Andre Villas-Boas, new to London, new to Chelsea, new to the English Premiership and, to some
degree, new to football management. Having been a professional football manager for only a handful
of years and, considering his relatively youthful age (in comparison to others in the same
profession), yet to experience any serious issues the Chelsea manager is on course for one now.
5 Reasons Mick McCarthy Will Be The Next Chelsea Manager - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
Following the sacking of Andres Villas-Boas, managers of the calibre of Jose Mourinho, Luciano
Spalletti and Guus Hiddink have been touted as the next Chelsea manager.
But, what Stamford Bridge needs is a real shake-up.
It is a known fact that Roman Abramovich goes into panic mode when his Chelsea team stumbles either
in the Premier League or in the Champions League. He has done so in numerous occasions during his
ownership of the Blues. With the inevitable departure of Andre Villas Boas, Roberto Di Matteo was
entrusted with the task of seeing the current Chelsea players through the season.
Carlos Tevez is not headed to Milan.
Talks between Manchester City and AC Milan suddenly broke down after Alexander Pato refused a
move to Paris-St. Germain. Milan needed the 20-25 million pound transfer fee from the Brazilian
international's move to have any chance of raising the necessary cash.
Avram Grant takes over at Serbian champions Partizan
Avram Grant has taken many pundits by surprise by joining Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade as
coach from today.
With fifteen games played so far this season in the Jelen SuperLiga, Partizan have a ten point
lead over arch rivals Crvena Zvezda and already look set to continue their recent dominance by
winning a fifth consecutive title.
Chesea used to make an easy dinner out of trips to places like Norwich. They would travel,
feast, fill themselves up and return to London with 3 points in the bag. What was once an easy task
has now become a stressful endeavour. Chelsea travel to grounds like Carrow Road hoping for 3
points rather than expecting them.
Over the past several, oh, thousand years, there have been a serious of minor skirmishes in the
Middle East, along with lots of "I don't like you." and "You're a stupid head." being flung back
and forth.
It's no secret that Iran and Israel aren't exactly cuddle buddies. And it does occasionally seep
into the footballing world, despite being a part of different federations such as the case with
Ashkan Dejagah.
Photo: Earl Gardner
Philadelphia Union
Look for player ratings, analysis and a photo essay from the weekend's 1–1 draw with Orlando
City later today.
More local reports on the daraw from Reeves' Army, a photo essay from knightnews.com, and this
TV report from wftv.com 9.
Nizar Khalfan has been called up for the Tanzanian National Team's friendly against Democratic
Republic of Congo on Thursday ahead of Tanzania's 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier against
Mozambique on Feb.
Andres Villas-Boas is out as Chelsea manager.
The under-fire manager was dumped after Chelsea's loss to West Brom on Saturday, a defeat that
dropped Chelsea to fifth place in the Premier League, in real danger of missing out on qualifying
for the UEFA Champions League next season.
I know what you're thinking. 1. You don't want to revisit that wretched night in Moscow. 2. You
don't want to revisit that wretched night in Moscow. However, we're going to, not just because we
have a final coming up in three days and change but also because, dammit, it's time we extinguish
this nightmare from the memory once and for all.
