The Times: Sources at Chelsea have said that the sporting directors at Chelsea, Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, delivered an 18-page report detailing why Pochettino needed to be replaced after only ten months in charge. Todd Boehly tried to veto their decision whilst Clearlake supported it.
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Boehly in.
Those two muppets Winstanley/Stewart don’t understand that this leak reflects badly on them
You had a 3 month head start in finding a manager and you landed on Poch, then decided to sack him only 10 months after he was hired, where we made an improvement and the players finally started to gel
I would’ve rather we stuck with Poch and see if he can continue to progress instead of replacing him with a championship manager
Also Boehly wanted to hire Arne Slot and Clearlake said no 🤣
You guys talking about Slot, Poch, Maresca, etc. The ultimate fumble was Nagelsmann lol.
Edit: also in hindsight thank fuck we don’t play Poch ball anymore. Too reliant on individual quality and moments of brilliance. Only thing I enjoyed was our pressing structure against City. Felt like Poch just told them to be physical and “fuck it we ball.”
Todd Boehly, Egbali and the rest of the incompetent cunts can suck my balls m8, bring Roman and Marina back fuck sake
Well I’m probably in the minority here and I certainly hope Boehly wins but I am extremely happy Clearlake won out on this decision.
Also I guess Boehly must just not like these SDs? Because this goes against him wanting to be hands off and let them make the decisions.
Summary by chatgpt:
– Mauricio Pochettino’s exit was the catalyst for a power struggle at Chelsea.
– Todd Boehly and co-owners from Clearlake Capital were initially divided on Pochettino’s future.
– Sporting directors recommended Pochettino’s replacement after a short time in charge.
– Boehly tried to support Pochettino but eventually agreed to the change.
– Enzo Maresca was appointed as the new head coach in June.
– If Boehly stays, Clearlake will maintain the status quo unless someone sells and moves on.
– The dispute over the stadium involves not the best course of action but who should manage the project.
– Chelsea aims to update Stamford Bridge to increase matchday revenue and compete with rivals like Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur.
– Owners are undecided on whether to rebuild on the current site, potentially leading to years at a temporary venue like Wembley, or move to Earl’s Court.
– Yet Clearlake advocated for external knowledge, appointing Jason Gannon as president and COO, previously overseeing SoFi Stadium for Stan Kroenke’s LA Rams.
– Populous, the architects of Tottenham’s impressive stadium, have also been brought on board.
– Nonetheless, any stadium disagreements are seen as less important than Pochettino’s hiring and departure.
A bit odd that Boehly supposedly wants to leave to the people with knowledge to manage things but in this case, he wanted to keep Pochettino and presumably had to be convinced about removing the manager.
Even though I liked Poch and wanted him to succeed, I think decision to move on was correct.
Based on this decision only I don’t mind Clearlake
These are the people who said Flick and Enrique aren’t good enough. Get them out the club.
Boehly in.
He understands the distinction between business and football.
Look as much as i was Poch out. This isn’t any justification to me why Boehly should be the one to go.
I’m gonna be honest here I think both sides are idiots but I think getting rid of poch was the right decision. These 2 directors though I really don’t know.
18 pages is crazy