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Yeah, that’s my cynical take on it. I liked Enzo but the way Romano has reported things made it seem like he had little to no loyalty to the club. But I wouldn’t be surprised if he had reservations, and the likes of Balague who he’s close to have recently highlighted what a basket case of a club Chelsea is. He must surely have some doubts, despite the money and contract length.

It’s reported Chelsea rejected him, they preferred Enzo.

They said it could take 3-4 managers for Chelsea to realise the error of their ways.

Was just listening to the Euro Leagues podcast on BBC Sport. They did a section on the Chelsea job, and they all talked about it being a basket case of a club. You can almost tell Balague trying to ward off Enzo from taking the job - he mentions him, and a few of the other candidates, and describes Chelsea as a 'messed up' club. He explains why Poch left as he didn't have control. They discuss how the owners get involved with sporting decisions and coaching appointments not being made by the manager. Let's see how it works out.

And getting turned down for the job McKenna wanted

McKenna staying at Ipswich having not got the Chelsea job. Means we’re competing vs. Brighton for a new manager, and they’ll likely be more attractive.

A few football hipsters have mentioned Marcelo Gallardo for PL vacancies. Don’t know much about him, probably focused on getting a big 6 club or major European club?

Yes, we are a very attractive proposition. Being manager of a PL club is massive - look how Villa managed to attract Emery, Wolves Lopetegui etc from struggling positions. Appreciate the FFP issue may deter some, but given success is staying up, it's very much a role most managers would want.

That's mainly because there are divisions within the Chelsea hierarchy. There are so many other warning signs for Enzo from this process. As we know, he's close to Balague who will have also seen how his friend Poch was treated and reported that back. But maybe Enzo feels that the financial issues at the club and the lack of comms ahead of the January transfer window lessen the risk of moving?

More noise around Enzo getting the Chelsea job:

I think we need to sell, even if Enzo stays and is able to coach him. I’ve long hoped he’d come good as he has so much potential and the attributes physically but his contract expires I think season after next and we can’t risk him running down his contract - we’ve seen what having too many players with expiring contracts did to us.

He’s certainly hedging now 😂

Nothing post here as well, guess he felt he had to say something following the Sky Sports News tweet:

Hopefully I’m wrong about doubting this and it’s actually true.

Briefly mentioned here re. FFP: https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/nottingham-forest-sell-players-30-june-3072414?ito=twitter_share_article-top

McKenna’s got interest from 3 clubs, it’s more us they’ve unsettled directly. But that’s classless Chelsea for you.

De Zerbi makes more sense. But read there is concern about De Zerbi being more of a loose cannon and difficult to manage. So another way of thinking is they get a similar style of football from Enzo but they feel they can manage him more easily as he’s less established. Another thing I read on X was it’s always been De Zerbi and the other candidates have been rumoured to make him more acceptable. Doubt that but interesting theory.

Xavi's been quoted as saying he only wants to manage Barcelona, no other management job interests him. Even if hadn't said that, I couldn't have seen him at Chelsea given one of his frustrations was lack of control on transfer policy.

Yeah, I think they will go for Potter. The club have admired him for some time and he was the planned replacement for Rodgers before it went wrong. Might be easier as we're back in the PL but think the likely points deduction will put him off. I like the idea of a younger manager with something to prove. And ideally with a similar tactical style to Enzo as we can't afford to keep swapping playing styles given FFP.

Read that he also said McKenna wants Chelsea, and he's in the running. Chelsea's search so far is almost as hapless as ours when we replaced Rodgers.

Re. adapting better, Justin in the Athletic talks about how he is looking to involve the full backs differently: “In the 10 months since we started, I’ve learned a lot about what we can do, and the manager has more ideas about how we can play that involve full-backs as well. Hopefully, in the next pre-season, we can see some of those, but if not then I’m happy.” Leicester fans may wonder how Maresca’s approach will play out in the Premier League, but Justin believes there is much more to come from the coach and his squad. “I think they (Maresca and his coaching staff) are amazing,” he says. “They know so much about the game. I was in my mid-twenties and I thought I knew about football before he came. “It turns out I knew the tip of the iceberg and he’s got a lot of ideas and a lot of things that he wants to play with. His staff echo him and they all flow in one way together. They also have different ideas themselves. “We practise a lot of things and there are a lot of things that people haven’t seen yet as well. It will be exciting to see next season.”

He's got more annoying. Thought it was out of order yesterday that after Atalanta's win yesterday he was tweeting about one of their players leaving the club. But it's the modern way, and the majority of fans (especially if you include those outside of the UK), primarily care about the top 6. He knows what works for his audience and engagement, and he's good at it. And no one has better links than him on breaking transfer news.

The thing is if Enzo does go, the sensible choice would be to bring in a manager with a similar playing system. Otherwise it's another huge transformation as per @StriderHiryu's post. So those who don't like the style now, be prepared for more of it either way. But knowing our board and their planning, we'll end up with a long ball specialist!