Di Matteo Out, Benitez In (Merged)

***Billy Whizz*** · 21-11-2012 08:01 AM

Sacked just 6 months after winning the Champions League

**euansdad** · 21-11-2012 08:08 AM

Prime reason why I hate clubs like Chelsea and City. Hope it comes back to haunt them

***LancsHibs*** · 21-11-2012 08:10 AM

Hands off our Pat

**scott7_0(Prague)** · 21-11-2012 08:11 AM

Rafa Benitez

**euansdad** · 21-11-2012 08:13 AM

Reports stating that they are trying to convince guardiola to take the post

**GreenPJ** · 21-11-2012 08:13 AM

I hope not but I could see them already having spoken with Pep.

***LancsHibs*** · 21-11-2012 08:14 AM

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Rafa Benitez

They will go for that bloke who was Barcelona manager

**ScottB** · 21-11-2012 08:20 AM

Note earlier this morning Real reckon Mourinho wants to leave...

**iwasthere1972** · 21-11-2012 08:22 AM

There's no loyality in football nowadays.

You can bet that someone (Pepe or Rafa) will be in the Chelsea hotseat within the next 48 hours unless they're going to ask John Terry to be caretaker manager as he's finished as a footballer.

***lord bunberry*** · 21-11-2012 08:26 AM

I can't say im surprised its the way things are these days. Have chelsea went through a whole season with the same manager since jm left

**Pretty Boy** · 21-11-2012 08:28 AM

Winning the Champions League pretty much forced Chelsea to give him the job when really Abramovich didnt want to.

Results business these days though and what was acheived 6 months ago counts for nothing today at top clubs.

**hibsbollah** · 21-11-2012 08:30 AM

Who do they think they are, Real Madrid?

Ridiculous decision. Didier Descamps could be a dark horse...

***JimBHibees*** · 21-11-2012 08:31 AM

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Winning the Champions League pretty much forced Chelsea to give him the job when really Abramovich didnt want to.

Results business these days though and what was acheived 6 months ago counts for nothing today at top clubs.

Yep Di Matteo had said that they had a quick chat after winning the Champs league which was the first time they had spoken for months. What a joke?

**HIBERNIAN-0762** · 21-11-2012 08:31 AM

Disgraceful decision, just what is it they want?, no club has the right to win every game and every team has a form dip regardless of who they are.

The usual Abramovitch knee jerk reaction, anyone taking this job on needs their head examined.

**bathhibby** · 21-11-2012 08:33 AM

Contrast this action and its speed with the SFA and Harry Potter !!!

**Matty_Jack04** · 21-11-2012 08:34 AM

I think it will be old arry redknapp till end of the season whilst they persuade pep, going by the way pep was at barca I believe Chelsea is the wrong fit for him and there's no way he'll get the time to change the club to how he wants it

**iwasthere1972** · 21-11-2012 08:42 AM

Yogi will be gutted that he took that job at Hartlepool. If only he had hung on a week.

**sh00byd00** · 21-11-2012 08:58 AM

i think the owners were left with little choice but to give him the job after his CL exploits and because of this, he was gonna be sacked at the first opportunity. That said, English clubs like Chelsea rely heavily on CL income, so while the likes of Celtic are somewhat happy if they get punted into UEFA cup, clubs such as Man U and Chelsea get a heavy financial hit.

**iwasthere1972** · 21-11-2012 09:10 AM

John Terry 20/1 to be next Chelsea manager.

***HH81*** · 21-11-2012 09:37 AM

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Prime reason why I hate clubs like Chelsea and City. Hope it comes back to haunt them

Its going to happen at Man u when Fergie goes

***Kato*** · 21-11-2012 09:53 AM

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Yogi will be gutted that he took that job at Hartlepool. If only he had hung on a week.

Yup, he's made a real monkey of himself there.

**~~TornadoHibby~~** · 21-11-2012 10:35 AM

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I think it will be old arry redknapp till end of the season whilst they persuade pep, going by the way pep was at barca I believe Chelsea is the wrong fit for him and there's no way he'll get the time to change the club to how he wants it

That's what I was just thinking myself although Guardiola may find the cash lure too big to turn down even if he didn't bring immediate trophy winning and fabulous on the field football capable of beating every team they ever play!

Even if he was unsuccessful in the chase for Abramovich's "Holy Grail", whatever that might be, he'd still walk away with £ millions and be undamaged as a football manager (reputation wise) not to be able to walk straight into another top managerial position!

***lapsedhibee*** · 21-11-2012 10:42 AM

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That's what I was just thinking myself although Guardiola may find the cash lure too big to turn down even if he didn't bring immediate trophy winning and fabulous on the field football capable of beating every team they ever play!

Even if he was unsuccessful in the chase for Abramovich's "Holy Grail", whatever that might be, he'd still walk away with £ millions and be undamaged as a football manager (reputation wise) not to be able to walk straight into another top managerial position!

Hasn't Abramovich already got his holy grail, the CL trophy? Expect increasingly erratic behaviour from him now that he hasn't got a proper target to aim for. Increasingly whimsical sackings, irritability, eventual disenchantment, up sticks. Similar path to Mad Vlad McMad.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 21-11-2012 10:43 AM

I'm sure he has been handsomely rewarded financially, not worth us losing any sleep over, he'll be QPR manager soon.

***Bostonhibby*** · 21-11-2012 10:44 AM

Always liked the guy - was always going to happen whenever he lost a couple - big problem for him was he couldn't get Abramovich's prize pony Torres to perform, modern day Chelski are a vile club - not Hibs class

***matty_f*** · 21-11-2012 10:46 AM

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Who do they think they are, Real Madrid?

Ridiculous decision. Didier Descamps could be a dark horse...

He's a bit short for that, I would say with almost 100% certainty that he's an actual person.

**sbell1875** · 21-11-2012 12:31 PM

9 managers in 9 years despite 3 Premier League Titles, 1 Champions League Title, countless FA Cup's and League Cup wins.

I absolutely loathe Chelsea FC. They are, in my opinion, not even a big club. They have a very wealthy and deluded owner willing to chuck buckets of money at the club and to me that is it.