The Next Manager?

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Diego Simeone has pledged his future to Atletico Madrid. #CFC (Record)

Simeone on #Atletico Madrid: "This is my place now. I always say that your place in the world is where you feel good." (Record)

Simeone: "You can be in a marvellous place, and feel bad. So obviously that is not your place in the world." (Record) #CFC #Atletico

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Allegri: "Conte? He will surely do well at Chelsea." #CFC (via @DiMarzio)

http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/eng/juventus-coach-allegri-real-madrid-id-have-to-study-spanish-i-have-never-attended-school/

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Q: Has Roman Abramovich told players + staff about Antonio Conte? - Hiddink: "Not to my knowledge."

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F***ing sake that journo. Should asking him, "has Roman told YOU about Conte?"

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Q: What do you think about Antonio Conte going to #Chelsea? - Massimiliano Allegri: "He will do well for sure.“ [Corriere dello Sport]

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Its going to be a tough pre season again. With  supposedly Conte with Italy his minds not going to be on our case as much as we need. And then we got the USA (International Champions Cup) in July I'm worried about his training with the lads as well as transfers.

And apart from him bringing Massimo Carrera with him which will create us some headlines im sure, thats my only concern about conte.

Seeing as Simeone seemingly doesnt want to come join us hes as good a choice as anyone. (Anyone want to give me odds of him going to that North London club after that old bloke leaves?)

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1 hour ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Guus said this in 2009 but I have never once heard him say so this time around. Guus has said he is leaving but he has not said why.

This is not to say that Guss does want the job but I do know he clearly did have more than half an eye on it when he returned. As far as the public knew that remained the case until about six weeks ago when he started to make it clear he'd be leaving the hot seat at the end of the season. It may be that the club, now obsessed with the long term boss idea, have made it clear that they want a younger man, it could be that Guus finds the alternative job he's been offered upstairs more appealing, or that his health won't allow him to accept the role in the dugout. Goodness it could even be that Guus just does not want the job, as you say. It could be any number of reasons but the point is we don't know because Guus hasn't said.

 

"I have put two dates in my mind. The 25th and 28th of May, then it's finished and I can go home on the 29th. The first is the FA Cup final and the second is the Champions League. I think we have made it very clear at the end of this then I will stop". He said this in January. I really doubt that the board told him: "hey, Guus, we're gonna give you the job, but no matter what, you will leave after the season ends". It's clear to me that he lacks the motivation to go for the long term. 

Just to make it clear, I was one of the most excited members of this forum when he was appointed and if he would like to stay, I would be more than happy. He's a great guy and gave us some amazing results, given the situation. But I just don't think that he ever wanted to stay here for the next season. 

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35 minutes ago, Unionjack said:

Its going to be a tough pre season again. With  supposedly Conte with Italy his minds not going to be on our case as much as we need. And then we got the USA (International Champions Cup) in July I'm worried about his training with the lads as well as transfers.

And apart from him bringing Massimo Carrera with him which will create us some headlines im sure, thats my only concern about conte.

Seeing as Simeone seemingly doesnt want to come join us hes as good a choice as anyone. (Anyone want to give me odds of him going to that North London club after that old bloke leaves?)

Conte will say to the board what players to sign.

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15 minutes ago, Chelsea4 said:

Conte will say to the board what players to sign.

Like Mou did?

Just hope hes got something written into his contract concerning transfers.

I remember when Mou came back there was reports supposedly summet in his saying he wasnt going to have control of transfers. Thats why i didnt really put the ones we got down to him.

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2 hours ago, Cosmin said:

 

"I have put two dates in my mind. The 25th and 28th of May, then it's finished and I can go home on the 29th. The first is the FA Cup final and the second is the Champions League. I think we have made it very clear at the end of this then I will stop". He said this in January. I really doubt that the board told him: "hey, Guus, we're gonna give you the job, but no matter what, you will leave after the season ends". It's clear to me that he lacks the motivation to go for the long term. 

Just to make it clear, I was one of the most excited members of this forum when he was appointed and if he would like to stay, I would be more than happy. He's a great guy and gave us some amazing results, given the situation. But I just don't think that he ever wanted to stay here for the next season. 

Firstly, I'm in full agreement about your last paragraph, apart from the last sentence.

As to the quote from January, yes, about six weeks ago as I said. At his first conference, and at others up until January, he talked about the dates for the two cup finals (although he initially got the date of the Champions league final wrong) but then added, after that we'll see. He absolutely clearly left the door open to an extended stay. Something happened in January, something I speculated on in a post at the time. My guess then was that the club had reached agreement with the new man (in principle at least) , that Guus had been told about it and that this was the reason for his change of tune.

I was very disappointed that Guus did not take the job when it was offered to him in 2009, and I'd be delighted if he was appointed now but he isn't going to be. There must be a reason or reasons for that but, while we can each speculate what the key reason might be, neither of us know. One thing for sure is that Guus has never said that he does not want the job. He may not want it but he has never said so, as was originally claimed.

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Antonio Conte will meet with Abramovich in Monte Carlo inside the next week to thrash out the final details of his appointment. [Telegraph]

Antonio Conte is poised to shake hands on a three-year deal to take over as #Chelsea manager when he meets Abramovich in person. [Telegraph]

Conte’s brother Daniele owns the One Apple restaurant in Monte Carlo, which could play host to the meeting with Abramovich. [Telegraph]

Contrary to reports in Italy, Roman Abramovich has not yet told the #Chelsea squad that Antonio Conte will be the next manager. [Telegraph]

Despite the fact that no agreement has been reached yet, one #Chelsea senior player has informed team-mates it is a done deal. [Telegraph]

 

One of the final details to be agreed between Conte and #Chelsea is the staff he will work alongside at Stamford Bridge. [Telegraph]

#Chelsea are keen for Conte to keep Steve Holland and also want to find a place for Didier Drogba, when he leaves Montreal. [Telegraph]

 

#Chelsea and Conte have already discussed how he will utilise and develop Ruben Loftus-Cheek and the club’s youngsters. [Telegraph]

#Chelsea are more desperate than ever not to waste their young talent or see their graduates excel elsewhere. [Telegraph]

Along with allowing him to spend big money, #Chelsea have requested assurances from Conte that he will give youngsters a chance. [Telegraph]

Conte wants to add to the #Chelsea midfield, but the club hope he can do a similar job with Loftus-Cheek as he did with Pogba. [Telegraph]

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/12183542/Roman-Abramovich-will-meet-Antonio-Conte-in-next-seven-days-to-seal-Chelsea-deal.html

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one #Chelsea senior player has informed team-mates it is a done deal.

 

Mikel?

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4 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Firstly, I'm in full agreement about your last paragraph, apart from the last sentence.

As to the quote from January, yes, about six weeks ago as I said. At his first conference, and at others up until January, he talked about the dates for the two cup finals (although he initially got the date of the Champions league final wrong) but then added, after that we'll see. He absolutely clearly left the door open to an extended stay. Something happened in January, something I speculated on in a post at the time. My guess then was that the club had reached agreement with the new man (in principle at least) , that Guus had been told about it and that this was the reason for his change of tune.

I was very disappointed that Guus did not take the job when it was offered to him in 2009, and I'd be delighted if he was appointed now but he isn't going to be. There must be a reason or reasons for that but, while we can each speculate what the key reason might be, neither of us know. One thing for sure is that Guus has never said that he does not want the job. He may not want it but he has never said so, as was originally claimed.

Fair point, but this is a quote from January: 

"Asked on Friday if he would still rule himself out of taking the Chelsea job on a permanent basis, Hiddink replied: "Yes."" (ESPN)

So basically he said that he rules himself out. Not literally that he doesn't want the job, but it's basically the same thing. Also, he said other things from which I can only understand that he can't see himself being here on a permanent basis. Yet, he was very classy in all of his statements. For example: 

"On the other hand, young people must take over and I must retreat a bit. I will visit Chelsea often next season but I'm not thinking of working elsewhere."

Anyway, I wish he would stay, but it's clearly not a possibility. The club wanted to adopt a strategy for the next season, while he (maybe) wanted time to think about staying. Unfortunately, football doesn't give you so much time to think these days. At least I am happy that he's in a good relationship with the club and maybe we'll see him around pretty often. It would be nice to know that he could take over if things go south. 

 

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2 minutes ago, Cosmin said:

Fair point, but this is a quote from January: 

"Asked on Friday if he would still rule himself out of taking the Chelsea job on a permanent basis, Hiddink replied: "Yes."" (ESPN)

So basically he said that he rules himself out. Not literally that he doesn't want the job, but it's basically the same thing. Also, he said other things from which I can only understand that he can't see himself being here on a permanent basis. Yet, he was very classy in all of his statements. For example: 

"On the other hand, young people must take over and I must retreat a bit. I will visit Chelsea often next season but I'm not thinking of working elsewhere."

Anyway, I wish he would stay, but it's clearly not a possibility. The club wanted to adopt a strategy for the next season, while he (maybe) wanted time to think about staying. Unfortunately, football doesn't give you so much time to think these days. At least I am happy that he's in a good relationship with the club and maybe we'll see him around pretty often. It would be nice to know that he could take over if things go south. 

 

No I don't agree that it's the same thing at all. He just knew then that the next boss wasn't going to be him so answered as he did. Even today when asked if he wanted the job he ducked the question. Of course the media bods have forgotten, or are pretending to have forgotten, that Guus ruled himself out of the job last week, the week before and the week before that. They are therefore presenting it this evening as if it is news.

The bit about the young people is perhaps a clue as to the reason especially when linked with what he had to say about the club needing to move away from short term managerial appointments. That is much closer to the truth I would say than that Guss did not want the gig. What's more I feel sure that Roman and Guus would have agreed mutually that a younger man is the way to go.

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I like Guus'sopen report telling Roman that the new manager needs to splash the cash

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-must-strengthen-or-risk-not-challenging-for-titles-next-season-warns-guus-hiddink-a3196251.html

http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/chelsea-boss-guus-hiddink-tells-10992648