Roberto Di Matteo, as caretaker manager, took an indifferent Chelsea team to an unlikey victory in the Champions League Final.
Now he has seen an expensively re-inforced team eliminated in the group games - the first time that the holders have gone out at this early stage.
Chelsea are reported to want Pep Guardiola as their manager in the long term. They have also been impressed by Jurgen Klepp at Borussia Dortmund, Joachim Low of the German national team and Roberto Martinez here at Wigan.
Fortunately, they wanted a new manager in place for Sunday's game against Manchester City. So they have plumped for Rafael Benitez to take them to the end of the season.
Since Chelsea are unlikely to win every game and every competition this season, he too is unlikely to meet their high standards.
One day, Martinez will accept a post at a bigger club. He has already turned down Aston Villa and Liverpool. Let's hope that his legacy is in place before he goes.
The future at Wigan
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posted on 22/11/12
Roberto Di Matteo, as caretaker manager, took an indifferent Chelsea team to an unlikey victory in the Champions League Final.
Now he has seen an expensively re-inforced team eliminated in the group games - the first time that the holders have gone out at this early stage.
Chelsea are reported to want Pep Guardiola as their manager in the long term. They have also been impressed by Jurgen Klepp at Borussia Dortmund, Joachim Low of the German national team and Roberto Martinez here at Wigan.
Fortunately, they wanted a new manager in place for Sunday's game against Manchester City. So they have plumped for Rafael Benitez to take them to the end of the season.
Since Chelsea are unlikely to win every game and every competition this season, he too is unlikely to meet their high standards.
One day, Martinez will accept a post at a bigger club. He has already turned down Aston Villa and Liverpool. Let's hope that his legacy is in place before he goes.
posted on 23/11/12
And another round of managerial musical chairs sees Harry Redknapp replace Mark Hughes.
Wigan will want to stay ahead of QPR. After 12 games they are 7 points in front. I think that Redknapp has a difficult task ahead.
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