Managerial changes. News from the English Premier League.

Managerial changes. News from the English Premier League.

E' venerdì e Citysport fa un salto in Ingilterra, in Premier League, per carpire le ultime notizie provenienti dalla massima serie calcistica britannica. Questa settimana, dopo aver analizzato le principali trattative riguardanti i giocatori inglesi, è tempo di parlare di allenatori. Come sempre sarà Gareth, il nostro esperto, a illustrarci le ultime scoppiettanti novità.

It has been quite a busy week in English football. Both Chelsea and Portsmouth have sacked their respective managers with Chelsea already finding a replacement in Guus Hiddink, who will continue in his capacity as Russia’s manager whilst in charge at Chelsea.

Portsmouth boss Tony Adams was the bookies favourites with their sports betting odds to be axed first but Luis Felipe Scolari just about beat him to it by a few hours. There is no doubting Scolari’s ability as a coach but it just didn’t click with him at Stamford Bridge. He has since admitted he had ‘no relationship’ with the players off the pitch and rumours circulated that he had no respect in the dressing room. The tabloid newspapers have reported that Petr Cech, Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba told Roman Abramovich he should be sacked and it wouldn’t surprise me if that happened. Drogba has been frankly awful all season and he is Chelsea’s most influential player when he is on form. His lack of form is the biggest reason for Chelsea’s league position and there chances of winning the league are very slim.

Scolari’s replacement, for the time being at least, is Dutchman Guus Hiddink. Hiddink will continue as Russia’s coach and he has said he expects to stay just until the end of the season but he could stay if he achieves any kind of success at Chelsea. Candidates have already emerged as to who could take on the job full time in the summer but it looks like AC Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti is the favourite, with West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola another name that has been mentioned.

Tony Adams was sacked as Portsmouth manager after just 22 games in charge, he only won two of those games. To be honest I don’t think Adams was ever really management material and Portsmouth are in real danger of being relegated now. There have been a few names mentioned such as former Charlton boss Alan Curbishley but as yet they have not named Adams’ successor so you can still place a bet on who the next Pompey boss will be with your football betting.

Another big story is English football this week was David Beckham’s 108th England cap. He has now equalled the record set by Bobby Moore for the most caps for an outfield player. It is a massive achievement for Beckham and in general most of the people involved in English football seem to think it is a good thing that he is still involved in the national side. In the match itself though Spain really outclassed England and there was little Beckham or anyone else could have done to avoid that 2-0 defeat.