Game of (management) Musical Thrones

mike65

Forget the player transfer season the management merry-go-round is where the real intrigue is.

I think we can say today is the start of the madness with Wenger to PSG floated and Pellegrini to City as representatives of the Malaga manager speak to Cities head of football Txiki Begiristain.

Others in play this summer must include Rafa Benitez and er Harry Redknapp (despite his protestations).

missingtime

I've seen talk of Rafa to Newcastle.

That_Guy

Curbishley to... well, everyone.

mike65

Mourinho is also in play, if Mancini is booted out for Pellegrini where would he end up?

GavRedKing

Game of (management) Musical Thrones - DJ & MC on the night Roman Abramovich, when it comes to hiring and firing he has no equal.

mike65

Bump! things just got more interesting! Depending on who gets the Utd job there could be some knock on effects across Europe.

Pinturicchio

Ancelotti to Real Madrid seems almost certain.
Mancini to Monaco possibly.

patmac

O'Neill to Everton if Moyes to United?

justshane

Ancelotti stays I think.

Johner

patmac wrote: »

O'Neill to Everton if Moyes to United?

Martinez to Everton.

thebaz

Johner wrote: »

Martinez to Everton.

if Moyes does go , that i would like,
Personally, I dont think Moyes is ready for United, he has never had a budget to buy players, possibly see him go to Newcastle , if he leaves.

kfallon

Phil Brown to Utd, done deal by all accounts! All League Cup home games will be known as 'Karaoke Night'

:pac:

Seaneh

Martinez to Everton bringing McCarthy and one of Franco Di Santo or Arouna Koné with him.

Nailed on cert.

event

Jose to Chelsea
Ancellotti to Madrid.
Wenger to PSG
Low to Arsenal
Jupp Heynckes to the german national team.

COYVB

thebaz wrote: »

he has never had a budget to buy players

Moyes has spent plenty of money

Bounty Hunter

The possibilities seem to be:

Moyes to Utd (now confirmed by the Beeb/Guardian)
Mourinho to Chelsea (think this is going to happen)
Ancelotti to Madrid (I'm 50/50 on this but Real will want a big name)
Pellegrini to City (if Mancini goes he would be the favourite)
Mancini to a French team (Monaco or PSG would surely be linked if City decided they needed a new man)
Martinez to Everton (Makes sense to me)
Rafa to Newcastle/Madrid (would Madrid want him? he a big club manager but in England Newcastle would be his best bet)
Wenger to PSG (think Wenger will stay at Arsenal at least 1 more year imo)
Low to Arsenal (see above)

could be interesting to see what player moves happen as a direct result of this too

Baines & Fellaini to Utd?
Rooney away from Utd?
Alonso to Chelsea?
McCarthy to Everton?

podge79

will newcastle get rid of pardew? that 8 year contract and all...

Bounty Hunter

its a 1 year rolling contract for 8 years (last bit is meaningless really but if you leave out the first bit its good in a show of support/PR way)

GavRedKing

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

its a 1 year rolling contract for 8 years (last bit is meaningless really but if you leave out the first bit its good in a show of support/PR way)

If they sack him I'm sure they only have to pay a years compensation too, while on the front it shows massive support, an 8 year deal behind it all is some clever and shrewd business.

Kiwi_knock

Moyes to Man Utd
Martinez to Everton
Di Matteo to Wigan

M5

Lee Clark to Newcastle IMHO, fits in with club recruitment policy and is less likely to have issues with aforementioned recruitment policy and will sign a performance based contract

podge79

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

its a 1 year rolling contract for 8 years (last bit is meaningless really but if you leave out the first bit its good in a show of support/PR way)

cheers for that bounty hunter.. I guess Mike ashley didnt get to be a very very very rich man by being a silly business man!

going by this .. pardew's a goner so... Sven anyone?

mike65

Jose is in play.

Who next to Madrid? Ancelotti? Mancini (cough)? Rafa! :pac:

carlop

mike65 wrote: »

Jose is in play.

Who next to Madrid? Ancelotti? Mancini (cough)? Rafa! :pac:

Ancelotti is more or less done.

Benitez apparently had lunch with Napoli's president today.

I certainly can't remember a summer with this many managerial changes at the very top level.

Ulysses Gaze

carlop wrote: »

Ancelotti is more or less done.

Benitez apparently had lunch with Napoli's president today.

I certainly can't remember a summer with this many managerial changes at the very top level.

Benitez would be excellent for Napoli. Still think they'll choose an Italian Manager though. Montella was in the news in Italy recently stating it would be a 'dream' to manage Napoli. They are in the ECL, Fiorentina are not. Young manager, plays attractive football.

He'd be great for Napoli.

Nuri Sahin

Real Sociedad coach Philippe Montanier has told Sociedad he doesn't want to extend his contract beyond the end of this season. Tad surprising this but I suppose he may view things as only getting worse from here on in as a fair few of the club's players will be in high demand this coming summer. Leave on a high and all that.

Be interesting to see where he ends up.

carlop

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Real Sociedad coach Philippe Montanier has told Sociedad he doesn't want to extend his contract beyond the end of this season. Tad surprising this but I suppose he may view things as only getting worse from here on in as a fair few of the club's players will be in high demand this coming summer. Leave on a high and all that.

Be interesting to see where he ends up.

He's going to Rennes. Apparently they have a billionaire owner who also happens to be married to Salma Hayek.

Saw a pretty funny tweet earlier quoting (falsely) Montanier as saying 'Je ne regrette Rennes' (one for the French speakers)

jonnyfingers

Pellegrini confirmed to be leaving Malaga and Martinez considering his position. Might have two of the open jobs in the premier league filled pretty soon.

mike65

Just waiting for the axe to swing at St James Park...

Benimar

carlop wrote: »

He's going to Rennes. Apparently they have a billionaire owner who also happens to be married to Salma Hayek.

Saw a pretty funny tweet earlier quoting (falsely) Montanier as saying 'Je ne regrette Rennes' (one for the French speakers)

Jeez, the lad can't catch a break

missingtime

Seems as though Rafa is off to Napoli.

mike65

Be interesting to see if he can hang on to Cavani.

missingtime

mike65 wrote: »

Be interesting to see if he can hang on to Cavani.

Or if he does have to sell him, who he brings in to replace him.

mike65

This move also opens up the way for Martinez to join Stoke!

Edit - Mark Hughes seems to be set for the Britannia. Lucky them.

mike65

Another on the move, not high profile but could pop up closer to home.

LISBON, May 29 (Reuters) - Braga parted company with coach Jose Peseiro on Wednesday after only one season despite the club winning the League Cup, which was their first trophy in almost 50 years.

"Peseiro was part of another page of Braga's successes over the last few years," the Portuguese Primera Liga club statement said, adding the decision was by mutual agreement.

The northern club, which has been challenging the dominance of Porto, Benfica and Sporting, finished fourth in the league this season, just failing to qualify for the Champions League.

Braga came bottom of their group in this season's Champions League with only one win at Galatasaray. Peseiro's League Cup triumph, a shock 1-0 win over eventual league champions Porto, was the club's first trophy since 1966.

mike65

Cappello rejects move by PSG. Hard to see why they are having such a hard time filling this position. Mancini will end up there at this rate.

Amirani

I'm delighted to be honest after what they did to Kombouaré and how they tried to replace Ancelotti about 6 months ago.

mike65

Laurent Blanc set to be announced for PSG

klose

Poyet sacked at brighton

Copper_pipe

klose wrote: »

Poyet sacked at brighton

while he is currently on live tv acting as a pundit for BBC!

mike65

I think he knew that was coming, will the beeb get an exclusive?

messinkiapina

Copper_pipe wrote: »

while he is currently on live tv acting as a pundit for BBC!

That was pretty weird to watch. He was extremely composed in fairness to him.

Copper_pipe

messinkiapina wrote: »

That was pretty weird to watch. He was extremely composed in fairness to him.

he says he will appeal

Rikand

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=634447256583247

video link to the poyet sacking story

messinkiapina

Anyone know the reasons behind Poyet being sacked?

mike65

Poogate.

S28382

messinkiapina wrote: »

Anyone know the reasons behind Poyet being sacked?

He got sacked because he got them from League 1 to the Championship almost got them promoted so the club then got scared at the thought of success with him and booted him out and because they think Ancellotti is holding out for their phone call........altho in reality i think he said something after the play off game that upset the owners.

duploelabs

Guardian have reported that Carlo has been announced as Real manager and Laurent Blanc as PSG manager