The Next Manager?

[bigbluewillie 1,868]

Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis says Chelsea have not approached the Italian club about appointing Maurizio Sarri as their new manager. (Sky Sport24, via Metro)

[Unionjack 7,531]

[Superblue 6,372]

I'm sure that the club is laying the groundwork for deals, etc.

It is important this summer that we get things right. If Sarri is coming in it will require a significant shift in our style and likely a move away from the formation we have become used to the last couple of years. Some players will adjust, and other players will struggle and for Sarri and the club to make decisions on some players or areas of the squad, he may need the chance first and foremost to see them in training and speak to them in person. This cannot be done until we're back in pre-season anyway. A perfect case in point could be Morata. Sarri ripped Higuain to shreds when he first joined Napoli and he was arguably the best striker in Europe that following season. He may want to see if he feels he can get more out of Morata first before discarding him or bringing in an expensive striker that uses up a large proportion of our transfer budget.

I know people are getting nervous but we are going to know in the next week or so for certain the manager situation with everybody coming back for pre-season and thereafter I'm sure we'll see some deals take place. I personally would rather see 3 top drawer signings than 6 or 7 good but not great ones anyway. We've also got loan players like Loftus-Cheek, Batshuayi, Kenedy, Mount, etc who could potentially come back into the fold much more confident and experienced to make an impact on the squad, and the likes of Barkley and Emerson who joined the club lacking match fitness and sharpness in January.

It would be expected for the likes of United, City and Liverpool to be pressing on with transfer plans quicker than us because their managers are set in place and already have a full assessment of the squads at their disposal and likely drew up transfer plans for this summer potentially months ago. Ok, Arsenal are in a similar boat to us but let's be honest so far their signings and/or potential signings seem fairly underwhelming for a squad that the last couple of seasons has been miles off the pace.

I still don't think we're far away at all from being comfortably back in the top 4. Despite all our problems last season and a woeful run of form we took Spurs and Liverpool all the way for the top 4, despite us not having a recognised goalscorer all season and they having the top two in the league between them,

Have faith.

[DDA 9,727]

The situation isn't as bad as the media and some Chelsea fans are making out to be. I refuse to accept that a club our stature is at a complete stand still during a very important summer. We have made it quite common knowledge that we move in silence demostrated in past transfer windows. The media use us a their center peice for the rumour mill, if all people us the Chelsea fans should know that.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

17 hours ago, Tomo said:

These "Monday" jokes are becoming as boring and unimaginative as the Vittese one's. 

Don't forget how people won't believe X until Nigeria news reports it. That ones a side splitter 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

When we start the pre season again? oh shit, we have to wait 29 more days. You guys need to take some holidays.

[The Skipper 20,593]

14 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

When we start the pre season again? oh shit, we have to wait 29 more days. You guys need to take some holidays.

Actually, pre-season starts in about 9 days (when the players who didn't got World Cup have to come back). You think it's normal for our managerial situation to be like this when half the squad is reporting back in to Cobham soon?

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

40 minutes ago, The Skipper said:

Actually, pre-season starts in about 9 days (when the players who didn't got World Cup have to come back). You think it's normal for our managerial situation to be like this when half the squad is reporting back in to Cobham soon?

Normal For Chelsea F.C

[Dimitr 488]

Ok done deal 

Maurizio Sarri's agent: "Sarri will eventually go to Chelsea! Sorry, however, he lost his staff. If there is a problem, it resolves." #CFC

[YorkshireBlue 3,144]

7 minutes ago, Dimitr said:

Ok done deal 

Maurizio Sarri's agent: "Sarri will eventually go to Chelsea! Sorry, however, he lost his staff. If there is a problem, it resolves." #CFC

Source? 

[Dimitr 488]

3 minutes ago, BluesMadLad said:

Source? 

https://www.spazionapoli.it/2018/06/23/sarri-agente-de-laurentiis/

[Pizy 18,530]

1 hour ago, The Skipper said:

Actually, pre-season starts in about 9 days (when the players who didn't got World Cup have to come back). You think it's normal for our managerial situation to be like this when half the squad is reporting back in to Cobham soon?

LOL! So what, will the players coach themselves if we haven't done shit by then? 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

1 hour ago, The Skipper said:

Actually, pre-season starts in about 9 days (when the players who didn't got World Cup have to come back). You think it's normal for our managerial situation to be like this when half the squad is reporting back in to Cobham soon?

9 more days then. Ok, I cancel my booking.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

He's not Sarri's agent. 

Alessandro Pellegrini is. 

https://www.transfermarkt.com/alessandro-pellegrini/beraterfirma/berater/4510

Giuseppe Accardi is an agent so maybe he has some information. 

We'll see.

[Special Juan 27,530]

I will go to Cobham on Monday, Sarri can fuck off, my boots and training gear are ready.

[Dimitr 488]

8 minutes ago, Belgiannutt said:

He's not Sarri's agent. 

Alessandro Pellegrini is. 

https://www.transfermarkt.com/alessandro-pellegrini/beraterfirma/berater/4510

Giuseppe Accardi is an agent so maybe he has some information. 

We'll see.

The article called sarri his client.. 

[Starman60 1,343]

Latest shit for the Daily Mail states "Chelsea have reached a Gentleman's agreement with Napoli over Sarri" so it'll probably happen on Monday.........................or Thursday.................Or Tuesday........................or Friday next week..............or the week after.................or the week after that

[Laylabelle 9,406]

Wouldn't surprise me.. Start of the season.. Still rumours.. It'll be next week..Next month.. 

Least the world cup is a bit of a distraction. As for the transfer window we've been crap when we've had a manager at getting deals done so be no change there at being slow. Just less time