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First let’s start with the fact that Manchester United hasn’t even sack Erik ten Hag, even if the plan on doing so then yesterday’s FA Cup will have given him another lifeline. Yes as you have just said most clubs are getting too impatient with managers this days and are just sending them away. In the past you have managers getting build their team but this days we see club’s hunting for quick success.

The only good part of this sackings are the fact that we will soon see the evolution of new managers coming out mostly the retired players getting a pat by their old clubs or others to take the managerial role, last season we experienced how some retired players showcased that they can do this also; the likes of Xabi Alonso of Bayern Leverkusen, McKenna of Ipswich, Fabregas of Como and lots more, probably this is the Time for some to take the big stage too.


Been the most valuable club doesn’t mean you can splash out the cash on just every signings, the valuable status doesn’t even mean the money they currently hold but some other assets too. Manchester United have in the past been spending extravagantly on players that usually turn out to be flops and that’s why you still find them among the clubs with most debts despite been so valuable. With the FFP rules this days getting strict they would have to watch their spending

From my own perspective, a few of the coaches sacked or yet to be is not something we would love to see happen, the rate at which coaches are being sacked with immediate effect and not giving them enough time to cope with the players is not supposed to be so. A few managers do have a really bad management result during their very first and second coaching season with time they become outstanding in their leagues. In the Premier League sacking Pochettino is a bad idea, wanting to sack Ten Hag also not supported while Klopp is getting retired, who knows the incoming coaches might even be worst and in same way they will also be sacked.

It's not about big teams coming for him that is the problem, the question is can he deliver in such big clubs? You see most of these players flourish in clubs with zeros expectations. A team where there main objective is just to survive in the premier league and finish as high as possible in the league, their fans understand this very well and they don't demand much from such players. But when these player move to bigger clubs with bigger expectations on them, you will begin to see that such players will flop. We have see numerous cases like that and I hope that Olise don't just fall into that class.

But the truth be told, Olise is a good player and he is still developing and he finally decides to join Arsenal it will be a good decision for him. Arsenal has young squad and a young manager who knows how to bring the best out of his players. Left for me alone I would advise him go to Arsenal instead of Chelsea or Manchester United.

popular team fires its coach even though the coach has made a good contribution usually has a reasonable reason or has a goal for the common good, but in the case of Xavi dismissal, this seems a little unreasonable to me because previously Xavi was very much retained after successfully managing Barcelona well even though with financial shortages.
after that, rumors spread that Barcelona wanted to keep Xavi for the next season, but I was surprised after reading posts by several people who said that Xavi had been fired and would be replaced by a new coach.
Isn't this something that makes us wonder what the purpose of all this is when firing Xavi who has helped change so much at Barcelona?

I thought that after Xavi was fired, it actually opened up an opportunity for Bayern Munich to try to bring in this coach rather than having to bring in Vincent Kompany, who has currently failed to bring Burnley to achieve good results in the EPL.
this should be the best choice for Bayern Munich and I am sure that if Munich makes an offer to Xavi, he will definitely accept the offer because it is better to coach a team that has quality players than to coach a team that cannot appreciate his contribution.

Previously there were rumors that Michael Olise was very close to Manchester United and now Chelsea doesn't want to lose in the competition to sign the Crystal Palace player's contract. I think Manchester United will still be able to recruit a player like Michael Olise even though the price is quite expensive. That's because Manchester United is positioned at number 2 as the most valuable club this season after Real Madrid, so they won't have any difficulty in transferring players.

This is also what ultimately made the Glazzer brothers not want to sell Manchester United to Qatari investors because every season they can always make a lot of money despite their declining performance. Even if Erik ten Hag doesn't get enough transfer quota then they will have to lose in this competition to Chelsea who also have good finances.

Man, big teams firing coaches left and right is awful. It emphasizes the game's urgency. However, some of these choices are puzzling. Get Xavi at Barcelona. He won the league last season with a lackluster team. I find the dismissal harsh. Bayern Munich has Tuchel. Maybe this season wasn't his best, but he won the Champions League. He may have needed additional time to fix things

Yes, big clubs are under a lot of pressure. Fans want trophies, boards want results. But changing managers isn't always effective. Sometimes long-term success requires steadiness and patience. Look at Klopp at Liverpool; he took his time building a team and now they're dominant. Change for its own sake isn't always best. It can interrupt team rhythm, generate confusion, and backfire. It's sometimes best to stick with a manager you trust and give them time to improve

Michael Olise this season played very well with Crystal Palace, he managed to collect 10 goals and 6 assists with Crystal Palace, with his good performance this season, many teams, especially in the Premier League, are targeting him, but seeing Olise who is so focused on his game, he should be able to looking for another club to take him to a better caste.

Seeing that Manchester United really need a winger to fix the player's difficulties, they have really shown their desire to bring Olise to Old Trafford, this is a big opportunity for him to be able to take him to develop further, because Man United is currently looking for young players with good potential. , this would be a good offer for him in the Manchester United uniform next season.

You are right, of all teams interested in Olise currently i think Arsenal will be a suitable team for him to play because of their current style of play but there are things to be considered like the demanding price by crystal palace if Arsenal will be willing to pay such price. Knowing that several teams are showing interest Crystal Palace will be asking for a higher price because of the competition and i don’t think Arsenal will pay huge amount for him. Let’s say Arsenal was able to sign him will Olise be on the bench for Saka? With such amount spent and considering his talent will he settle as a substitute or will Arteta find a way to play him?

Chelsea has cole palmer and Madueke already so he might struggle for playing time at Chelsea too and Manchester United is known to be a team that kills talent so I wouldn’t advise him to sign for Manchester United.

Of the several names rumored to be Pochettino successor, I don't see Xavi name among them, but it doesn't rule out the possibility that Chelsea management will consider him. Of the several names circulating, Ruben Amorim is believed to be a strong candidate for the next manager of the Blues, the other three candidates are Leicester City coach Enzo Maresca, Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna, and Brentford coach Thomas Frank.

I think De Zerbi is also worthy of managing Chelsea, and another interesting news is that Mourinho is also on the list of coaches being considered. However, becoming Chelsea next manager is not easy, there will be a lot of pressure from club officials. Pochettino had shown a pretty good performance in this season, but in the end he was fired too.

Chelsea is known as a club that likes to change coaches, the Todd Boehly era is not much different from the Abramovich era. Indeed, this is not just a failure to win a trophy, but more about the similarity of vision and mission as well as club policies as a whole, and reportedly Pochettino wants greater influence and control at Chelsea. It seems that this will be the biggest challenge for the next Chelsea manager, how to adapt to the club culture.

Nearly same story we are having in Premier League where we already lost Pochettino, Chelsea with Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool and now Eric Ten Hag, Manchester United and few more are already gone which are making things interesting we are having 2024 not good for the coaches in many leagues and things are going to be more problematic in coming season because now owners are having no patience with coaches, and they are doing things with immediately which are not ideal, but they are having right and using this all.
Few weeks back I read somewhere about Milan is having contract with Conte, but now we are having different candidate which is strange, but all will be clear in coming days as we will have all things inter into transfer window.

Arsenal will clearly be able to provide new experience to Michael Olise because if he joins there, he will be able to play in the Champions League next season. However, it seems that what determines it is not Olise's wishes, but rather will be influenced by the amount of money that Crystal Palace can obtain from the deal, and which team really has the seriousness to sign Michael Olise. Whatever the result, it is still a good thing for Michael Olise's career because both Chelsea, Man United, and Arsenal are good teams and could be the right place for him to continue to improve, and get bigger wages.

Pioli was Milans manager, not Inters, Inters manager is Inzaghi (loved him when he was a player too) and he is staying until next summer at least, probably will stay even longer if they win the league again. I think it is quite obvious that Milan didn't do as well as expected and that is why they fired Pioli, Mourinho has been fired for a long time and De Rossi has done quite alright so far, same with Lazio because Sarri didn't do anything good, Lazio sucked all season long.

I feel like it is quite obvious that we are going to see some changes one way or another, and could not really consider that as a bad thing, we need to consider that as normal and not really approach it as something wild, it is very normal to do this. Teams fire managers when they do badly.

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Conte was not a priority target for Partinopei's recruitment efforts for the upcoming season but the situation has forced napoli to do that. Napoli had been eyeing Gasperini from Atalanta, but things have altered since Atalanta won the Europa League trophy and it gives gasperini another chance to keep become a coach for atalanta. The club is interested on making a new offer for Gasperini and it seems like that gasperini has almost reached a new deal with atalanta following the latest report. Conte has been offering Atalanta an alternative answer as a new coach who must be hired by the club.
Conte and Napoli have nearly reached an agreement and i hope it'll be finished very soon. It wasn't that horrible to hire Conte as Napoli's new coach. Conte has an excellent track record in the Serie A competition and no doubt that napoli shall recruit him as a new coach. If the club attempts to attract him as a new hire, they are not on the wrong way considering the fact that conte has ever won serie a trophies many times.

Yes, that true and from what Stefano Pioli said, it can be concluded that he has the intention of trying to build team in the Premier League and of course this is an interesting thing considering that Stefano Pioli is also great coach.
But it is possible that Stefano Pioli will rest for some time in the future, as he said about taking break from the coaching chair after leaving AC Milan.
It just that currently we can see that there are several Premier League teams that are looking for new coach for next season, perhaps one of them will make an offer to Stefano Pioli.

What is curious is who will be Stefano Pioli next destination team when he goes to the Premier League, there has been no discussion or news regarding this matter and of course many people are also waiting for confirmation.

Yeah De Zerbi is another candidate who might be a good replacement. I said Xavi because of thinking that he isn't actually a bad manager. He has managed Barcelona for less than 3 years time so he isn't very experienced.

However Xavi looks like a manager who knows how to work with young talents. He is giving the chances they need for their development. Besides Barcelona actually got a La Liga and Super Cup titles in the previous season. This season wasn't good enough but there are always ups and downs for most teams.  

Anyways, when it comes to the reason of Pochettino's sacking it is hard to tell. It was a meaningless decision of the chairman.

Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea are reported to really want Michael Olise, to be honest, this is a good opportunity for Crystal Palace to get big money from the sale of Olise, Olise as a striker is quite good, he is quite sharp in front of goal, Arsenal have to work hard to get his services , there is a big possibility for Arsenal to become EPL champions next season if they are successful in getting Olise, Arsenal's attack power is very weak.

It seems that Pioli wants to find a new adventure to increase their competition but indeed the EPL does not seem as easy as expected because after all we certainly know that the EPL is certainly a much stronger and hotter competition so that with what is and shows in Serie A it is actually certain that this will require more adaptation to be able to make a breakthrough in the EPL.

A different style of play can be one of the problems that will occur later because we certainly understand that for now Serie A has a slower style and is very inversely proportional to what is happening in the EPL.
By looking at this English language will not guarantee because it only adds a plus in language but to make conditions better, it is certain that Pioli must try harder if he really wants to be glimpsed by clubs in the EPL, especially in improving the quality of coaching to be the same as the EPL expects.

While you are coach of the club its never been easy job with if you are doing this job in Premier League then it's going to be the toughest thing while Liverpool which is having not easy things doing here job for years give big below to energy for any person and for me right decision done by Jürgen Klopp to have left from the soccer for while is good because this will give him boost for having any job in near future with most chances we will have him in Germany national team which is currently under Julian Nagelsmann, but he can overtake this in near future.

In his last season things were really tense, but sadly we have no good end which is surely going to be regret for him and many players but still they have done good job while as we have trend of many coaches are sacked in this season things are going to be more competitive in coming years because now all wants quick results with no time for having anything under average which is really the toughest time for the coaches in coming years.

It's not yet determined. Give united some times. Im sure they will announce it soon whether to pursue him to join in the club.

De Jong has been an important Barcelona player since being brought in from Ajax Amsterdam, he has also always been able to maintain his performance which makes his position in the Barcelona squad difficult to replace. Injury is something that no player ever wants, he has gone through difficult times when he was injured but was always able to perform optimally after returning to the Barcelona squad. De Jong has a high buyout clause in his contract, Barcelona can take advantage of the interest of other clubs to bring him in to increase the club's income.

His departure did not really affect Barcelona midfield because they already had other players who could protect the midfield area well. Barcelona can take advantage of Manchester United interest to get some money, they certainly really need other players after the change of coach. De Jong departure could also save Barcelona expenses because he has a bigger salary than other players.