I want to believe
They will leave together, walking into the sunset holding hands
We only had one good attacker. Vinicius became a great player when he left. Would not call it a massive failure. He won a league title.
Holding a banner saying thanks for the rivalry in German and Catalan
I didn’t mean it in the way that he would go there, the point was just that RSO is also a former club not mentioned in the article (and contract?) like SD Eibar
Alonso is good but he is no Imanol! I really don’t think La Real would change him for any coach in the world
I didn’t mean it in the way that he would go there, the point was just that RSO is also a former club not mentioned in the article (and contract?) like SD Eibar
Real Sociedad in the muddle
Korean and Japanese commentators nightmare
Arsenal v Real Madrid next year will be battle of the immaculate hairlines
I honestly hope Pep Lijnders takes over for Klopp when Klopp leaves. He’s earned it and would be the perfect person to carry on the good work Klopp started and maintain the continuity and clarity in purpose, team building, and man management already in place, but he’d also bring a fresh energy and some new ideas.
I really do think that management transition at Liverpool could parallel that if the switch from Bill Shankly to Bob Paisley, if not in exact trophy count but at least in sustained success season over season.
But if not Pep Lijnders, then Xabi Alonso is my very next preferred choice to take over after Klopp.
What about Eibar?
Gerrard had the massive fortune of Celtic absolutely collapsing after Rodger’s left mid season and gave the job to Neil Lennon. Won less trophies that season than St Johnstone did. His success in Scotland is massively overstated, almost everyone here thinks of his time here as a failure with a bright spot. While being near penniless, he managed to bring on a shit load of debt while raising the playing wage budget greater than celtics. Rangers are suffering for it now.
He promoted Real Sociedad B you know. He has shown incredible flexibility by going in from a fully defensive league to a full offensive league. He has shown he can play 3223,433 and his current 3412 seamlessly. He has studied under Mourinho at his peak, Pep and Ancelotti. He took Leverkusen last season from the end to where they should have been.
In this season he has shown his flexibility and the ability to switch tactics on the fly and is undefeated everywhere, despite playing both RaBa and Bayern. It is obvious that he would slip in in January and February due to AFCON, but so far there is a lot to be hyped for.
And well, Zidane dog walked everyone and he barely had any experience with senior sides aside from some experience as assistant manager when he started. Experience doesn’t equal tactical prowess.
You don’t sack managers like Klopp or Pep, they sack you
Didn’t everyone think the same about Arsene Wenger?
He was sacked after years of mediocrity, not a bad run or even a season.
Years of mediocrity, falling out with sections of the fans for extended periods of time, poor transfers, lack of CL, stagnating methods and staff appointments, couldn’t win a game away from home…it was time to go sadly.
Didn’t he just retire. I won’t know for sure. I’d rather call it retirement ?
He went on to work for FIFA on football policies, but as far as coaching is concerned he’s basically retired (not officially but he’s 73 and seems to be enjoying his life so I think coming back out to coach isn’t on his agenda).
Yeah, you really went forward when you sacked him.
Did I say we went forward or did I just list some of the reasons why he left (because he wasn’t sacked).
I don’t think Tuchel will last till next summer at Bayern, so I fully expect Alonso to join Bayern.
DailyMail lol