With Di Matteo’s sacking and the installation of Rafa Benitez, we have to ask, Is this one change too far by Roman Abramovich? Everyone knows Benitez is the 9th Chelsea manager in 8 years, but all the other changes which the Chelsea chairman has made appear to have had some basis of sense. But Benitez? Really? It was sad Mourinho left but we understand why, and even Avram Grant,...
Although the vast majority of the 72 Football League clubs are managed by individuals from the ‘home nations’, there have been several high profile foreign managers who have recently taken over at ‘lower league’ clubs. But why now? And is that a good thing for English clubs or a worrying sign of even less opportunity for home-grown managers? What is immediately worth saying is that, regardless of whether you...
