Barcelona have sacked manager Xavi before the club's final game of the season after he had publicly criticised the club's financial position. (via @GuillemBalague)

🚨 Exclusive: Manchester United decide to sack Erik ten Hag regardless of Cup final outcome. United have identified Thomas Tuchel, Pochettino, Kieran McKenna, Graham Potter and Thomas Frank as potential replacements. (via @JacobSteinberg)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/05/24/chelsea-robert-de-zerbi-manager-maresca-frank-mckenna/

Linked with De Zerbi

I’d take him. I’m getting desperate now.

12/1 de zerbi

No chance

If it was de crappi it would of been done quick / done by now

comment by CFC_Steve (U1194)
posted 19 minutes ago
Barcelona have sacked manager Xavi before the club's final game of the season after he had publicly criticised the club's financial position. (via @GuillemBalague)

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I wouldn't be too upset if we went for him, my 1st choice is still Amorim though

BREAKING: Chelsea have not yet ruled out a move for Roberto De Zerbi. (via @Matt_Law_DT)

🗣️ @FabrizioRomano: “Enzo Maresca is ‘super open’ on joining Chelsea. It’s a concrete possibility. Maresca said no to Sevilla. He is keen to work on the Premier League - Leicester or another club. He wants to stay in England and has a €10m clause.”

De Zerbi would have to demonstrate that he could work within Chelsea’s club structure, with sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, to stand any chance of getting the job ahead of Maresca, McKenna and Frank. (@Matt_Law_DT) #CFC

Compensation / Buy out :

- Maresca (region of £10m)
- Thomas Frank (More than £3m)
- Kieran McKenna (less than half of £10m)
- De Zerbi (£5m compensation)

(@Matt_Law_DT @JPercyTelegraph)

I thought De Zerbi already left Brighton so why would they need compensating

When you factor in paying off Poch it’s a decent amount spend on sacking the manager. Imagine if we sell first choice players for that

comment by CSTP (U1453)
posted 1 minute ago
I thought De Zerbi already left Brighton so why would they need compensating
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A club apparently paid Brighton £5 million for De Zerbi, hence why he left. Club hasn't been named, yet 🤣

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I thought De Zerbi already left Brighton so why would they need compensating
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A club apparently paid Brighton £5 million for De Zerbi, hence why he left. Club hasn't been named, yet 🤣
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Imagine if we paid it but don’t end up hiring him lol

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comment by Oscar #TeamFury. #Trump2024 #BringBackMourinho #ComeHomeGaffa (U12980)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
If it’s mourinho wirh JT as assistant then someone at Chelsea defo reads ja606 and is a fan of my posts lol
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Based on how insane the Chelsea management decision-making is, I wouldn’t put it past them being a fan of yours, Oscar.

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I thought De Zerbi already left Brighton so why would they need compensating
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A club apparently paid Brighton £5 million for De Zerbi, hence why he left. Club hasn't been named, yet 🤣
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Imagine if we paid it but don’t end up hiring him lol
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Then we'd de-zerb exactly what we get

I’m really hoping we’re waiting until after the Portuguese cup final on Sunday to appoint Amorim. Anyone else is going to be really underwhelming

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comment by CFC_Steve (U1194)
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comment by CSTP (U1453)
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I thought De Zerbi already left Brighton so why would they need compensating
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A club apparently paid Brighton £5 million for De Zerbi, hence why he left. Club hasn't been named, yet 🤣
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Imagine if we paid it but don’t end up hiring him lol
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Then we'd de-zerb exactly what we get
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Think I already trademarked that 😉

comment by BlueJ2 (U4630)
posted 11 minutes ago
I’m really hoping we’re waiting until after the Portuguese cup final on Sunday to appoint Amorim. Anyone else is going to be really underwhelming
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He can only be the sensible choice

comment by BlueJ2 (U4630)
posted 9 minutes ago
I’m really hoping we’re waiting until after the Portuguese cup final on Sunday to appoint Amorim. Anyone else is going to be really underwhelming
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Yup Amorim is the only manager I want out of the names mentioned. All the others come with huge risk.

I still think it's De Zerbi. I've felt that the owners appointed him a couple of months ago behind the scenes.

Very happy to be proved wrong though of course.

This period maybe represents the final full step away from the figurehead manager towards the complete Sporting Director model.

Clubs are no longer willing to tolerate coaches trying to assume more power out of some good results. The increasing message, as one club chief executive relayed in the last few weeks is “this is our model, you agreed to fit into it when you signed, don’t try to change things”

That thinking has influenced the decisions at Chelsea, Brighton and Hull City.

(via @MiguelDelaney)

While Pochettino and Tuchel remain hugely respected, there is a sense in club hierarchies that newer coaches are doing fresher things. It is partly why the offers have dried up for Antonio Conte. Others would point to a series of blow-ups. (Independent)

Maresca has jumped to hot favourite for the Chelsea job according to bookies.

Roberto De Zerbi began to get more demanding without necessarily having the full range of achievements to go with it. The Brighton hierarchy were understood to be fed up. (via @MiguelDelaney)