BBc Sports page are saying Villa-boas is the man taking over at chelski,if that's true i won't be suprised to see Hulk,and Falcao ending up there as well,the way they poach players
With Hiddink as "Director of Football." At this rate, Abramovich will be elected onto the FIFA board!
Well if they move then Drogba's definitely on the move. I wouldn't have though it likely that we're in the frame for any of them anyway, though.
http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine...-carroll-torres-rooney-given-hughes-and-more? Well as you knew it was Villas Boas all along and not Hiddink perhaps you could have let us all know?
It could yet be Harry couldn't it? I never know what to believe but Ramos from Spain found out how much more difficult it is in the PL and one Portuguese manager has already failed at Chelsea. Whoever it will be I am not that concerned.
I was talking solely about the Portuguese manager that you had there and not overall. Read what I put there and calm down. I've just seen where the confusion lies,I wasn't talking about Mourinho,I was referring to the one who came after for a short while whose name slips me at the moment.
You are probably thinking of Scolari who was the Portuguese national coach, but he is in fact Brazilian not Portuguese. That's probably where the confusion lies as Jose has been our only Portuguese manager up until now.
Check. So much has happened in recent years that I lose it a bit with football. Anyway I'm not hostile ok.
I think you will find most chelsea fans are very happy with this appointment (if it happens). He has won more major honours in one season than your manager in his whole career!! I'd put a little smiley on the end of that but then i'm not 12.
No, you wouldn't use a smiley, would you. http://www.not606.com/showthread.ph...ut-in-a-new-bid-for-£28m?p=615663#post615663
Porto were way behind the pace the season before last and it was a massive gamble letting Villas Boas take over yet he delivered the treble in his first season without losing a single league game all season. That's pretty impressive even by Porto's standards.
Hey, I'm not knocking the bloke, but winning trophies with Porto is like winning trophies with Rangers or Celtic. It's expected and pretty standard. He could turn out to be the next Mourinho or he could fail to adjust to even living in England, never mind managing over here.
It's very difficult to predict how it's going to turn out for him in the Premier league as plenty of managers have arrived with big reputations only to leave with their tales between their legs. This is a big gamble appointing a manager with such little top flight experience and his age could count against him considering he's the same age as Lampard. Saying that it has been reported that his age was an advantage in Porto as the players felt close to him. Whatever happens it's going to be interesting to see what happens
I could be taking ****e but didn't he come from the North East?? I believe that's how he ended up being Bobby Robson's assistant because he lived near him in Newcastle. He certainly speaks the language, has previously worked in England for us under Jose and is young n hungry. This looks like a smart move. I agree winning the league with Porto isn't in itself a massive achievement but the manner in which he won it was and with a Eufa cup on top, that's pretty special.
According to Wikipedia, he lived in the same apartment block as Bobby Robson when he was managing Porto. He does speak English fluently though and did follow Mourinho to Chelsea and Inter. It'll be interesting to see if he brings a number of players with him. Might be worth sticking in a bid for Sturridge.
Sturridge would be ideal for you guys, I'm suprised it hasn't been mooted yet. I wouldn't want to let him go but he seems quite far down the pecking order at the moment or at least till some of our forwards are moved on. I guess a loan would be out of the question to as I'm sure we wont let him go to a rival.
