Chelsea have sacked Liam Rosenior and Calum McFarlane has taken interim charge for the second time this season and has at least immediately ended the grim losing run.
But who will accept the poisoned chalice from BlueCo this summer?
Here are the latest favourites according to Oddschecker…
7=) Edin Terzic
Someone is going to give the former Dortmund boss a go soon, and it does seem like there’s a high chance that someone is currently to be found lurking in the Premier League somewhere or other.
He has been taking a big old rest for two years since taking Borussia Dortmund to the Champions League final.
7=) Diego Simeone
Chelsea are going ‘all out’ to bring Diego Simeone to Stamford Bridge as Liam Rosenior’s replacement in the summer, according to reports. Now that would be very, very different from nice guy and High Performance guff-master Liam Rosenior.
7=) Calum McFarlane
The interim successfully steered them past Leeds at Wembley to reach the FA Cup final. Stranger things have happened under BlueCo’s watch than this being deemed enough to earn him a 10-year contract.
7=) Jose Mourinho
Again? Yes, again. Could third time be a charm? Or it is the law of diminishing returns?
6) Marco Silva
A sensible option but we have a feeling that Chelsea will not take the sensible option. And if Silva does eventually leave Fulham – and he really shouldn’t – we have a feeling he will be pulled towards Nottingham Forest as one of the few coaches who knows how to deal with their toxic owner.
5) Oliver Glasner
Always seems to be on these lists but never at the top. Which might mean he ends up going back to Germany, never to be seen on these shores again.
4) Frank Lampard
“Do you think if Frank Lampard gets promotion with Coventry they could go back in for Frank? He got the job too early the first time I think and he had the transfer embargo so he had to use a lot of young players,” said Nicky Butt recently. “It wouldn’t be a stupid thing to go and get Frank Lampard back in charge of Chelsea for me. He’s done a great job at Coventry.”
Somebody has forgotten that he has already been back for a second time. And it was rotten.
3) Cesc Fabregas
‘Fabregas is the name in the frame for the bigger picture’ at Chelsea, according to one report. He ticks the ex-player box, has done genuinely good things at Como and is a big enough name to act as an antidote to the Rosenior reign. But of course we always thought he would rock up at Arsenal.
2) Filipe Luis
He’s a former Chelsea player and he is available, having been sacked by Flamengo despite winning the Copa Libertadores last year. He had previously called them “probably the most demanding club on earth” so he may well find Chelsea a breeze.
1) Andoni Iraola
He is going to be on an awful lot of lists this summer as his Bournemouth contract comes to an end. Crystal Palace are said to be interested but he will surely have bigger fish to potentially fry. Chelsea should be low on most managers’ lists. We fancy him for Newcastle. But reports say he is a ‘leading candidate’ for the Chelsea job and now Fabrizio Romano has got involved.
