Topic: Spanish Football

[RobbieRedman]

Pressure on Deschamps will be immense now with Wenger and Zidane available

Just signed a new contract

[TepidT2O]

No chance on this planet would Conte be a success there. He won't massage egos, so they'd chew him up and spit him out after 6 months.

That’s not that bad by their standards!!!  Although I think you’re right..

Hence Wenger makes sense

[rafathegaffa83]

The cheap/in-house option - Guti
The big name/ long-term target option - Wenger
The big name/spite Barcelona option - Luis Enrique
The available hipster option - Sarri
The soon to be available defensive option - Conte

[rafathegaffa83]

Just signed a new contract

Wouldn't mean much if they were unceremoniously dumped out early on

[LFC Boy]

I don't see them going for Wenger at all.

Hoping they take Poch, but he just renewed his contract at Spurs.

[Geppvindh's]

They basically need a people manager. None of these tacticians who make you work hard will work there. That I believe rules out the likes of Conte and Sarri.

[pinky]

Conte the easy answer surely?

Top name, his club are looking for an excuse to get rid...

I still have a hunch for Wenger though

Pochettino, according to a veteran journalist on the radio. I trust this information more than others. Just to name one recent example the same journalists on this radio station got the lineup right for the final when Marca were giving the wrong one.

[TepidT2O]

They basically need a people manager. None of these tacticians who make you work hard will work there. That I believe rules out the likes of Conte and Sarri.

What they need is someone to lay the foundations for the next 10 years.  They don’t have the patience for that though.

They would try it and fire them after 9 months.

[Clint Eastwood]

With one swift, perfect tackle, Andy Robertson puts Ronaldo’s Madrid future in doubt and forces Zidane in to retirement. Good lad.

[Yiannis]

Pochettino... yes, I know he just renewed his contract.

[Geppvindh's]

What they need is someone to lay the foundations for the next 10 years.  They don’t have the patience for that though

Yeah which is why I said they need a man manager. They're impatient and have prima Donnas that are going to throw a fit. Even the board has no mood for a project.

[Adam_LFC]

Pochettino... yes, I know he just renewed his contract.

Bet he is feeling silly now.


Edit: reports are that he has a release clause if Real Madrid or PSG come in for him..

[BarryCrocker]

Rodgers can speak Spanish. 

[TepidT2O]

Rodgers can speak Spanish. 

I think he’d do very well in Spain..  not at Madrid though!!!

[Linudden]

The cheap/in-house option - Guti
The big name/ long-term target option - Wenger
The big name/spite Barcelona option - Luis Enrique
The available hipster option - Sarri
The soon to be available defensive option - Conte

First he transferred from them to Barcelona in the 90's and then he bad-mouthed Real all throughout his time in Catalonia. Not a snowball's chance in hell in my opinion.

[TepidT2O]

Bet he is feeling silly now.

It just gets Spurs more cash. A new contract would mean nothing.

[Yiannis]

Bet he is feeling silly now.

Heard there is a clause in his contract that he can leave for Real Madrid or PSG. Fuck knows if there actually is such a term.

[Gerry Attrick]

Pochettino's contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. Real could buy it out 100 times over.

[GBF]

Zinedine Zidane: Real Madrid boss stands down five days after Champions League win

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44315700

going to Chelsea then?

[RideTheWalrus]

Poch would be fired within a year. Not strong enough to control the squad or player power. Wouldn't be allowed to risk losing Ronaldo, soon as Ronaldo turned on Poch he'd be fired.

[Fabulous_aurelio]

There will be some spending this summer then!

[jillcwhomever]

So let me think, a story breaks shortly after the final about Ronaldo and Bale leaving RM, and then within days Zidane resigns. All connected me thinks. I suppose he might as well go out while on top, be interesting to see who replaces him though.

[rafathegaffa83]

going to Chelsea then?

Hitting the beach more likely

[Kekule]

A few years ago there was this one manager who said that he's suited to clubs like Real Madrid and managing them wouldn't be a problem for him, in fact he'd win the league or the double every time.  He's recently become available as well.

...Step forward Fat Sam.  Go on Real, you know you want to.  We'd all love to see it.

[ScouserAtHeart]

If he's smart, he won't manage another club again. Take a break, manage France at some point before retiring.

[El Lobo]

Might not be a popular opinion but actually don't mind this sort of thing, and think we should do the same ourselves. Jurgens had two cup finals and lost both, so surely get rid and then snap up Sam Allardyce before he's unavailable again.

[Hesky]

Rodgers can speak Spanish. 

So can David Moyes.

https://youtu.be/I8TqsgPBuwc

[Carlos Eunuch Alberto]

Heard there interested in Klopp 

[Clint Eastwood]

All they need is someone to pick the team, I’d give it a go.

[gaztop08]

I think he’d do very well in Spain..  not at Madrid though!!!

Do you mean Benidorm?

[asif_00013]

Zidane found out Everton's managerial post is vacant....

[Broad Spectrum]

The cheap/in-house option - Guti
The big name/ long-term target option - Wenger
The big name/spite Barcelona option - Luis Enrique
The available hipster option - Sarri
The soon to be available defensive option - Conte

The expensive option - Pochettino

[ABZ Rover]

Gary Neville with Tony Adams as his number two, smash it!

[Rush 82]

Pochettino, according to a veteran journalist on the radio. I trust this information more than others. Just to name one recent example the same journalists on this radio station got the lineup right for the final when Marca were giving the wrong one.

Good   That’s spurs wrecked next season.

[Rush 82]

I think he’d do very well in Spain..  not at Madrid though!!!

Madristas would be rid of him faster than Rafa

[El Lobo]

Pochettino, according to a veteran journalist on the radio. I trust this information more than others. Just to name one recent example the same journalists on this radio station got the lineup right for the final when Marca were giving the wrong one.

Would make absolutely no sense whatsoever when he's literally just signed a new deal.

[Rush 82]

Would make absolutely no sense whatsoever when he's literally just signed a new deal.

He’d grab like a greedy lad snatching a sausage off the grill - no thought to the potential burn

[Chakan]

Would make absolutely no sense whatsoever when he's literally just signed a new deal.

Make no sense to who?

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

All they need is someone to pick the team, I’d give it a go.

Not that simple, they need someone who is respected enough by the players due to his last accomplishments at Madrid. He massaged their egos but also they couldn't question him in public or turn on him cause he was a far popular figure with the fans than any player. Now, whoever they bring won't have that kind of authority and will be undermined by player power from day one.

Sarri, Conte, Porch would fail miserably. Think Wenger would do well there because his managerial style in his last years at Arsenal was relaxed which might work with the squad and his accomplishments will gain him some respect from the players.

[10 years on]

3 Champions leagues in 3 years, not a bad record....