Madrid confirm Mourinho exit

Thecon21

Real Madrid announce it at this evenings press conference.

So the special one is gone at the end of the season.

Looks to be on route back to the PL now with Chelsea.

Should make an interesting summer with the change in management in the top 3.

Looking forward to it myself

quarryman

Not in the Premiership. Not going to Liverpool or United.

Rules out 95% of the readership interest here.

1/25 to be back at Chelsea

Turtyturd

Next United manager?....good mates with Fergie, etc.

The_Kew_Tour

rarnes1 wrote: »

1/25 to be back at Chelsea

If I were Chelsea I would hang onto Rafa.

But that looks like not happening.

Andersonisgod

Exactly what the Premier League needed. It's been a mediocre season, with a declining standard of quality. Mourinho, with his character , his ability and a big budget, should lift the standard both on and off the pitch.

Great news for Chelsea. There is a squad in place which, with a couple of additions and the right manager (and Mourinho is the right manager) could win the league next season and perhaps even might begin an era of dominance in the league.

Soldie

Happy birthday Iker! :pac:

kfallon

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Great news for Chelsea. There is a squad in place which, with a couple of additions and the right manager (and Mourinho is the right manager) could win the league next season and perhaps even might begin an era of dominance in the league.

I tend to agree with you, upheaval at Utd and City but Chelsea getting a proven Premier League winning manager and prob a fair few quid to spend. Could be their title again.

Blatter

Soldie wrote: »

Happy birthday Iker! :pac:

It'd be gas if Ancelotti came in and kept Diego Lopez as number one.

Casillas thought he was bigger than the manager and Mourinho put him in his place. It can't be healthy having a player in the dressing room that thinks he has that much power.

Havermeyer

Blatter wrote: »

It'd be gas if Ancelotti came in and kept Diego Lopez as number one.

Casillas thought he was bigger than the manager and Mourinho put him in his place. It can't be healthy having a player in the dressing room that thinks he has that much power.

There's more than just one, in fairness.

Blatter

Havermeyer wrote: »

There's more than just one, in fairness.

I agree, didn't mean to insinuate that he's the only one.

Ilik Urgee

Didn't PSG block Ancelotti's move?

irishgeo

Turtyturd wrote: »

Next United manager?....good mates with Fergie, etc.

are you living in a bubble, utd already have a manager for next season?

keith16

quarryman wrote: »

Not in the Premiership. Not going to Liverpool or United.

Rules out 95% of the readership interest here.

I think the soccer forum deserves more credit than that.

One of the worlds leading managers leaves one of the worlds most important club and you reckong 95% of the soccer forum will have no interest?:pac:

Blatter

Ilik Urgee wrote: »

Didn't PSG block Ancelotti's move?

Currently that's the case, but who honestly believes he won't be at Real Madrid next season?

It's difficult to keep a player at a club that doesn't want to be there, it's suicidal to keep a manager that wants out.

Cantona's Collars

irishgeo wrote: »

are you living in a bubble, utd already have a manager for next season?

He's trying to be smart & failed miserably.

Be gas if Rafa got the Chelsea job and Jose went to Everton.

Owen_S

Fergie might be up for one last challenge :pac:

Bodhisopha

Owen_S wrote: »

Fergie might be up for one last challenge :pac:

Nah, they want someone a little more proven in the Champions League.

JJJJNR

He's going to City

Thecon21

If/when Mourinho does go back to Chelsea, who do you reckon his outgoing transfers will be? Particularly in the starting 11, do you think anyone would be moving on?

Do you think he'll plunder anyone from Madrid with him?

Cantona's Collars

Thecon21 wrote: »

If/when Mourinho does go back to Chelsea.

Do you think he'll plunder anyone from Madrid with him?

Depends on who he hasn't fallen out with.

Cantona's Collars

Thecon21

zerks wrote: »

Depends on who he hasn't fallen out with.

True, I'd say your right, he wouldn't really have anyone to choose from. The majority of the squad won't bat an eyelid that he's gone I reckon. They'll be awaiting their next victim to try and use their powers over..

amber69

zerks wrote: »

Depends on who he hasn't fallen out with.

Ronaldo would be very interesting

Cantona's Collars

Thecon21 wrote: »

They'll be awaiting their next victim to try and use their powers over..

Not much different from some of the players at Chelsea.

Ronaldo won't go to Chelsea,he loves United too much plus he also fell out with Jose.

Red Crow

Mourinho has been a joke of a manager at Madrid. He's said all the wrong things, isolated players, wanted to be the big fish in the biggest pond and he's failed miserably. It's okay at Chelsea and Inter Milan to carry on like that but you can't do it at Real Madrid.

Red Crow

amber69 wrote: »

Ronaldo would be very interesting

I'll bet anyone any money that Ronaldo won't be joining Chelsea. Not now, not ever. People are forgotting the good job Rafa has done with Chelsea this year. They're a side that could do with a good few improvements.

Man City were very flat this year and they still finished behind them. Chelsea always seem to be one of these teams that are accompanied by serious hype every year. It's not something I understand. Outside of Mata, Cole and Cech I see a lot of inconsistent players. Hazard and particularly Oscar look like they are going to be good players but outside of that I just don't quite see the "excellent" Chelsea people are constantly talking about.

Ulysses Gaze

zerks wrote: »

He's trying to be smart & failed miserably.

Be gas if Rafa got the Chelsea job and Jose went to Everton.

Would be interesting to see Mourinho actually challenge himself at a club like Everton or Villa rather than going to a club that will probably spend nigh on £100 million on transfers.

Andersonisgod

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Would be interesting to see Mourinho actually challenge himself at a club like Everton or Villa rather than going to a club that will probably spend nigh on £100 million on transfers.

That's just ridiculous. Why should he? Mourinho has earned his place at the top table of club football, he has earned the right to be considered among the best managers in the world and be thought of very highly by the top clubs in world football. He has paid his dues at Benfica and União de Leiria. He got the chance to manage Porto and he won the Uefa Cup and Champions League, incredible achievements at that club and since then he has proven himself to be able to live up to the expectations of the biggest clubs. Why should he manage a mid table club with little resources and which can't match the salary of a Chelsea or Madrid? In what other business would anyone opt for a small company with little resources and little ambition over a big company who would love to have you, offering you the resources to achieve huge ambitions and a massive salary, oh and you have emotional ties to this huge company too. Really sit down for a minute and have a think about it.

Ulysses Gaze

Andersonisgod wrote: »

That's just ridiculous. Why should he? Mourinho has earned his place at the top table of club football, he has earned the right to be considered among the best managers in the world and be thought of very highly by the top clubs in world football. He has paid his dues at Benfica and União de Leiria. He got the chance to manage Porto and he won the Uefa Cup and Champions League, incredible achievements at that club and since then he has proven himself to be able to live up to the expectations of the biggest clubs. Why should he manage a mid table club with little resources and which can't match the salary of a Chelsea or Madrid? In what other business would anyone opt for a small company with little resources and little ambition over a big company who would love to have you, offering you the resources to achieve huge ambitions and a massive salary, oh and you have emotional ties to this huge company too. Really sit down for a minute and have a think about it.

I agree with you. It's something I would love to see however.

Andersonisgod

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

I agree with you. It's something I would love to see however.

I know and you could say it about any top manager at present that it would be interesting to see how they deal with a mid table club. Thing is though, for the vast majority of them, they have dealt with mid table clubs, it's that success with smaller clubs that has led them to the big jobs. There's a chance in 20 years time people will be saying "I'd love to see how Roberto Martinez or Brendan Rodgers would do at a mid table club "

When really we've seen how they've done at Wigan and Swansea and Liverpool (:P)

quarryman

keith16 wrote: »

I think the soccer forum deserves more credit than that.

One of the worlds leading managers leaves one of the worlds most important club and you reckong 95% of the soccer forum will have no interest?:pac:

Have you seen this place when neither of those teams are playing? I remember the Champion's League final last year and the match thread was dead right up to the start of the game.

Back on topic. I can't wait to see Mourinho back in the Premiership.

DazMarz

I really hope he comes back to the Premiership, and more specifically, back to Chelsea.

There are only two other clubs out there at the moment that could scupper his return to the Bridge; PSG and Man City. They'd have the money to tempt him and are the two real threats to his return to Stamford Bridge. There's also the possibility that he'd love to give the two fingers to Roman Abramovich and go up to the blue side of Manchester or even to Paris.

Who knows? It will be all up in the air for the next little while until pen is put to paper.

NIMAN

Free space now at the Bernabeu for Rafa.

Kerrigooney

zerks wrote: »

He's trying to be smart & failed miserably.

Be gas if Rafa got the Chelsea job and Jose went to Everton.

We're gonna need a Mod with a mop to clean up the irony dripping off this post.

LiamoSail

If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

Chelsea are a club who since ancelotti left, have been more or less constantly in transition. Things are going well now though, there's progress. So why break one of life's golden rules?

Meglamonia

Ganymede Glow wrote: »

The special one :rolleyes:

Can't wait to stuff him at Anfield again. A winner he may be but he's a grade A cnut.

You make it sound like Liverpool had total dominance over Chelsea

Bar the Champions league,Chelsea done the double over Liverpool in Mourinho's full two seasons there particularly "stuffing" them in the 05-06 season with a 4-1 win in Anfield plus a carling cup final win over Liverpool.

Paully D

Lovely stuff. The sooner he's back in the Premier League, the better.

user2011

LiamoSail wrote: »

If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

Chelsea are a club who since ancelotti left, have been more or less constantly in transition. Things are going well now though, there's progress. So why break one of life's golden rules?

Too much money to throw at things.

Morzadec

The man I love to hate.

A great character to have back in the Premier League.

The league certainly missed him and was a poorer place when he was gone.

LuckyLloyd

Eli Manning wrote: »

Mourinho has been a joke of a manager at Madrid. He's said all the wrong things, isolated players, wanted to be the big fish in the biggest pond and he's failed miserably. It's okay at Chelsea and Inter Milan to carry on like that but you can't do it at Real Madrid.

Mourinho will return to greatness.

GavRedKing

I love how you can fail miserably in 3 seasons by getting to 3 UCL semi finals, win the league and finish 2nd twice.

Fail miserably is a tad bit of an over reaction IMO.

LuckyLloyd

That his time at Madrid will be seen as a failure is a testament to Mourinho's greatness. He has set the highest standards.

GavRedKing

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

That his time at Madrid will be seen as a failure is a testament to Mourinho's greatness. He has set the highest standards.

True, although when you think about the managers they've sacked throughout the years on the back of greater success it doesnt come as much surprise really.





Ironic coming from a Chelsea fan I know.

gimmick

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

That his time at Madrid will be seen as a failure is a testament to Mourinho's greatness. He has set the highest standards.

More like that his time at Madrid is seen as a failure is a testament to Real Madrids high standards which they have fallen short of in recent times. He was brought in to win the CL. He failed at doing that. He had an almost unlimited budget, yet won only 2 trophies in 3 years (3 if you include the super cup). he conceded a league at Christmas time, despite their main opposition having a new manager in his first job. He was unable to motivate his side to step on from a very successful 2011/2012 season, despite it being probably the best squad in Europe.

Will history show him as a failure? Maybe not.

Will history show him as a success? Absolutely not.

Red Crow

GavRedKing wrote: »

I love how you can fail miserably in 3 seasons by getting to 3 UCL semi finals, win the league and finish 2nd twice.

Fail miserably is a tad bit of an over reaction IMO.

It's been fairly adamant that the Real Madrid fans are getting sick of Barca's success in the Champions League. Perez brought him in to win the Champions League and he couldn't do that. Instead of carrying on like a charismatic intellect like the English press portray him as he behaved himself very badly. Instead of taking the blame for poor performances he dropped key players. Unlike Pellegrini, Mourinho had a say in who he bought. He wanted full control and that's what he got until Real Madrid saw the egotistical maniac Mourinho.

There is no doubt that he's a great manager but managing Real Madrid is a step not even "the greatest modern manager in the world" could take. In his time he's caused key rows with the most influential players. Towards the end of his time in Madrid he would only do 5 minute press conferences often picking rows with journalists who'd printed stories from within the dressing room. He's fought with everyone. Casillas, Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos, Ozil, Khedira, Pepe all fell out with him and the madness started when he won the power struggle with Valdano.

From turning Real Madrid from title winners to circus act is failure. He's turned the club to being fully united but they are fully united against him. Often referred to as 'cracked' or as a 'scourge' by the Spanish media Mourinho has just about managed to alienate everybody in his wake. I think it's adequate and fair to suggest that Mourinho wanted to be the big fish in the biggest pond of them all and he couldn't handle the pressure. From poking Tito in the eye to the rumblings of a mad man he's made an embarrassment of himself. As one Spanish paper have put it: "Post-note to the Stage - Mourinho at Madrid"

Thecon21

As people are saying, Madrid is one of the 'biggest ponds' to head into, if we could roll back the years a bit and Fergie was appointed as manager, how do you think he would get on in that job?

Red Crow

Thecon21 wrote: »

As people are saying, Madrid is one of the 'biggest ponds' to head into, if we could roll back the years a bit and Fergie was appointed as manager, how do you think he would get on in that job?

Wouldn't sell them a virus

gimmick

Thecon21 wrote: »

As people are saying, Madrid is one of the 'biggest ponds' to head into, if we could roll back the years a bit and Fergie was appointed as manager, how do you think he would get on in that job?

Probably have won a league or 2 before being sacked. The Madrid job is the most poisoned of chalices, sacking managers from not achieving total success. Look who they have sacked in the last 15 years and you will see that they are a basket case.