The spectre of Jose Mourinho looms large over Stamford Bridge at the moment, and with the Portuguese likely to leave Real Madrid in the summer, Chelsea manager Andre Villas Boas is nervously looking over his shoulder, aware that if Mourinho decided he wanted the Chelsea job again, he would probably be welcomed back with open arms. AVB recently admitted that he's under pressure from a possibly Mourinho return, but he argues that he's not the only manager in the Barclay's Premier League who should be worried.
In a Press Conference recently, AVB argued that Liverpool would probably be interested in Mourinho if he was to return to the Premier League, and claimed that Kenny Dalglish should also be feeling the pressure, along with several other Managers. He said:
"A manager of Jose's dimension and the number one in the world will always be an attractive target for whatever club."
"Because he's a manager that makes himself available to return to his beloved England will for sure capture the interests of City, United and Chelsea and Tottenham and Liverpool and Arsenal"
"So, in that sense, we are all under pressure, from [Roberto] Mancini to [Sir Alex] Ferguson to me to [Kenny] Dalglish to Harry Redknapp and so on."
When it comes to Liverpool specifically, I think AVB is right; irrespective of Dalglish's achievements in the past, if Mourinho was available, the club's owners - who have no real emotional attachment to Dalglish or Liverpool's history - would probably take a serious look at him.
From FSG's perspective, they want success for Liverpool, and Mourinho guarantees success.
Anything is possible in football, and it's conceivable that we could see the ironic situation of Rafa Benitez at Chelsea, and Mourinho at Liverpool at some point in the future (!)
Jaimie Kanwar
In a Press Conference recently, AVB argued that Liverpool would probably be interested in Mourinho if he was to return to the Premier League, and claimed that Kenny Dalglish should also be feeling the pressure, along with several other Managers. He said:
"A manager of Jose's dimension and the number one in the world will always be an attractive target for whatever club."
"Because he's a manager that makes himself available to return to his beloved England will for sure capture the interests of City, United and Chelsea and Tottenham and Liverpool and Arsenal"
"So, in that sense, we are all under pressure, from [Roberto] Mancini to [Sir Alex] Ferguson to me to [Kenny] Dalglish to Harry Redknapp and so on."
When it comes to Liverpool specifically, I think AVB is right; irrespective of Dalglish's achievements in the past, if Mourinho was available, the club's owners - who have no real emotional attachment to Dalglish or Liverpool's history - would probably take a serious look at him.
From FSG's perspective, they want success for Liverpool, and Mourinho guarantees success.
Anything is possible in football, and it's conceivable that we could see the ironic situation of Rafa Benitez at Chelsea, and Mourinho at Liverpool at some point in the future (!)
Jaimie Kanwar
He's not a red, he's a blue. In Dalglish we trust
ReplyDeleteDalglish else RAFA or no one else!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteALWAYS SPOUTING TRIPE JAMIE
ReplyDeleteProbably not. We as a team definitely need his class and motivational prowess, but his negative personality and arrogance is not what I like to see in sport.
ReplyDeleteHe also demands a ridiculous transfer kitty and plays boring football, so he would not fit into our club.
ReplyDeleteI doubt with what has happened with him and our fans in the past either him or us want him here so I'm sure he'll steer clear. He'll end up at either Utd or probably more likely City.
A bold statement Jaimie - "guarantees success". And you have to admit it's completely untrue.
ReplyDeleteWhich is why GrahamH is so right - if Mourinho's "guarantee" means putting the club into bucketloads of debt and playing boring football to boot, I'd rather stick with KK, thankyou very much.
It's just Villas Boas trying to deflect attention away from his own situation... "sacked in the morning, he's getting sacked in the morning......"
ReplyDeleteHe's not wrong. Spurs will need a new manager soon enough, Arsene's been on the chopping block for a while now, Fergie's going to be retiring in the near future and City would sell their grandmother for a shot at being successful. Dalglish is still in quite a precarious position, even with the prospect of two cup titles in the offing. If Mourinho said he wanted the job and we were dumped out of both competitions, I could see the owners taking evasive action.
ReplyDeleteThing is, if anybody's going to get sacked in the morning it's Andre. And Chelsea will still be no better off.
Jose Mourinho can go wherever he wants as long as its not here. Has no class at all and is everything that Liverpool isnt
ReplyDeleteI think the facts show that Mourinho does guarantee success. He's won the league at every club he's managed, has he not? (With the title at Madrid to follow this season):
ReplyDeletePorto: League, Champions League; Uefa Cup
Chelsea: League (2 years in a row); Fa Cup
Inter: League (2 years in a row); Champions League
Madrid: Spanish Cup; League (this season a high probability)
I think the above shows that when Mourinho manages a club, it is guaranteed trophies.
Mourinho has never praised Liverpool in the past esp when Rafa was in charge so doubt he would come to Anfield. He has stated his admiration for Tottenham and if Harry goes I can see him going there.
ReplyDeleteI would like Rafa (tactical side) and Dalglish (coaching side). With transfer kitty Mourinho demands one doesnt need to be special. Rafa's tactical nous and the King hands on please
ReplyDeleteA.V.B is just stirring the effluent in a vain attempt to deflect attention from himself. I doubt he will be sacked as most of the team are not his purchases and he is trying to make a team of misfits work together, add to that Torres who was foisted on him couldn't hit the side of a barn door and hasn't been able to for a couple of years now. The similarities with Kenny Dalglish are also there to be seen, Henderson, Downing, Carroll and Adam are Comolli's purchases I can't understand why people keep saying KD brought them in, prior to the Brighton game Graham Souness said on TV exactly the same. Has nobody noticed that Comolli has been keeping his head below the parapet for months. But unlike A.V.B. K.D. has started to get better performances out of his misfits. No Kenny Dalglish has no worries for his position unlike A.V.B. and Comolli.
ReplyDeleteHe'd need at least 150mil at any club he went to. Fsg won't entertain that.
ReplyDeleteWell said Billy
ReplyDeleteTotally agree that Mourinho guarantees success, but on a seperate note had Dalglish stayed in management his story could have read very similar. Granted it doesn't but he has turned the fortunes of our club around in the 18months he's been back. A cup final, possible 4th and semi's in the fa cup, thats not bad at all. My point, we may already have a manager that could do the same, why change?
ReplyDeletehow long would he stay until hes next venture would we take a punt on a quality manager ya but contraversial and a harry houdini of the managing world
ReplyDeleteNah.. Not many lvpool fans i know will consider watching mourinho's teams play. Yes he brings success.. But if he tears into the very foundations of the club just to achieve that.. It's not worth it
ReplyDeleteMourinho in LFC...over my dead body!!
ReplyDeleteNo way jose in kenny we trust
ReplyDeleteI take your point - but do you agree that he has had pretty much unlimited financial backing (and zero recriminations for poor buys - Schevchenko anyone?)
ReplyDeleteMight I also say (slightly tongue in cheek!) that KK, by that token, also guarantees success?
Liverpool: 3 x 1st Div Title, 2 x FA Cup
Blackburn: 2nd Div Title, Premier League
Newcastle: FA Cup final (admittedly a long bow to draw...)
Celtic: Scots League Cup
With the exception of his year at Newcastle, KK has guaranteed trophies too...
If and when KK steps down i think with the finance that we have that there would only be one other and RAFA was his namo. All bullshit aside he was a good manager for what he had to deal with (upstairs ) he brought us some success give him what we gave KK and we would have the EPL we so what.
ReplyDeleteHe also guarantees that everybody will hate Liverpool thanks to Jose's nonsense off the field. I would not want to watch Liverpool if they have to adopt tactics typified by all Jose Mourinho managed teams. Ugly football, bad behaviour on and off the pitch. Supporting LIverpool would not be the same under Jose.
ReplyDeleteGive Mourinho 200 million and he'll be successful. The guy has been the one lucky SOB. think he's a lot of smoke and mirrors and talks himself up till people begin to believe the hype. Came to Chelsea when they had a beast of a team with money to throw about, same with Madrid, Inter had great players already in the team...without it he'd be throwing his toys out of the pram and moaning all the time...he's just a pure out and out C*nt
ReplyDeletegrahamH have you watched real madrid play recently? they are far from boring. im a red and i love king kenny alot! i dont want mourinho but real have scored minimum 3 goals every league game since september. they are a true joy to watch, and in some ways theyre more similar to english football with high pressure and intense, incessant attacking display. Something liverpool has always been famous for (the red wave)! i think mourinho has come on a lot since his time away from chelsea, experience from top spanish football, watching barcelona and working with great players in madrid means he would be a great manager for us, although id still prefer our king, our owners might not if we lose carling cup and get out of FA! (fingers crossed we dont) also, he could well bring players from madrid to liverpool, as we have a substantial financial backing, and most attractive here, xabi alonso would fit straight back in for the pool. an exciting alternative if the owners fail to understand that kenny is our best option
ReplyDeleteHe isn't a Liverpool manager. And as ive said on here before he would leave after a couple of years if the man u job came up and we couldnt have that.
ReplyDeleteSchevchenko is a poor example. It's well known that Abramovich bought Schevchenko and foisted him on Mourinho who didn't want him. It's that kind of owner meddling that drove Mourinho out of Chelsea.
ReplyDeleteHe dose bring success but are fsg willing to pay the amounts Jose will need to bring that success?
ReplyDeleteEvery team he has been to he has spent a fortune. If thats what it takes to get success now a days, the question is do fsg see that as an investment? For Man city and Chelski, there owners are more about ego than business and I think fsg are more about business than short term gain.
daglish needs time lets just hope not too much a few more players and next season i think will be much betta
ReplyDeleteHopefully this weekend KK can add to his tally and add abit more with the FA Cup. Mourinho is a great manager there is no doubting and he does bring success, but if KK manages to win the league with liverpool over the next couple of years then it will be up their with the very best feelings you can have as a liverpool fan.
ReplyDeletemourinho is never going to manage liverpool he said on record,AVB done as much at porto in 1 season and at chelsea man city were not a top team i doubt he will go anywere but man u and kenny will win a cup or 2 and a top 4 place would enable us to buy top players,
ReplyDeletemourinho always joins champions league teams in order to buy top players,do you think kenny would have bought henderson if he could offer top european football
yeah,that's gonna happen isn't it?
ReplyDeleterafa and kenny together?
go back to bed.
he didn't have 150mil at porto.
ReplyDeletemourinho management?,if kenny have to go then liverpool would lather give that job to me...usless taktics
ReplyDeleteJamie, nothing is guaranteed. The sun is not guaranteed to come up tomorrow, there is a high probability!! in the profession it's called hind sight bias. There is no denighing that Mourinho is probably one of the best managers in the world.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, what Real Madrid did last year was not classed as a success. I've lived in Madrid and know that they consider the league and the Champions League as successful. As you will know managers at Madrid have been sacked for winning the league and failing to win the Champions League!!!
yeah,maybe mourinho could play a central midfielder like henderson on the right wing or a 20mil left winger like downing on the right and drop a player like maxi or bellamy after they've scored goals.
ReplyDelete'tactics' might be the word you're looking for.
take off the blinkers.mourinho is a fantastic manager.
he is due a fail let him go to the Mancs or back to Chelski. Stick with Kenny and then let Clarke and Carra take over
ReplyDeletefor the last 2 years, the team i have enjoyed watching the most is Tottenham..they remind me of the liverpool team in the past. i know kenny loves liverpool and all but i do not like his team selections most of the times..i dnt know what da hell is henderson doing in the first team every freaking week.. why dont we play shelvy (i rate him the next gerrard) or maxi when they are scoring for us is beyond my imagination!!! if we want to see an exciting liverpool team then Harry is the man for me..he's doing an awesome job at tottenham without the help of a big budget..just something to think about.
ReplyDeletehaha wat world do you live in? no offence.
ReplyDeletejose needs to spend propper money no matter where he goes. he wouldnt of put up with the meesly 60 mill kenny has been given. and liverpool dont do the wages chelski,inter,madrid do for starters.
you say facts, why dont you try showing the true facts and take a bit of responsibility for your big claims.
raffa done better, for starters with valencia. could jose of done that, no.
could jose of taken a little squad of players with injurys and a hand full of week players to a champs league final (twice) NO.
il stick with kenny thanks.plaenty of time for raffa to come back.
please tell me this.........are you supporting the right team??
the bloke is a complete banker. and some people have the neck to say how about the way kenny talks to the press. jose is just a first class muppit sometimes, yeah it was funny sometimes, but people just hated chelsea more for it. we cant afford his ways. simple
ReplyDeleteNo thx. I'd rather have Kenny for another decade. Kenny is far far better for us.
ReplyDeletewheres my post??
ReplyDeleteyou really cant handle to much critisism can you.
okay for you to talk someone down eh.
thought it was a football debate?
not about your pride and eego.
no wonder your getting so popular else where ay
they're real madrid, they have all the best players on the planet, even if you FORCE them to play boring they can't and they'll give you bucketloads of goals every game, even with mourinho's tactics.
ReplyDeleteHundreds of articles later and we have finally reached the conclusion that anything can happen in football, and the most unlikely managerial situation is now conceivable
ReplyDeleteAlmost any statement can now be passed off as conceivable
No way would I want Mourinho at Anfield, hundreds of millions to spend and the rubbish he served up. I could go out and assemble a team for £200 million and then when they go a goal up take all the attack minded players off and defend it at all costs. Booooooorrrrrring.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget his arrogant pomposity when he was at Chelski; no class, no thanks. Long live 'The King'.
ReplyDeleteAt the same time, the only club that faced significant budget constraints during Jose Mourinho's tenure was Porto. On the other hand, Rafa Benitez won major trophies such as the Champions League, the UEFA Cup and the Spanish Liga with teams that were on a tight budget. I would agree that Mourinho guarantees success at clubs with heavy funding support, however I am not so sure he could deliver such consistent success at financially weaker clubs. I am also pretty sure that Mourinho will not risk finding out if this is the case and will always choose to work with clubs that are well endowed with funding.
ReplyDeleteefc would win the portuguese league
ReplyDeletelong term and to put history even stronger make us a powerhouse bigger then fergersons term at man united JOSE for sure 100% .
ReplyDeleteAnd the atrraction from the worlds best players will be greater then whats been happening.
And owners are much better
Obviously a man u fan has wrote this article. He said Mancini, fergurson, redknapp, dalglish, will all feel the pressure. The headline does not reflect what avb has said as he did not single out Liverpool, but the person who wrote the article has. If anyone agrees that dalglish should go, then kiss your man u badge now on your shirt, and learn about football and grow up.
ReplyDeleteKK's time at Celtic was the worst in the clubs recent history. A complete disaster.
ReplyDeleteHe only manages the top club....ask him to try manage Newcastle, Aston Villa or Sunderland!!!!
ReplyDeletePromote KK to director and bring Rafa back!! KK's team can't compete in Europe....
ReplyDeleteBut Mourinho at Madrid...first season..Copa Del Rey..Dalglish first season...possible league cup and more...Second season who knows? Why even speculate? Because AVB tweeted it from the guilotine?
ReplyDeleteWhy not? FSG spent 300 mil at Red Sox a couple years ago to turn things around. I don't want him myself at all but just standing up for our owners...
ReplyDeleteI say just keep the King for as long as he honours us with his presence. He is perfect fit for LFC manager. He is doing perfectly well and better than anyone I could imagine including the lame one.
ReplyDeleteNo unlimited budget backing KD at Blackburn then . Thanks for making that clear. Also coudn't win the league with Celtic in Scotland. Recommended Barnes, then came on himself and ultimately got his contract terminated. But of course .. had he stayed in management he would have been better than Ferguson.
ReplyDeleteNo unlimited budget backing KD at Blackburn then . Thanks for making that clear. Also coudn't win the league with Celtic in Scotland. Recommended Barnes, then came on himself and ultimately got his contract terminated. But of course .. had he stayed in management he would have been better than Ferguson.
ReplyDeleteNo unlimited budget backing KD at Blackburn then . Thanks for making that clear. Also coudn't win the league with Celtic in Scotland. Recommended Barnes, then came on himself and ultimately got his contract terminated. But of course .. had he stayed in management he would have been better than Ferguson.
ReplyDeleteExactly ... give Fat Sam Real Madrid and he'll win the Champions league.
ReplyDeleteExactly ... give Fat Sam Real Madrid and he'll win the Champions league.
ReplyDeleteExactly ... give Fat Sam Real Madrid and he'll win the Champions league.
ReplyDeleteYour talking out your CHEEKS Bill ALL PLAYER PURCHASES ...KD HAS FINAL SAY THERE KENNY'S FLOPS NOT COMOLLIS TRY DOING DOME RESEARCH BEFORE TALK RUBBISH.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to keep asking it to the fans who keep looking backwards with nostalgia.
ReplyDeleteDo you seriously think that KD can win the premiership title given what we have seen from his purchases thus far?
Do you think that FSG and the sponsors have forgotten the damage done to the clubs reputation in recent months and the impact that is likely to have?
Do you think seriously think that a manager out of management for 10 years can come back to a top position and deliver prem titles and regular champions league?
A lot of fans are unrealistic, nostalgic, and frankly naive.
They support people beyond the point of being sensible and they dishonest with THEMSELVES about looking foward.
Suggestions that Carragher should manage are just DUMB nostalgia AGAIN.
HONESTY OVER HOPE AND NOSTALGIA
Did Celtic actually win a trophy last year? I wouldn't know you see I pay attention to real football in England. Might as well watch league one or two such is the low standard of Scottish football. As for KK Newcastle fans slate him yet they finished on their highest ever points in the premier league under Dalglish. Granted we should have that fourth place sealed by now considering the money spent and points dropped at home to pretty much every team we have played at Anfield and that includes both Manchester clubs. Over £100 million spent mostly on attacking "talent" and yet we have the lowest goals scored in the top half of the table not to mention Blackburn have scored more.
ReplyDeletedamage to the clubs reputation? Mourinho has caused upset and had problems with media and journalists everywhere he's been, hate his arrogance.
ReplyDeleteHave Liverpool improved in the last 12 months or not? Yes they have, Kenny is doing a decent job so far, 12 months ago we had no chance of top 4, now we have and also a cup final this week. Last season we lost to Northampton.
ReplyDeleteAs for the money Kenny has spent, who hasn't, but now he's competing with Man City and Chelsea who can just spend whatever they want, people criticise Henderson, Carroll etc, well perhaps if you got off their backs and actually supported them it might help. I remember when we signed Beardsley for £1.9m which was a huge amount of money back then, he didn't start off well, if that was today the boo boys would be on his back. How are De Gea and Smalling doing at Utd, Simic and Tevez at City, Torres and Meireles at Chelsea, Gervinho and Mertescker(?) at Arsenal - don't make it sound like only Kenny doesn't always get it right.
Stupid people thought we were going to win the league this season, get a reality check, we're improving and that's what we need to keep doing, can't ask for anything else yet.
Still won a trophy though, didn't he?
ReplyDeleteHe did indeed have pretty much unlimited financial backing - at ONE of the clubs. Mourinho has had it at MOST of the clubs he's managed.
ReplyDeleteyour drunk we are worst off then hodgson same time.And record isnt better then rafas
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doesnt mean your club legand your good manager has kenny got gerrard playing well NO is torres playing well with out stevie NO
Is kenny higher on ladder then rafa or hodgson NO.
but how do we respect legend like kenny i dont know because like all we love him
BJ, you can count me among those who thought we had a chance of winning the league this term but stupid is never a word used to describe me. The football being played during the second half of the season was, at times, a joy to watch. The team attacked with menace and every player seemed to know where every other player was on the pitch. He has bought players with the future of the club in mind, not the quick fix that the impatient crave. Chelsea were slated for 'buying the league' as were Man Utd when they were the only club paying upwards of 30m on players. Now it's City's turn. The bottom line is, we have to be competetive or face being left in the wilderness. It's a well known fact that Moores financial sense with regard to marketing the club in growing markets was poor, even in 2005!
ReplyDeleteI don't buy all the 'Kenny out' BS, he has put some of the old belief back into the club and the players are playing for him again. Don't believe me? When Carroll loses the ball and starts effing & blinding, he is slated by fans, don't you think that's a sign of his desire to do well as opposed to what we had with Torres just sulking?
It's true that no man is bigger than Liverpool Football Club but, right now, the biggest man associated with Liverpool is Kenny Dalglish and I'd have him as manager over Mourinho any day.
I would love to see Mourinho at liverpool. because at least he would use all the money on classy players, rather than (again) overvalued, unproven rubbish english players (£75m Downing/carrol/hendo). and he would also get rid of dead wood i.e. Kuyt, which dalglish wont get rid of because deluded liverpool fans dont want him to go and consider him a legend. Mourinho would also get a right-winger which liverpool never had since Mcmanaman, thats just ridiculous.
ReplyDeletewell said mate, Rafa is an absolute genius and a true gentleman! Most of all he loves our club. With the owners we've got and stability he will achieve everything, i'm absolutely certain of that!
ReplyDeleteI had the greatest admiration for Dalglish as a player. I do, however, have reservations about him as a manager. That said, I am with him for the ride certainly in the near future. If we get at least one trophy this season I see no reason for FSG to consider replacing him, and certainly not with that arrogant prat Mourinho. Now if Guardiola was to become available that would be a different ball game, especially if he brought some of the Barca crowd with him ! Just imagine Messi, Alexis etc warming the bench at Anfield !
ReplyDeleteMourinho has never ever inherited a bad team. Raneiri built the team that won Chelsea that title in his first season. Chelsea finished second in the league season before. Porto, Inter winning champions league with them was agreat achievement but they are all top teams before he ever joined them.
ReplyDeleteSpecial one i dont think so and his antics i rather not have
yeah Mourinho never signed a bad player for Chelsea did he? Steve Sidwell!
ReplyDeleteDalglish is out of date! He was a legendary footballer, but no way he has been a good manager, no!!
ReplyDeleteYou are comparing Dalglish to Mourinho? Great to get the weekend off to a humorous start!!! Have you been drinking already?
ReplyDeleteNever seen anything so funny than people comparing Dalglish and trying to make out that he is even in the same league as Mourinho. Mourinho would not be trailing Chelsea and Arsenal, who's managers are both under severe pressure for having nightmare seasons, had he just spent around 100 million in the previous summer. Not a chance.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't have Mourinho's antics but would you have Dalglish's and Suarez's?
ReplyDeleteIf Dalglish was still manager, they probably would be warming the bench!
ReplyDeleteI don't always like Mourinho's antics, but most supporters would put up with it if their teams performed like his does. This season, we've had Mourinho's antics without the results. Which is why i say that we should be looking elsewhere if 4th is not achieved this season. Reckon AVB would have done a better job here, to be honest.
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