Fulham Broadway 17,311 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Luiz Felipe Scolari has been appointed to Chelsea's football board in a move that puts him in a stronger position after three months at the club than Jose Mourinho ever was. The Brazilian replaces Avram Grant, whose position on the board was terminated three days after he guided Chelsea to their first-ever Champions League final in May. Scolari joins those on the plc board - Chelsea's chief executive, Peter Kenyon, the chairman, Bruce Buck, and Roman Abramovich's lieutenant, Eugene Tenenbaum - in the football boardroom. The move means he will not see a director of football shoehorned in above him, the development that effectively caused a terminal breakdown in Mourinho's relationship with his employers. But it also reflects Scolari's greater influence in transfer matters than the Portuguese enjoyed. It is unlikely that the 59-year-old will have to accept signings such as that of the £30m striker Andriy Shevchenko. Mourinho never was co-opted as a director. Buck said at the Leaders in Football conference this week: "We believe you need to encourage the manager to look long term. You have to have proper lines of communication between the manager and the scouts. We don't support the model where a director of football just buys up players and dumps on the manager." Guardian It shows the clubs faith in the Brazilian, and old wily fox Buck has changed his tune. Bit late saying ''Directors of Football shouldnt choose players to dump on the manager'' -bet Mourinho loves you saying that you silly cnut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Cee 50 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Oh, thank God. I had negative thoughts when I saw the title... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez 2,727 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Well looks like Scolari's being treated better than Ranieri Mourinho and Grant. The teams playing really well under him so I think the club wants to hold on to him for as long as possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Cee 50 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Well looks like Scolari's being treated better than Ranieri Mourinho and Grant. The teams playing really well under him so I think the club wants to hold on to him for as long as possible Early days yet, Kez. Let's hope the club would continue to treat him this way after a few seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez 2,727 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Couple of Premierships and a CL trophy should do the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Cee 50 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Couple of Premierships and a CL trophy should do the trick What trick? The 'trick' they pulled on Jose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez 2,727 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 No trick its just a saying lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/oct/1...a-premierleague Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnie_666 1,081 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/oct/1...a-premierleague Dude, theres already a topic posted on this by FB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 This is good news. To have a set up where the board and manager work together for the good of the team means everything runs smoother! Things so far are going very very well under Scolari, i am sure it will continue as well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,534 Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 And go even better if Roman keeps out of it when it comes to tranfers,let Scolari pick the players he wants etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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