Can van Basten do that? (Sign a pre-contract with a candidate who might not even take over..) It might be a gentleman's agreement but I'd be surprised if he was legally bound to become their manager if x president succeeds in his elections.
Surely Guus Hiddink showed in his season at Chelsea just how good he is? Won the FA Cup, got to the Champions League semis and was pretty unlucky not to get to the final, and only lost 1 game. I think the majority of Chelsea fans would disagree with you on that one.
Bring Boas back? He was never manager? I don't think he's coming to England yet, anyway. Didn't he say he was staying with Porto for the time-being just a week or so ago?
You realise that Wilkins wasn't sacked by "Carlo", right? That was entirely down to Abramovic as far as we can tell and as far as being undermined goes, I'm not sure why being undermined by a ruthless and stupid board means you should be sacked.. He didn't really stand up to them but he did what he could despite having little control over most things/how the club was run. I think he was fairly flexible but with the squad he had, it would have been difficult to win the league this year IMO. Lampard and Drogba couldn't find a run of form (for one reason or another), Essien was poor and they signed an out of form, unfit Torres for £50m - you're not going to find many managers who won't play 4-3-3 (or something similar) with that side and be willing to work under Abramovic & co. and keep schtum.
He signed it in front of a press conference of local Lisbon media lol, properly manufactured situation of PR to try to win votes to become the SCP president, I obviously don't know what it said or if it was legally binding but he has already been presented in the guys campaign as the future manager. Hiddink did a great job but the argument of Hiddink is that of Avram Grant it was more the players than it was the manager... (Waits for the onslaught from that comment).
Carlo did get undermined hugely when Wilkins got 'let go', the board let him go and replaced him with some Nigerian scout who I haven't seen talk to Carlo once. The second the board did that and undermined Carlos wishes in such a way Carlo was as good as buried, the manager can't continue unopposed when basically he has been so undermined that he couldn't answer the players when they asked 'why was Ray sacked?'. Alot of Chelsea players have alot to answer to, I think they became relaxed,complacent and very very slow in possession and in the Premiership you can not play slow tempo passing and expect to win games. I mean listen, Carlo will get a huge pay off, go back to his farm in South Italy and look at all the offers he will be getting and Chelsea will move on as they always do. A sacking from Abrahmovich means nothing on a C/V because everyone knows how ridiculous his decisions are.
Boas coached/served under Mourinho for 3 years so if he came back as manager he would be returning. Best appointment is Boas, Chelsea need to freshen up and rebrand themselves for a new era of younger talent mixed with world class stars like Terry Lampard Cech Torres etc. He did say he would stay after winning the Europa League but he also said ''I love London, life there is perfect in England for me and I have a great relationship with Roman.''
Ancelotti is a brilliant coach but he was a dead man walking the second Wilkins got sacked, I mean lets not run from the facts his Champions League displays have left alot to be admired and he was brought in to deliver the Champions League. The fact is in modern football its all about results and performances and Chelsea have simply not been good enough since the Newcastle result, and his hands have been tied but the axe falls on the managers head despite the fact in my opinion he has picked (90 pct of the time) the best 11 possible the players have just played so bad in possession it has been unbelievable.
So do the board take the risk next season will be all so different? Not Chelsea's style in recent years, right decision for everyone involved and hopefully they are just as ruthless with some of the players in that dressing room. Carlo will be fine no one should be mourning for him, he will get a huge pay off and the offers will come flooding in from around Europe (Probably taking Roma) so he will be fine.
And on the point of Mourinho, even if he was available I highly doubt Roman will take him back after paying him an EIGHT figure compensation sum when he sacked him oO)...Then again I don't know how a billionaire thinks.
