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Isn’t Conte out of contract, and shouldn’t the hierarchy at Chelsea not give any manager a contract longer than two seasons so the boom and bust cycle doesn’t keep costing them money?
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Isn’t Conte out of contract, and shouldn’t the hierarchy at Chelsea not give any manager a contract longer than two seasons so the boom and bust cycle doesn’t keep costing them money?
They don't. His original contract was a two year contract but, unsurprisingly, he was in a good position to renegotiate it after winning the PL and so he extended it for 2 years until the end of next season.
I don't really think Abramovic cares that much about the money. If anything it probably helps him er... "process" his money and also probably helps him in terms of FFP (as contract payoffs probably don't count). I think he'll just keep doing the same until he finds a manager that sticks and doesn't lose the dressing room (the cynic in me thinks this is done on purpose to get out of what is probably a toxic atmosphere with a nice payoff and no face lost on either side.)
Greenbank
Corney, my dear chap, this is, of course, arrant nonsense. Chelsea's aim is to win trophies. Benitez has won some trophies but not nearly as many as Chelsea has in his active years.
Newcastle won because Chelsea couldn't be bothered. We would have lost to any team in the league yesterday. The manager gave up after the Liverpool game and the palyers really couldn't be bothered. They were playing for nothing and risking injury ahead of the World Cup. They were tapering ready for their big push in the summer.
Newcastle were lauded by the appalling commentary team for gaining the same number of points since Christmas as Chelsea. Chelsea have been woeful since Christmas. Not quite sure what level of achievement is for Benitez. "Hey, I have done as well as a woeful team".
Anyway, rebuilding starts as soon as they find a way to get rid of Conte for less than £9 million.