Chelsea look to be closing in on the appointment of Liam Rosenior as their new coach. But it’s not a done deal yet, and there are major snags.
Taking our sister club Strasbourg’s manager mid-season is going to destroy our owners’ relations with the French side, and potentially put them into major trouble as they struggle in Ligue 1.
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Beyond that – Rosenior doesn’t even seem that keen on joining. He knows this chance has probably come a little too soon for him, and he’s likely to fail and damaging a growing reputation.
Brazilian coach illustrates problem Chelsea have made for themselves
Liam Rosenior in a Strasbourg press conference.
Given that, it’s important to have an alternative option, and it seems like Filipe Luis has been that man. The up and coming Flamengo coach is on the shortlist, according to the well connected Sam Wallace at the Daily Telegraph.
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But Filipe Luis is a perfect example of why this current model is always going to struggle with coaches. Top managers simply won’t take a job where they have such limited control and say in things like transfers and team selection.
Up and coming managers will take it to improve their career – but as soon as the chance comes to move upwards or sideways to a club focused on actually winning rather than profiting from players sales, they’ll take it just like Enzo Maresca did (expect to see him at a Champions League team before too long).
So in the case of Filipe Luis – either it doesn’t work out and you sack him. Or it does work out and he jumps ship. It’s a lose-lose
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In other news…
We’ve predicted the team for today’s Chelsea game against Man City – not easy to do given we’re not quite sure who will even be picking the side.
Pedro Neto insists that we’ve got a chance in today’s game, despite the chaos at the club and the standard of our opposition. We wish we were as hopeful.