A managerial edition of our daily transfer roundup
As you can see, Franz Beckenbauer and Jurgen Klinsmann used to be in love. After last night’s humiliation, however, things aren’t so rosey…
Jurgen Klinsmann faces the sack
Over-opinionated Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer has called his side’s first half performance against Barcelona “the worst in the club’s history.” German newspaper Bild are leading with the headline “Klinsi close to the exit,” and they go on to say “If the directors don’t fire him straight away, it’s obvious that his job will be on the line for each league game.”
The Spoiler truth-o-meter: Currently languishing in fourth place in the Bundesliga, and having suffered a piss poor 5-1 defeat at Wolfsburg last weekend, Klinsmann must be very close to seeking alternative employment.
Carlo Ancelotti to Chelsea
According to The Sun, the Italian has told Chelsea he is ready to take over from Guus Hiddink in the summer. A contract worth around £5.8m a year has been discussed, and should be signed and sealed in June. The Spoiler truth-o-meter: Ancelotti says he has a gentleman’s
The folks at France Football magazine has a knack of extracting unusually honest quotes from those in the world of football, and they have excelled themselves in their latest interview with Big Phil Scolari.
The former Chelsea boss opened up to the French mag before he was sacked, admitting that he had no relationship with players off the field:
“In Brazil (as a club manager) it was also easier. I knew everything about the players. Here, I don’t have a family relation with the players. Everything is on the pitch. Outside, there is nothing.”
The Brazilian manager also expressed his disappointment at the club’s failure to capture Robinho:
“In the past (Arjen) Robben was at Chelsea and he could make the difference. But now there is no-one.
“Robinho could have been this player. He is not afraid to dribble, to take a risk, As a Brazilian, I like this.
“My team isn’t Brazilian enough. It is a ‘bureaucratic’ team.
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…
Chelsea gaffer reportedly facing pressure from his players
After winning just one game on the last four, Chelsea fans are starting to turn on their World Cup winning leader, and today The Times are reporting that Big Phil is also beginning to lose the confidence of his players.
The newspaper claims players have questioned Scolari’s tactics throughout the season: for example, they sarcastically asked him if he knew Chelsea were chasing the game against Arsenal last month when he brought on Florent Malouda and inexperienced Miroslav Stoch. Criticism was also levelled at the Brazilian last weekend, when
The message boards are packed with anti-Big Phil sentiments
Following last weekend’s unconvincing performance against West Ham, it appears that kidney stones are the least of Big Phil’s worries. With a 46 per cent win rate at home this season (compared to Mourinho’s 77 per cent and Avram Grant’s 69 per cent at the same stage), ol’ Gene Hackman’s days at the Bridge look numbered, if these choice cuts from the cfcnet website are to be believed:
Scolari “The Clueless One” Its official.Scolari needs to go…NOW! He’s a waste of oxygen.
Who would have thought, we’d regret the decision to get rid of Avram Grant.
The guy has no idea. He has continued with the same style of rubbish passing football since day one. Its been a joke. And his girlfriend Deco continues to get a free pass.
With that complete and utter feckwit in charge, we’ll fail at whatever we do. STOP THE ROT - SCOLARI OUT.
This squad needs an overhaul, it is stale but tightwad Roman wants to turn us into another version of AC Milan. Ballack wants a contract extension, don’t make me laugh.
To be honest I feel disgusted with myself on how I always criticized Grant and have been so lenient on Scolari. Is Avram still looking for a job? Let’ start singing Avram Grant’s name in the next match.
He’s not, and he never will be - others may have more faith but I don’t. The warnings signs came as early as that 1-1 draw with Spurs and the problems have just escalated since then. He is USELESS.
This [West ham] game has really got me riled up, I’ll wait and calm down before adding my piece. But I stand by making Terry a player manager, all we need now is a petition.
Singing Avram Grant’s name? John Terry for player manager? Are these comments the general consensus or the ravings of a choice few?
Do you think Scolari should get the boot? Vote and comments below, please…
In a horrible example of life imitating Jerry Maguire, Wagner Ribeiro (football agent) has been shown the door by Robinho, having snared his client the best football deal ever made. The pair had been together six years, with Ribeiro taking the tricky winger from Santos to Real Madrid, then to Man City to enjoy a whopping £160,000 a week. What more could he have done? Certain sectors are insisting that Robinho did the right thing after Ribeiro bitched openly about Real Madrid during the summer’s Cristiano Ronaldo fiasco - he insisted that they had let Robinho down by not treating him like the best player in the world. Plus, rumours are going around that the Brazilian desperately wanted to go to Chelsea all along.
Could it be that Robinho isn’t quite as happy as a megabucks move to Manchester’s second best team would suggest?
Let us know what you think with a vote.
Alternatively, see how we imagine it happened after the jump… only he gets sacked at the end…
What a horrendous start to the season. Poor Spurs. Pre-season hinted towards a brighter day, with Darren Bent providing some decent form to sooth the inevitable loss of Berbs along with Keano. But it’s all gone awry. To the point where Ramos couldn’t even squeeze Bent into the starting line up against Portsmouth, while, as if to add insult to injury, it was two ex-Tottenham strikers who sealed a south coast victory. Has one man ever been more unlucky?
Our pals at Chickendinnerhave come up with five reasons to get even more depressed - avid supporters, look away now…
» Five of the last six clubs to have failed to win any of their opening six Premier League games have been relegated. The team that survived – West Brom in 2004-05 – didn’t fare much better, going into the final day in last place before completing a great escape.
» In each of the last six seasons, the team that have been bottom after five games has gone on to be relegated: West Ham, Wolves, Crystal Palace, Sunderland, Sheffield United and Derby.
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