Kennedy has been made interim for the time being. From what I gather, Celtic have approached Rafa again, but not sure of his interest. There's said to be a hell of a lot if interest. He recently turned Napoli down.
Losing all our manager candidates if we sacked Bruce pretty much no point now, just accept relegation.
Rafa has done several interviews recently for Spanish and Italian publications. "I'm like all of Europe, now in Liverpool, confined to home, watching football, analyzing matches, preparing, watching players, all the leagues you can, studying new technologies. but also with mine and more in this pandemic situation " "I am realistic, there are not so many teams in the countries that you want to train, so I should look at long-term projects where they allow you to develop young people and make a team that is competitive at the same time." Balague has said Rafa has a desire to return to Liverpool, but only when they need him, right now that isn't an option. Was asked about NUFC - "Is there a project with Mike Ashley, is there a plan? Is there an intention to actually spend money on the academy, and the facilities and in the squad?, If the answer's no, then you've got the answer for Rafa if he was ever approached again. But he hasn't and it is a no." Rafa was asked about returning to Valencia - "In order to return to the VCF , certain circumstances have to be given. The property has to give you means according to the objectives. If you don't invest, it doesn't make sense" Said he is saddened by the state Valencia are currently in and are underachieving. Rafa was asked about Napoli and he said he doesn't want people to put words in his mouth so he won't be answering that question. Said the top teams are teams that are willing to invest, or teams which are built up over time with a young squad like Leicester. To summarise Rafa wants a long term project with a young squad where he has time to develop the team which can compete. Knows he won't get a top 4 job. Want to manage Liverpool again in times of a crisis. Won't be coming back to us. Doesn't want to go Napoli right now. Valencia could be an option if they are willing to invest and give him time.
He was their defensive coach. Their defence have been awful lol. Great choice. Unless they've got someone lined up in the summer
Sure I read earlier that Saudi aren’t planning on investing in overseas clubs at the moment. I’m in the won’t happen camp now. Just can’t see it. Stuck with Ashley
Surely that means they ain’t going to take us over then? I think a lot of people are just clinging on to hope. I honestly think it’s about a 10% chance this takeover will happen.
Yeah, it must be so hard being a Celtic fan. Could miss out on winning the league for the tenth year running. Life is so cruel.