Chelsea’s idea, after parting ways with Mauricio Pochettino days ago, is to build the umpteenth new project at Stamford Bridge with a young coach. “A ‘Xabi Alonso style’ project”, as they pointed out in England this week. Hence, the still Ipswich Town manager, Kieran McKenna, starts as a favorite. That is why the surprise has been great, also among the British media, when José Mourinho has made a place for himself among the list of candidates through betting houses in the United Kingdom.
The Telegraph, in addition to giving the names of the first alternatives for the local Stamford Bridge bench (Kieran McKenna, Enzo Maresca, Míchel and Sebastian Hoeness), two of them already ruled out, stated that the returns of three former Blues coaches such as José Mourinho, Thomas Tuchel and Antonio were not, a priori, in the plans of Todd Boehly and the Chelsea sports management. As said, Chelsea wants a young coach to build a project for the future.
However, the Portuguese coach, who coached the London team in two stages (from 2004 to 2007 and from 2013 to 2015) and was dismissed by Roma this season, has gone from being considered “a weak candidate to have a third period in Stamford Bridge, priced at 40/1 at bet365″, to currently be third favourites, “behind Enzo Maresca and Kieran McKenna, but ahead of Rúben Amorim, Roberto De Zerbi and Thomas Frank”.
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“The Blues leaders are looking for a progressive and upwardly mobile coach for the position, a profile in which ‘The Special One’ no longer fits. That is why the wave of support for Mourinho in the betting shops is so surprising,” writes the Evening Standard. And the hiring of José Mourinho has gone from 40/1 to 2/1. An unexpected turn in the search for a replacement for Mauricio Pochettino that in turn agrees with the instability that has characterized Chelsea for two seasons.
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2024-05-24 12:52:10
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