Call me naive, I mean I love Van Basten as a player and a guy but I can't see his credentials being up to scratch managerially to manage Chelsea. In fact I'm puzzled why he is getting more odds on to be the next manager by the hour, surely a manager who has actually won some serious silverware has to be ahead of him? Plus he has signed a LEGAL contract with a presidential candidate at Sporting CP to become their manager IF the guy wins the presidential election over there. Hiddink makes more sense but still hes not an amazing club manager and has hardly impressed in the past couple of years, I mean the only reasoning in appointing Van Basten is he will not be afraid to drop big players and stamp his foot down with the board.
Really hope Roman smartens up and brings Boas back, and can not discount Deschamps the ex Chelsea player who won the French ligue 1 title either. I think Abrahomivich has done the right thing to be honest, the way things were just not changing and the way Wilkins was handled just paved the way. The second the board undermined Ancelotti when things were going slightly wrong it spelt the end and to keep him in charge would be a mistake imo, they need a flexible coach with a new philosophy not one like Hiddink who is too close to the board and way too close to senior Chelsea players. Hiddink=Director of football replacing Arnesen would be sensational for Chelsea.
Andre Villas Boas is the man Roman, bring him home!
@Joss Brilliant article above and I agree with 80 pct of the points. Brilliantly written and put across, Wilkins thing was clearly a gourlay (or however its spelt) decision so that falls on his ridiculously football knowledge lacking head.
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.