Discussion: Potential Pellegrini Replacements {merged}

[Damocles]

At best its wishful thinking, at worst pure hope. There are no signs of either MP going, or any of Klopp, Gaurdiola, Ancelloti, and shall we add Wenger too ? coming any time soon.

Not sure I fully go along with that. Admittedly the British media seem to be leaning towards City wanting Pellegrini to stay. However equally, there are enough reputable and respected journos and publications across Europe saying that City are at the very least talking to Klopp and Ancelotti to make me think there's some truth to the stories.

There are plenty of shades of Mancini's last few months in charge in terms of where the rumours are emanating from and what they actually imply.

FWIW I've been told by two people I trust that Pellegrini's already been told he's out at the end of the season.

We'll see, but my feeling is we'll hang on waiting for someone who we won't get, and will eventually end up in Trafford. I also don't think Klopp fits what the owner wants on the field.

Happy to be proved wrong, but my hunch is next season starts with MP because we can't entice who we want, or we end up with Sabella, or worse Benitez, in which case I'd prefer we stick with what we have.

What possible reason could you have to think we aren't able to land these people?

Again, we're the Champions of England twice in three years with almost guaranteed CL qualification and a billionaire owner willing to splash his money on infrastructure managed by some of the top executives in football.

We don't go cap in hand to these people, they come with it to us. There's a difference between us and the very top tier but the fact that half of Arsenal's players want to join us at every opportunity should show you where we are in the pecking order. When Pep Guardiola decides that he wants to come to England then he'll mention it to one of his best mates in Txiki Begiristain who he speaks to every week or so, and he'll be the City manager.

This whole bollocks about "history" and "prestige" is just that and it's why I despise the scousers so much. It's a delusional held only by fans; professionals instead want to win trophies and go to the clubs that will give them the best opportunity to. City are one of the best placed clubs to deliver that to them and this summer we'll be the hottest job in world football.

Franny Lee's toilet roll empire is long gone.

 

[BigOscar]

Anyone got a link to that interview when they said what the criterea was for being City manager? Where they said there was only 3 or 4 managers capable of doing it?

 

[BillyShears]

At best its wishful thinking, at worst pure hope. There are no signs of either MP going, or any of Klopp, Gaurdiola, Ancelloti, and shall we add Wenger too ? coming any time soon.

Not sure I fully go along with that. Admittedly the British media seem to be leaning towards City wanting Pellegrini to stay. However equally, there are enough reputable and respected journos and publications across Europe saying that City are at the very least talking to Klopp and Ancelotti to make me think there's some truth to the stories.

There are plenty of shades of Mancini's last few months in charge in terms of where the rumours are emanating from and what they actually imply.

FWIW I've been told by two people I trust that Pellegrini's already been told he's out at the end of the season.

We'll see, but my feeling is we'll hang on waiting for someone who we won't get, and will eventually end up in Trafford. I also don't think Klopp fits what the owner wants on the field.

Happy to be proved wrong, but my hunch is next season starts with MP because we can't entice who we want, or we end up with Sabella, or worse Benitez, in which case I'd prefer we stick with what we have.

Have to say I think that's an incredibly negative characterisation of what's going on. The notion that City are going to hang around for Pep only for him to go to the rags is crazy. We sometimes forget that we're dealing with human beings who know and have long standing relationships. Txiki and Pep are friends. By all accounts good friends. It may well be that Guardiola has no intention of coming to City in the foreseeable future, but if that's the case he will tell his mate. What he won't do, is spin his mate a line when his mate's job is potentially on the line.

Equally Begiristain isn't going to bank his future on the off chance that Guardiola might become available at some point in the distant future. The pressure is on him to deliver right now in an increasingly competitive environment.

On Klopp's style. Well if we work from the basic idea that we want high pressing, high defensive line, football - which is how Soriano characterised it - then that's exactly what Klopp's teams do. He's a student of Arrigo Sacchi just like Pep.

 

[Damocles]

Anyone got a link to that interview when they said what the criterea was for being City manager? Where they said there was only 3 or 4 managers capable of doing it?

Nobody employed at City's executive level has ever said that that I can recall. You can find the criteria generally in here:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzkRGvL0VNY[/video]

 

[decmancity]

Anyone got a link to that interview when they said what the criterea was for being City manager? Where they said there was only 3 or 4 managers capable of doing it?

Was it not some lad on here who went to Abu Dhabi and spoke briefly with Txiki who said that?
He asked the question about Guardiola and he said there are only certain managers who can manage and named Pellegrini, Guardiola, Rijikard? and Koeman I think.

I don't know if he was a WUM or infact that was ever said but I recall reading it!

 

[thesilvalining]

Anyone got a link to that interview when they said what the criterea was for being City manager? Where they said there was only 3 or 4 managers capable of doing it?

Was it not some lad on here who went to Abu Dhabi and spoke briefly with Txiki who said that?
He asked the question about Guardiola and he said there are only certain managers who can manage and named Pellegrini, Guardiola, Rijikard? and Koeman I think.

I don't know if he was a WUM or infact that was ever said but I recall reading it!

Didn't we try to get klopp when the Barca boys first started? I seem to remember klopp saying we tried.

 

[NQCitizen]

If I was to place a bet, based on what's been said at various times -

Ancelotti is signed.

Klopp is going to Real.

Pep is a red herring.

 

[3rdgenerationblue]

He is clearly going nowhere.

if the club ever wanted to make a statement then tonight was it.

He was sat between the Spanish boys at the game.

For me, absolutely no more proof required.

 

[mancunianpear]

He is clearly going nowhere.

if the club ever wanted to make a statement then tonight was it.

He was sat between the Spanish boys at the game.

For me, absolutely no more proof required.

Thought the exact same.

Another season with Pellegrini, Yaya, 4-4-2, no inspiration and passion to look forward to then. Great.

 

[robbieh]

He is clearly going nowhere.

if the club ever wanted to make a statement then tonight was it.

He was sat between the Spanish boys at the game.

For me, absolutely no more proof required.

Thought the exact same.

Another season with Pellegrini, Yaya, 4-4-2, no inspiration and passion to look forward to then. Great.

I thought the same but on reflection it is not too depressing.

Pellegrini is their man. No one has been sacked yet. They are in it together. But there is an end of season review conducted in Abu Dhabi. Khaldoon may well tell Txiki that Pellegrini is toast and unless he bucks his ideas up he will be too.

So nothing to see really.