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Liverpool are set to sign their second Defender this week with the announcement that Joel Matip will join the club from Schalke on a Free Transfer. The 24 year old Cameroon International who can play in either Defence or Midfield has been allowed to discuss terms with non German based …
Read More »Garcia gets Rudi awakening as Roma look for new Manager
Roma have sacked manager Rudi Garcia after a poor run of results in Serie A. Former Lille manager Garcia had seen his side win just once since the beginning of November, a 2-0 home victory against struggling Genoa. At the time of his sacking Roma found themselves 5th in Serie …
Read More »What Remi Garde was thinking at Full Time earlier Today
Alan Curtis confirmed as new Swansea Manager
As I predicted on Tuesday, Alan Curtis has been named as the replacement for Garry Monk at Swansea until the end of the season. You can read the article from Tuesday here http://realfootballman.com/2016/01/05/is-alan-curtis-the-new-swansea-manager-by-default/ Ultimately it looks like all the leads that Huw Jenkins was following up have gone dry and …
Read More »Not Lubbly Jubbly for Harry Redknapp and Olimpija Ljubljana
In one of the more left field pieces of managerial news you’ll hear this month, Slovenian side Olimpija Ljubljana have decided not to progress with their interest in Harry Redknapp as they currently look for a new Manager. It’s not quite the random link you may imagine due to the …
Read More »Pep Guardiola tells us what we already know
It was probably the biggest open secret in World Football but this Afternoon Pep Guardiola has announced his intention to manage in England once he leaves Bayern Munich at the end of the season. The 44 year old will now officially start a 3 way race for his services but …
Read More »Is Alan Curtis the new Swansea Manager by default
As we enter January the hunt for a successor to Garry Monk at Swansea City sees no signs of a conclusion will this mean that Alan Curtis ends up staying in the helm due to Huw Jenkins not being able to find a replacement. It seems as if the Marcelo …
Read More »Rafa’s Real tenure ends as Zidane butts in at Bernabeu
Rafael Benitez has been sacked as manager of Real Madrid after just seven months in charge, with club legend Zinedine Zidane replacing him. Spaniard Benitez, 55, was relieved of his duties following a meeting of the club’s board on Monday. B team coach Zidane, 43, has been made first-team boss, …
Read More »Guardiola Out, Ancelotti In and the wider repercussions this may have
On Thursday I wrote that Pep Guardiola’s apparent departure was set to shake up the Managerial Merry Go Round. You can read that article here Is Pep Guardiola set to give the Managerial Merry Go Round a big spin? Well it’s now official and Pep Guardiola has announced he is …
Read More »Hiddink The Caretaker given keys to Stamford Bridge…Again
Yesterday it was announced that Guus Hiddink will again become Interim Coach of Chelsea this time to fill the void of Jose Mourinho’s departure The 69 year old took over in the 2008-2009 season in which he went on to win the F.A. Cup with a win over Everton Hiddink …
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