Coming to a Club Near You... Managerial Special

Roman may need to remove Meireles
hair from Hazard's face before showing
him to Pep.

At the time Chelsea were on the brink of a Champions League exit crouching manager hidden ginger was shown the door at Stamford Bridge, there was a need to fill his D&G suit. With managers like Rafa Benitez putting himself forward, there was obvious panic throughout supporters to get someone in because, there was just no physical possibility that he would be able to fit into Villas Boas’ suit. It is unconfirmed that the designers of club sponsored suits, Dolce & Gabanna, have refused to make a suit Rafa size.

Although a lot of other names were bandied about, I decided to investigate the possibility of the man I thought was going to take over last summer, Brendan Rodgers. Speaking to a source close both to the club and Rodgers, it was mentioned that the likelihood would be he would be at “a big club next season.” With hard-pressing subtle follow-up questions like “a big club that plays in blue?”, it’s no surprise the answer was merely a shrug of the shoulders and a wink. Of course this has meant months of smugness quiet confidence. Rodgers has been fantastic at Swansea and although publicly dismissed a move to Chelsea this season, could have been swayed back. So, it’s no surprise after this investigative journalism, that it appears that Brendan Rodgers is on the brink of joining a big club a club that plays in blue Liverpool.

Liverpool had previously been in for Roberto Martinez, but meetings appeared to break down when the big boy papers had nothing to discuss about Martinez except for the poor choice of shoes he wore to the meeting. I’m not implying that John W. is swayed by terrible fashion choices, but after the match reports following their FA Cup loss were more disappointed in Kenneth’s Merseyside formal wear than the poor first hour performance of the club, it’s evident who is making the decisions in the Henry household how much Henry understands about American soccerball football.

So desperate to get out of Wigan, Martinez is now considering filling Big Eck’s shoes at Aston Villa. Not really a hard act to follow at Villa, but could have an uphill task ahead of him managing players that ‘can't string some simple passes togethr.” As a man who’d been prepared to take Charlie Adam and Jordan Henderson under his wing, it’s obvious this is a man that likes a challenge. 

In other managerial news, Chelsea are still deciding whether to give the permanent job to Chelsea ’97 or not. After winning both the FA Cup and that big f*ck off shiny trophy Champions League, most clubs would have given the job to the men in charge of that coup. However, Chelsea is not like most clubs. So as it stands, Roman Abramovich, is engaging in some pretty serious flirting with Pep Guardiola. And although Pep said he would be taking some time off football, he could be wooed by the Russian as so many have before him. The trophy winning bonanza certainly turned Guardiola’s head, but Roman has really stepped up the courtship by buying him some gifts. The definitely going to Manchester, Eden Hazard, confirmed that he’ll be going to Manchester twice next season with Chelsea. And Hulk looks set to join him. Serious intent from Roman to ensure he gets his man. It looks like it will be down to Pep and his fluttering eyelids whether Chelsea ’97 will be at the club next season or not.

jb xx