So it’s finally happened, Jose’s spell at Chelsea is over
again. After 9 defeats, 1 point above the relegation zone, Mr Abramovich has
decided to wield the axe on José for a second time. I’m really 50/50 on this,
as my heart said stick by Jose, he’s Chelsea through and through, he loves the
club and would do anything for the club. He gave us a league title which we
craved for years, however my head said to me enough is enough, a club like Chelsea
can’t go on like this, fallouts left right and centre with staff and players
alike. Jose publically embarrassing certain player performance i.e. Matic, being
subbed on then off after half hour, as a result of constantly criticising referees.
I personally think he’s been given enough time, usually Mr Abramovich would have wielded the axe in October
if results were bad, however Jose was given time to turn results around, but
sadly not even the special one could manage it.
With Jose gone, a rumoured £40 million handshake or golden envelope
whatever you want to call it, the money actually means nothing to Jose, there’s
one that will hurt Jose more and that’s his reputation. He’s one of the best managers
in the world, won in every country he’s been in, conquered Europe 3 times,
twice in the Champions League with FC Porto and Inter and again with FC Porto
in the UEFA Cup now the Europa League. People always compared Sir Alex Ferguson,
Pep Guardiola and Mourinho; they have many things in common, natural winners,
successful, European champions, all three treble winners but Sir Alex Ferguson and
Pep Guardiola have never been sacked.
More than likely, Chelsea won’t appoint anyone full time
until the summer; they will have someone on an interim basis such as Juande
Ramos, who Spurs fans will remember, Brendan Rodgers who managed Chelsea U21’s
once upon a time and Guus Hiddink. I personally would prefer Guus Hiddink, however
rumours say Juande Ramos has already been contacted by Mr Abramovich with a
contract till the end of the season, but after that then we’d have the same discussion
again, who will take over from the summer.
For me there are only two men who
could fill the boots of Mourinho. Pep Guardiola or Diego ‘Cholo’ Simeone, I’d
prefer the latter, I love watching Simeone manage Atletico Madrid, his passion
and enthusiasm to win are second to none, Simeone plays to win and he doesn’t care
how he does it, for me personally he would be the perfect fit. Some people will
disagree, but how Guardiola likes to play football, I think it would be very
hard to implement his style of ‘Tiki Taka’ in the Premier League. Louis Van
Gaal has tried and somewhat seems to be struggling and getting constant criticism
that possession football is boring, even Wenger plays beautiful football but is
2 FA Cups really enough? I don’t think so either.
With Jose now gone I wouldn’t be surprised if he made a
return to Italy, if and it’s only an if, Roberto Mancini doesn’t win the Scudetto (Serie A) with Inter Milan, José
will be licking his lips at the prospect of returning to another ‘Home’ as he
calls it and bringing the glory days back to Inter.
Just one last thing, Jose thank you once again...
And thank you for reading
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