertaining football and not defensive. again refer to my first point.

Laudrup had argument with the owners who dint provide him with the players he needed. Still he managed to take them to the QF. Blackburn for all the quality that they have have scored 50 and conceded 48 same as Getafe.

Getafe were promoted last to last season and finished 9th under Schuster in la liga and for the sensational achievemnt he got the madrid job..

then they played attacking football, the team was already built and only needed a bit of tweaking..

they finished 14th under laudrup.. they had their high scoring games but weren't clinical and hence often resorted to defenidng their lead..

blackburn's quality comes through the manger getting the maximum out of their players, to get santa cruz for 3.5million, and then get all those goals is amazing.. i wouldn't be too off target to suggest blackburn have s[pent marginally more than getafe this season but i'm not sure.

[EskWeston 696]

Another day and we are STILL no nearer knowing who is going to be the new boss. Today we have confirmation that we are looking into Scolari and also that we are taking a look at Carlo Ancelotti.....i really hope this doesn't drag out till after the Euros..

[Badboy 1,526]

Another day and we are STILL no nearer knowing who is going to be the new boss. Today we have confirmation that we are looking into Scolari and also that we are taking a look at Carlo Ancelotti.....i really hope this doesn't drag out till after the Euros..

I think it might just drag.

[Fulham Broadway 17,305]

Abramovich listens most closely to Tenenbaum and Eugene Schvidler, he also takes counsel from Kenyon, who is backing the fans fave Sparky.

'Super' agent parasite Pini Zahavi, former Chelsea guvnor Bobby Campbell, Piet De Visser and Arnesen also chuck in their suggestions.

Out of these, Abramovich is most likely to listen to Zahavi as it was him that brokered the buying of Chelsea for Abramovich.

Zahavi has been banging on about Scolari -(he acts as his agent) Roberto Mancini and Eriksson -who he also just happens to act as agent for. So my money would be on Erikson or Scolari at the moment. Either way Zahavi will add another several million to his bank account

[EskWeston 696]

To be honst i am very suprised that it has taken as long as it as! But making the right appointment is crucial for us. No matter what happens it seems you are not going to please everyone, us Chelsea fans are a hard bunch to please thats for sure!

The favorites for the job keep changing by the hour! The original favorite Rijkaard isn't even in the picture anymore seemingly and all of a sudden Scolari and Ancelotti have come out of no-where. At least it seems like we are in detail exploring all options and interviewing all potential managers.

Although i still find it extremely hard to believe that this hasn't been done for along time now!

[Fulham Broadway 17,305]

It's not something to be rushed into - as we could end up with a fat waste of space Though the sooner its sorted the sooner we can get on with the exits and signings.

Ancelotti allegedly met with Abramovich on Monday, but my money would still be on someone that Zahavi fronts.

[bombayblue™ 55]

just how many people does zahavi represent?

[BlueLion. 21,491]

A story on Sky Sports says that the Portuguese Football Association have confirmed we have made an approach for Scolari.