Archief - Engels voetbal 2011-2012 - Deel 2

mtm zei:

Geen idee of Guardiola zin heeft in Chelsea. Het is wel een hele uitdaging, maar misschien voor hem zelfs iets te groot?

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puni zei:

Ik denk dat ge als toptrainer toch best zo ver mogelijk wegblijft van Chelsea op dit moment.

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puni zei:

Ik denk dat ge als toptrainer toch best zo ver mogelijk wegblijft van Chelsea op dit moment.

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Jonas89 zei:

Eigenlijk vind ik het best spijtig dat AVB ontslagen is, maar het begrijp het wel.

Sinds Mourinho is weggegaan is zijne geest altijd blijven hangen in het stadion; en zijn opvolgers hebben het nooit kunnen waarmaken. We hebben wel de titel gepakt onder Ancelotti, maar dat was eigenlijk nooit hetzelfde...

Zelf denk ik dat Mourinho niet zal terug keren (volgend seizoen), maar eigenlijk is dat voor mij de enige oplossing...

Mourinho = Chelsea
Chelsea = Mourinho

Natuurlijk zijn de spelers ook een deel schuldig, maar t'is de trainer zijn job voor die net bij elkaar te houden. Want het zijn allemaal ego's

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Alcoholic Punk zei:

Vooral dat laatste, kheb de indruk dat oa Lampard beetje het zelfde gedrag begint te vertonen als indertijd bij ons. En dan ben je hem liever kwijt dan rijk.

Ontslag van Boas was te verwachten maar of het de juiste keuze is, geen idee.
Vrees dat niemand goed genoeg is voor Roman zijn eisen.

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Chelsea will then step up their efforts to recruit Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola or, possibly, their former manager and Real Madrid coach, Jose Mourinho, who will be charged with rejuvenating the squad in the way that Abramovich finally deemed was beyond Villas-Boas.
The Chelsea owner is understood to be upset and frustrated, having agonised into the early hours of yesterday about whether he could continue with Villas-Boas with results deteriorating amid clear signs of dressing-room unrest.
In the meeting he warned the players that they were all now playing for their futures at the club.

Villas-Boas’s assistant, Roberto Di Matteo, who was effectively imposed upon him, has been put in charge until the end of the season, although if results do not improve Abramovich may make another change.

The Russian billionaire wants to carry on with an interim head coach until the summer, when Chelsea will step up their efforts to recruit Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola, the preferred option, or their former manager and Real Madrid coach, Jose Mourinho, who will be charged with rejuvenating the squad in the way that Abramovich deemed was beyond Villas-Boas.

It is understood Mourinho has a £16.6million release clause in his contract and that Abramovich would insist on him agreeing to a lower salary than he is earning at Real as a gesture of goodwill following the Portuguese’s acrimonious departure in 2007. Guardiola is out of contract at the Nou Camp at the end of the season and spoke recently of the pdifficulties of managing the European champions, saying: “Living with this constant pressure of having to win and win makes it hard, makes you tense.”

Villas-Boas has had the remainder of his contract paid up in full, a sum believed to be around £8million, partly because Abramovich feels sympathetic. The cost of sacking Carlo Ancelotti and hiring and firing his Portuguese successor has been more than £36million, with Chelsea’s recent accounts showing the change of manager last summer cost £28million.

Although Villas-Boas has been sacked just eight months after arriving at the club, it does not mean that Abramovich will reverse his plans to overhaul the playing staff, and this was relayed to the players. The future of the likes of Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda and Salomon Kalou will be decided in the summer. It is thought they could leave as Chelsea consider a radical change with a new manager.
At least Villas-Boas was, unlike Ancelotti, afforded a face-to-face meeting with Abramovich, who arrived at Chelsea’s training ground yesterday with club director Eugene Tenenbaum and chief executive Ron Gourlay. It is thought that Villas-Boas, not for first time, had slept at the Cobham facility as he worked tirelessly to turn the team’s fortunes around. Villas-Boas had conducted training, the day after the 1-0 away defeat to West Bromwich Albion, which left Chelsea with just three wins from their last 12 league games, and was then called into a meeting with Abramovich, who informed him of his decision.

The new arrangement starts with tomorrow’s FA Cup fifth-round replay away to Birmingham. Chelsea also face a desperate fight to finish in the top four and qualify for next season’s Champions League.

The fact that Abramovich personally met Villas-Boas is testimony to the regard in which the Russian holds him. He is understood to be distraught that things did not work out for the 34 year-old. The only other manager he has sacked in person is his friend Avram Grant, who was called to the owner’s home after the 2008 Champions League final. Claudio Ranieri, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Ancelotti and even Mourinho were not afforded that courtesy. But then Villas-Boas was selected by Abramovich, rather than recommended by agents and advisers. The Chelsea owner felt sure the Portuguese could emulate his former mentor, Mourinho.

Such was Abramovich’s desire to employ Villas-Boas that he paid £13million to release him from his contract at Porto last summer, when he could have waited 12 months and hired him for free.

Villas-Boas was awarded a three-year contract, but although he was given a tough remit to rebuild an ageing squad and get the team playing more attractive football, he was not allowed his own staff. Instead, he was asked if he could work with Di Matteo, the former West Brom manager, who will now succeed him for the next three months. It is understood Abramovich decided he might have to make a change after the 2-0 defeat to Everton on Feb 11, after which discussions took place about whether Rafael Benítez should be hired. That intensified following the 3-1 Champions League defeat away to Napoli.

Yet Abramovich only wanted a short-term solution, while Benítez wanted a long-term contract. Benítez is also deeply unpopular with Chelsea fans because of the bad blood that existed between the clubs when the Spaniard was in charge at Anfield.

Although Abramovich was attracted to Benítez’s disciplined approach, and hoped he could also get the best out of Fernando Torres, he decided against formal talks. Chelsea concluded it would be simpler to put Di Matteo in charge.

Guus Hiddink would have provided a short-term solution, but he had decided to accept the €10 million-a-year net of tax he will earn as coach of Russian club Anzhi.

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Jonas89 zei:

idd, maar dat gedrag zie je bij elke speler. Dat is de trainer net zijn job, al die ego's tesamen laten werken.

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Jonas89 zei:

idd, maar dat gedrag zie je bij elke speler. Dat is de trainer net zijn job, al die ego's tesamen laten werken.

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chomo zei:

Kan de bron voorlopig wel niet bevestigen. Staat op de FB-pagina van onze supporters club.

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