I don't want to burst your bubble, but the chances of ANY team retaining the CL in its modern version are very low. The fact that it hasn't happened yet backs my statement. The chances of Man Utd winning the CL next season is about 8%, just a little higher than the rest of the usual candidates.
why would they fire grant when they almost won UEFAChelsea fired Grant. Its official and Mancini and Rijkaard are the front line names for the Blues. I was personally surprised with this news. Grant's season was amazing despite having lost everything in the last matches. It was very difficult to do better, but I guess that's not good enough for Abramovic. I hope Mancini goes to Chelsea so that Mourinho can take Inter's hot seat.
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Actually Mourinho took Inter's hot seat first than Mancini took Chelsea :P
Its said the portuguese coach will earn 9M€ for year
Lampard and Deco are already said to be in Mourinho's shortlist
Because they lost the carling cup, the premier league and the champions league after reaching the final, Chelsea wanted to win those all but the finished with nothing
well making it to the finals is good enough, they should have left him for a little while longer. Truth be told, Man U should have lost that game, if Terry didnt hit the pole they would have won
Chelsea is just one of those clubs with bad karma/uvelievable bad luck. It's been like that historically. I think they should be happy enough with the Premier Leagues they won recently, but I guess that with the quality of players they bring in each season the fans wouldn't be satisfied by that.
For some of the fans yes but to the retards in charge of the club ending a season trophyless in unacceptable for a club of chelsea's stature. Also Grant was never able to play the kind of football Roman wanted and Mancini / Rijkaard are supposed to be able to play attacking football
The majority of fans were satisfied and Grant was begining to win them over it was the people who ran the club who were dissatisfied with the season
It was cruel, i expected them to at least give him his old job as director of football. Which they didnt. And i think abramovich buys whoever he wants wether their is a coach there or not (shevchenko). Real football has become his personal Football manager.
To be honest, barnsley deserved their win in the league. They desired it more, and fought chelsea for every ball. While the league cup defeat, it was a pretty even match. But your right about the league cup, tottenham as usual were rubbish. Chelsea in all honesty should have won.
Yea, Abramovich wants "sexy" football. But i doubt mancini will give it to him, inter dont really play the most attractive football in serie a. It would be better for him to go for spalletti or something but he is not going to leave roma, i'd bet. Rijkaard with barcelona do play good football, but i dont think he has the right temperment to control a chelsea dressing room full of inflated ego's. He couldnt do it this season with barcelona, and i doubt he would be able to do it with chelsea. Another candidate would be the genius that is Guus Hiddink. But hiddink seems to prefer to manage underdogs so it doesnt seem likely he will be going to chelsea.
Ah but they did offer him his old job back but Grant didnt want to stay.
I've just realised why hasnt anybody thought of lippi? He is unemployed, and said he wants to work in another country. Maybe they already approached him and he turned them down. That would be intresting.
Thanks for that, i havent laughed that hard in a long time. XD Whats intresting though is that in the middle of Queiroz's ramblings is that he does bring up a good point. For example look at Best, the way we talk about him you would think he is english, right? But i doubt that real madrid is involved in a conspiracy with the spanish press in trying to convince the world that ronaldo is spanish.
That's one giant load of shit -_-.
The man u-madrid saga continues
Queiroz Hits Out In Ronaldo Row, Wed 28 May, 03:09 PM
Man U assistant manager Carlos Queiroz has launched an extraordinary attack on the Spanish nation and Real Madrid in particular over what he believes are attempts to "naturalise" Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portuguese coach draws a bizarre comparison between the player and Christopher Columbus.
Real Madrid have made no secret of their desire to recruit Ronaldo, prompting United to consider reporting them to FIFA.
But Queiroz feels Madrid's outspoken courting of his Portuguese compatriot is about more than their wish to snap up the gifted winger, claiming it is part of the long history and rivalry between Portugal and Spain.
"Cristiano Ronaldo will never be Spanish! As they will never take Olivenca again," he told Portuguese newspaper Jornal do Noticias, referring to the small town on the disputed border between the two countries.
Queiroz also delved further into the historic rivalry, alluding to explorer Christopher Columbus - who both countries claim as theirs - and the 60-year Philippine Dynasty when Portugal was ruled by three Spanish kings until the bloodless revolution of 1640.
"They already did the same with Christopher Columbus, and it now seems they want to naturalise Cristiano Ronaldo," added the United number two.
"Have they already forgotten what we did to them in the past? We will never lose our patience."
With Portugal preparing for Euro 2008, Queiroz knows the furore surrounding Ronaldo's future could not have come at a worse time.
"It's being done in a manner to distract the Portugal team, at the height of their preparations for the European Championships," he said.
"But I am convinced that despite pressure from the Spanish sporting press he will not accept to change his nationality.
"However, it is an attack with a well-defined strategy and Portugal should be worried about that."
Yeah its that typical Real Madrid's philosophy: 'Its cool to suffer 4 goals as long as we score 5'.
Calling Ronaldo gordito it's almost a praise XD.