Portugal does that a lot with players, but rarely does anyone get that much. Around €3-5m tops. Not that I have any idea who he is or why he's come out of nowhere.
Won Sportings first league title in 19 years. Makes sense why they would not want to lose him to a European club with mega bucks on the poach
think it was Sean Casey who tweeted earlier that if this Henrique fella became our DOF then he would be a good shout, maybe some people have lumped on. I read something a few weeks ago, can’t remember where, but someone who used to work for a betting firm said that odds for next manager etc can change dramatically from not many bets as it’s not a massively popular market.
His wife is the sister of Antero Henrique, who the consortium apparently have lined up for the DoF job
Might be where the tenuous link came from. I mean, 8/1 isn't really anything. Rodgers is the shortest odds so far.
Holland can be a little risky. Ten Hag seems a different gravy, though, and another name I'd be delighted with. Don't think he's going anywhere, he knocked Spurs back in a heartbeat.
I thought Lampard would of came under Ashley tbh, so I'm not that excited. But obviously we are talking about Newcastle United and a replacement for Steven ****ing Bruce. So, its obviously an improvement.
In terms of the names linked thus far, Favre, Rodgers and Conte are all WAY ahead of people like Lampard and Gerrard (for me). Just look at the names I mentioned, and those at the top of their craft - which ones were ever decent players, aside from Pep? All the other best managers everywhere were bang average (or worse) footballers - there's just something about ex-pro's that really, really puts me off. Then there's the question of loyalty. Gerrard comes in, here's only in the job to prove himself good enough for Liverpool. **** that. It's the management equivalent of the loan system.
