Liam Rosenior – yes I also had google who he was – has been installed as Chelsea manager on a six year term. Will the contract be left long enough in situ for the ink to dry? Certainly under the previous ownership, it often felt like there were bouts of the flu which lasted longer than the tenure of some managers at Stamford Bridge.
Todd Boley doesn’t seem to be quite as trigger happy as the raving Russian who preceded him in control of the purse strings. Remember, Roman Abramovich (1) Eventually sacked Jose Mourinho (twice) after the great man had taken the club from being nobody to total dominance. He later did the same with both Carlo Ancelotti and Roberto Di Matteo despite the two of them having guided the blues to doubles immediately before their defenestration.
In this case at least. the scenario appears to be different. Whereby – we are led to believe at least – the manager pulled the pin himself. In Abramovich’s time, there’s no way the decision would have been his to make. Furthermore, if we are to believe the narrative from the now deposed gaffer’s camp, he instigated the parting out of disagreements with the club’s medical team.
To parse that down a tad further, it can probably be fairly safely assumed that the angst referred to, in the dugout, referred to the availability or otherwise of the individual who must be regarded as the most important player at the London club – Cole Palmer. To the extent that Chelsea fans let Enzo Maresca have the full load of their ire about the matter. Even though you suspect control thereof may have been out of the manager’s hands.
Move over to Old Trafford and it’s a not dissimilar scenario. From the perspective that, again, from the Amorim camp, the focus on matters regarding his coaching staff and the duties thereof was proferred as the reasoning why he fell foul of the power brokers at Old Trafford.
Granted, just as with his Chelsea counterpart, there are probably multiple kernals of truth therein, time has proven expression as such can be tantamount to occupational self depreciation.
Yet, take a short skip to Scotland and echoes of what has just be laid out above ring all over the farcical chaos that was Wilifred Nancy’s whirlwind spell in charge of Celtic.
The difference between all of the cases previous is where Chelsea and Celtic had their situations sorted like the flick of a switch, predictably calamitous mayhem has engulfed Manchester United since the idiotic decision to oust Amorim was instigated.
As it stands, Darren Fletcher – currently in charge of the club’s U-18 team – has been put in charge for tonight (Wednesday)’s match against Burnley.
Nothing against the Scottish great by any means, but is it a fair position for him or others to be in, given that his own two lads are now in the first team squad.
Besides that, in keeping with the tomfoolery which has engulfed United since Sir Alex departed, having unveiled Fletcher to much fanfare, already tonight speculation swirls around Sir Matt Busby way about a double ticket involving Ole Gunnar Solksjaer and Michael Carrick.
What happens next, who knows? It’s like Basil Fawlty took a career break and left Manuel in charge unsupervised!
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