Chelsea published their accounts yesterday and revealed that Chelsea had to pay £28m on "changes
in the first team management structure" by sacking Carlo Ancelotti and hiring Andre Villas-Boas as
his replacement which is just insane.
In addition to this, Football Finance Analyst Andy Green has calculated that Chelsea and Roman
Abramovich have paid out around £64m in the last four years on managerial changes alone!
Not a surprise to hear that Sevilla have hired Jose Miguel Gonzalez, aka Michel, to become their
next coach after the firing of Marcelino Garcia Toral on Monday.
Michel will automatically receive an extension to the contract should he guide the 11th-placed
side to UEFA Champions League qualification.
Most of the United States was focused on the "other football" this weekend, but there were still
some soccer business stories coming out over the last few days. We'll start with FOX's broadcast
of the Manchester United/Chelsea match over the weekend. Once again, the network offered an EPL
match over network television via a live broadcast.
By JOHN BOSCHINI
Former Colorado Rapids head coach Gary Smith is headed back to England.
The man who took charge of the Rapids' surprising 2010 MLS Cup run has been hired as manager of
League One side Stevenage FC. Stevenage chairman Phil Wallace said Smith's ability to produce
success despite a low budget with the Rapids was a major reason for the hire.
By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Nov 3, 2011) US Soccer Players -- In the ‘regular-season wrap up'
edition, Tony asks about various MLS statistical leaders, which team management is at least willing
to ask questions about caliber of play, and finds a National Team alum thriving in the NASL. What
players led MLS in games played this year?
Klinsmann will spend time in EuropeU.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is taking full advantage of his time in Europe following the match
against Belgium, traveling across the continent to visit current and future U.S. prospects. Here's
the breakdown:
Sept. 7 - Jurgen watched Stuart Holden play 65 minutes for Bolton's reserves against Rochdale in
the Manchester Senior Cup.
We exchange three questions with Dan Ferris of Once a Metro in order to get some insider
perspective on the New York Red Bulls as they head to Toyota Park this Tuesday, July 12th at 7:30
PM CST. It's your Three Questions U.S. Open Cup Style.
Hot Time In Old Town asks Once a Metro
1.
So Marc Pelosi, a seventeen-year-old rising star of American soccer, may be be headed to
Liverpool to develop his skills in the Reds' youth program. He has made an interesting comment: "I
have been told the current Barcelona coach said that if you don't go to Barcelona, the second best
place to develop is at Liverpool.
Ronaldinho gave a reminder of his goalscoring skills that have been missing since the 29th of
May.Another glimpse of what might have been - a fine goal in Flamengo's 4-1 win over
Atletico-MG.Since February 2, Dinho has played 23 matches with Flamengo and scored seven goals.This
was the eighth.
Flamengo fans have set up a Ronaldinho hotline to keep tabs on Ronaldinho.
Some kind soul has uploaded our new manager's first full interview with Chelsea TV to
Youtube.
Based solely off the interview, I like the guy.
Points of interest:
- The proper way to pronounce "Villas-Boas"
- Already referring to Chelsea as "we," even when discussing recent years when he wasn't here
- Acknowledging the work that Ancelotti and other past managers have done for the club
- Sounds like he really wants to focus closely on man-management as well as the team management
- Just seems very aware of the situation at the club and eager to impress and do well but keep the
focus on the team rather than himself
As I've said already, this appointment already has me excited for preseason and seeing our Blues
in action once again.
Ruud Gullit's managing stint in Chechnya ended the same way it did in Los Angeles -- with him
being shown the door after a brief time in charge.
Gullit was fired by Chechen club Terek Grozny on Tuesday, just five months after being hired as
the club's manager.
He was given an ultimatum to win Tuesday's game by team management, but a last-minute goal
doomed his team to a 1-0 loss and cost him his job.
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America reports on Tommy Soehn's return to the MLS coaching ranks.
He was hired with the big picture in mind, but now Tom Soehn goes back to the 24/7 headache of head
coaching in which any day could come disaster.
That's a pessimistic, even fatalistic, viewpoint of course, yet the haunted, tortured demeanor that
Soehn wore during his final months in charge of D.
NEW YORK, NY— April 1, 2011 — Wildes & Weinberg is pleased to announce that
Managing Partner Michael Wildes has secured an O-1 visa for Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, better
known to millions as soccer icon Pelé, as he joins the New York Cosmos as Honorary President. As
an "Alien of Extraordinary Ability," who was recently hired to come to the United States to help
rebuild the world-famous professional soccer team in New York City, Pelé was required to secure an
O-1 visa before he was able to begin his employment for the team's front office.
Yesterday when I was going through Goonernews, I came across a very interesting article on
LeGrove. And needless to say, I was impressed with his initiative. We all have seen what Barca are
capable of and that $hit that they performed after the World Cup is still fresh in my mind. I
loathe Pique, Puyol & Pepe for that.
