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He and his wife divorced - they'd been together for a decade-plus as well and apparently it was fairly acrimonious.Out of curiosity what happened in his personal life?
He and his wife divorced - they'd been together for a decade-plus as well and apparently it was fairly acrimonious.Out of curiosity what happened in his personal life?
That's sad to hear. Would have definitely been a strain in his personal life affecting his performance at Chelsea.He and his wife divorced - they'd been together for a decade-plus as well and apparently it was fairly acrimonious.
Oh I completely agree. I'm of the opinion that sacking Tuchel was the second stupidest thing Chelsea have ever done - close to but not quite exceeding selling Kevin de Bruyne for €18m when he still had 3.5 years left on his contract because Mourinho decided he was bad after one half of an FA Cup tie.That's sad to hear. Would have definitely been a strain in his personal life affecting his performance at Chelsea.
You'd think the very least he could have been was more accommodating to new ownership, in the way his peers are. He possibly would have rode out that period of underachievement.
A rich man thinking they can be good at anything wonder where I have seen this latelyImagine being gifted Thomas Tuchel as a manager, sacking him and replacing him with Potter AND then Lampard…
Imagine how many yes-men you must have around you to pull stuff like that.
So, again, do we know how fecked they are without European football next season?
Surely they won’t be able to make significant transfers at that point, given what has already been spent on sure things like Mudryk.
And they won't be able to sell players that no one wants for miraculously exorbitant fees, now Abramovitch has gone, either.So, again, do we know how fecked they are without European football next season?
Surely they won’t be able to make significant transfers at that point, given what has already been spent on sure things like Mudryk.
The problem Tuchel has is he’s great on the training ground, but once a transfer window opens he goes a bit mental. He ended up in a massive fall out with Dortmund over Oliver Torres, Lukaku at Chelsea, and I got the impression he was playing up at Chelsea last summer, despite Boehly being a clueless cnut.What an odd comment. He was fired in 07 September, that's hardly the business end of the season is it? It's not like he was shooting for peak performance in August and Sept.
Heard somewhere they’ve paid him nothing like the five years. I can see it being like that. Potter is a drip and would probably give it up without a fuss. They even said he was going to collaborate with them in moving on from him! It’s a shame because he should have took them to the cleaners, that’s what everyone else is doing…They used to be well versed.. this isn’t the same club.
They will be facing a monster payout as he’s been at the club over 6 months. It may not end up being the full £50m however I’d wager it will be bigger than the £25 Conte got.
When you factor in the £21m the paid to get him, the money it cost to poach all the staff who will now leave, and even the head of recruitment, this is going to be the most expensive fiascos in history I imagine.
That’s not even mentioning Tuchel’s payout in the same season (and the cost of the new, new manager who will already be demanding more than the 12m x 5 year deal they handed Potter…
Love how they brief that they put the players on long contracts (8 years) on lower wages. If those players do well, they will push for a raise to top wages ASAP. If they don’t, your stuck paying them forever.Depends on how much they sell for I would think. They have plenty of players to sell, with their bloated squad.
That didn't help Potter very much.You'd think the very least he could have been was more accommodating to new ownership, in the way his peers are. He possibly would have rode out that period of underachievement.
He needs to feel like Boehly Big Bollocks all the time, but all he can really do is sack the manager and buy more players. He's just going to keep mashing those buttons until the money runs out or he is removed.Imagine being gifted Thomas Tuchel as a manager, sacking him and replacing him with Potter AND then Lampard…
Imagine how many yes-men you must have around you to pull stuff like that.
Well, yeah, because Potter didn't have goodwill in the tank.That didn't help Potter very much.
Your right, this guy’s incompetence might make Woodward look like some sort of Nirvana of Transfer Guru’s?The guy is a clown as most of us predicted.
Its becoming increasingly obvious he doesn't have a clue how to run a football club. I mean we knew that anyway when he signed loads of bang average players to 8 year deals.
Especially when you consider how much they have spent. Not saying all the signings are shit but they’ve blown through half of the Clearlake money, two managers and look like missing out of CL revenue next season.Just insane to think how awful last season felt for Utd fans, and yet this current Chelsea season is almost twice as bad as the one we had.
They've been staggeringly bad.
Aahhh, this brought a smile to my face.£600m spent. Shitloads more on 3 different managers. 11th in the league with less goals than games played
Would imagine they can take the hit for one season, but it puts a lot of pressure on getting it right next year.So, again, do we know how fecked they are without European football next season?
Surely they won’t be able to make significant transfers at that point, given what has already been spent on sure things like Mudryk.
It's not smart or dumb it's just very risky. Its seen as dumb at the moment when the players are underperforming but if Chelsea were flying everyone would be saying that it was a genius move.The 8 year contracts thing is so dumb.
Which makes it dumb precisely due to the increased risk.It's not smart or dumb it's just very risky. Its seen as dumb at the moment when the players are underperforming but if Chelsea were flying everyone would be saying that it was a genius move.
Pros: you tie potential players to long contracts so you hold control over the transfers, they can't pressure you with leaving for free in the short term.
You frozen the wages, no need for improved contracts to keep players at year 3-4.
Financially you distribute the cost in 8 years so it's amortized and allows you to play with FFP.
Cons: if the player is shit you're stuck with him for longer.
Even though you have the players on long contracts if they feel they deserve a pay raise they'll ask for it and it may create an unpleasant situation for both parts.
You may have to offer bigger wages than normally due to the length of the contract.
At the end of the line I think players have more to lose than clubs by signing these type of long contracts. The club can sell them at any point but players are stuck if they want to move they lose negotiation power.
Anyway I think it's been prohibited by fifa already so we won't see any more clubs doing it.
Only if it doesn't work out if it works out it's a genius move.Which makes it dumb precisely due to the increased risk.
I knew Boehly was a fraud. I never understood why they tried to pass him off as the reason for the Dodgers success.That's giving way too much credit to Boehly. The Dodgers have a collaborative approach set up by their president of baseball operations (who was a former GM ie a DOF), Andrew Friedman. The guy is so good at his job and setting up that culture that Boehly comes across as arrogant for thinking he can replicate Friedman's success.
He comes across as impatient, which was the opposite of the Dodgers. It took them a while to replace their manager after the ownership group took over.
That will never work.You frozen the wages, no need for improved contracts to keep players at year 3-4.