As Chelsea completed their final home game of the season, the Stamford Bridge faithful were very clear about who they wanted in charge next season.
This morning, The Sun reported that Carlo Ancelotti has accepted a move to West London, but if yesterday’s chants of “You can stick Ancelotti up your arse” are anything to go by, the Italian will not exactly receive a hero’s welcome.
So, should Roman Abramovich risk the wrath of his home nation by pulling some strings to steal Guus Hiddink away permanently, or should he formally pursue Silvio Berlusconi’s least favourite manager? Or perhaps it’s time for the oligarch to swallow some pride and bring Mourinho back into the fold? Let us know your thoughts below…
Carlo Ancelotti is now odds-on to take charge in the summer
Following David Beckham’s revelation that Carlo Ancelotti is learning English, the AC Milan boss has been cut to just 4/6 with Sky Bet to be appointed Chelsea’s next permanent manager.
However, while acknowledging that winning the Champions League twice is an impressive achievement, The Spoiler doesn’t believe that the Italian has had enough success domestically to justify being Chelsea’s first choice.
But what do you think? Let us know who the Blues should go for with a vote and comment below:
Unemployment epidemic strikes another top flight club
Hilariously-named Secretary for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls has today claimed we are in “the most serious global recession in over 100 years,” and those in the secondary sector can now count themselves lucky if they remain in gainful employment.
Yesterday, the effects of all that crunchy credit finally spilled into the Premier League, as two high profile jobs were dramatically culled. Tony Adams earned barely a day’s worth of headlines for his inevitable dismissal, as Chelsea decided to pull the plug on Luiz Felipe Scolari (pictured promoting his role as Lex Luther in the Superman franchise).
Despite reports that Sven may be soon be improving the sex lives of the south coast’s finest middle-aged women, Spoiler readers yesterday decided that Avram Grant is the right man for the Pompey job. But who will be willing to put up with Roman Abramovich’s Draconian man management skills? Our street team has spotted Roberto Mancini lurking around southwest London, while the bookies currently believe unemployed Dutchman Frank Rijkaard is the man for the job.
Let us know your thoughts with a vote and comment below…
Could the former Inter boss succeed Luiz Felipe Scolari?
A friend of The Spoiler spotted Roberto Mancini getting onto a District Line tube at Fulham Broadway one Wednesday last month. The former Inter Milan boss was accompanied by a friend who was carrying a bag from the Chelsea Megastore. Our contact, who is a big Sampdoria fan, spoke to Mancini to confirm his identity and reminisce about his time at the Blucerchiati. The Italian got off the tube at Wimbledon.
Chelsea will be forced to employ a fourth manager in just eighteen months after announcing the sacking of Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Blues fans directed a chorus of “you don’t know what you’re doing” at the Brazilian after Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Hull saw them slip below Aston Villa into fourth but there was no real speculation that the axe was about to fall.
Ray Wilkins has been placed in temporary charge and the leading contenders to take over according to Sky Bet are Guus Hiddink, Avram Grant, Frank Rijkaard and Roberto Mancini. Former assistant Steve Clarke may also be in contention although Gianfranco Zola said this weekend that he has no intention of leaving West Ham.
Let us know with a comment below whether you think Chelsea were right to sack Scolari and who you think should be appointed manager number five of the Roman Abramovich era.
The bookmakers expect Mourinho to swap Milan for Eastlands
It looks like the folks at SkyBet agree with The Spoilerand its readers with the belief that Mark Hughes’ days are numbered after he received the managerial kiss of death earlier this week. They have opened a market on who Manchester City’s next manager will be and the list is loaded with big names. Here are the five leading contenders to take charge of the billionaires:
Jose Mourinho
It’s only five months since The Special One took charge of table-topping Inter Milan, yet he finds himself in the curious position of simultaneously being favourite to become the next manager of Manchester City and Manchester United. The former Chelsea boss became the first man ever to win the Premier League in his first season, but do City really want a manager who will turn their exciting young attacking talent into flair-free workhorses?
Frank Rijkaard
Two years ago, Rijkaard guided Barcelona to a La Liga/Champions League double, but his stock has plummeted since then and he was axed earlier this year after a run of just three wins in thirteen league games saw Barca finish utterly trophyless. The fact his inexperienced successor Josep Guardiola has instantly taken the Catalan club to the top spot while scoring seventeen goals in their last three home games makes you wonder where the Dutchman was going wrong.
Roberto Mancini
The Italian kindly ended Inter Milan’s seventeen year wait for the title by winning three in a row (the first of which was handed to them after Juventus’ enforced relegation and Milan’s points deduction) but his reward for such drastic over-achievement was the
An international tournament is very nearly upon us which can only mean one thing: it’s time for Cristiano Ronaldo to piss off England. At the 2006 World Cup, the C-Ron Likeability-ometer took a Big Brother villain-esque plunge following his winking tactics, and after his recent disloyal comments and impending departure, the tricky winger’s popularity will experience a similar fall. Despite the inflated importance of the C-Ron debate, the rumour mills have been turning elsewhere…
James Milner to Liverpool
Really? Until recently it didn’t look like Rafa Benitez had even heard of English players let alone ones nowhere near getting into the national team.
The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: We can just about believe Barry, but not Milner
Frank Rijkaard or Roberto Mancini to Chelsea
The Blues have decided that it might be a good idea to interview the only two guys that haven’t said no to the Chelsea job before they decide Blackburn might be a better option.
The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Definitely two of the frontrunners. Maybe.
Joe Lewis to Everton
It’s amazing what being part of the England squad can do to your valuation. Apparently Peterborough’s goalkeeper wasn’t just brought along for a laugh and is actually worth three million.
The Spoiler Truth-o-meter: Have Everton even got three million?
Eidur Gudjohnsen to Newcastle or West Ham
Another transfer window opens and again Barcelona
If Jose Mourinho doesn’t chomp on their generously baited hook first
Reports from Italy are claiming that Inter have offered World’s Number One Ladies Detective unemployed manager Jose Mourinho a place to hang his expensive raincoat next season, and have placed a piece of paper upon a four-legged item of furniture agreeing to compensate him handsomely for the inconvenience. The sum involved is said to be £4 million a year for the next four years.
There is, however, an obstacle. Inter have a couple of chaps by the name of Mr Branca and Mr Oriali who make all the decisions about who to sign, who to sell, how much to pay them, and so forth, decisions which Jose Mourinho is likely to want to make himself, having personally experienced the burning humiliation of having unwanted players foisted upon him before. Mr Branca and Mr Oriali are good friends of Inter owner Massimo Moratti.
Should the Mourinho project flounder, the name Rafa Benitez is next on the list. It can’t have escaped Mr Moratti’s attention that while
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