Disruptive owners, managerial questions and financial concerns: Chelsea are a $1bn mess
With mounting long-term financial concerns, there is no quick fix in sight for the club’s on-field struggles
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Disruptive owners, managerial questions and financial concerns: Chelsea are a $1bn mess
With mounting long-term financial concerns, there is no quick fix in sight for the club’s on-field struggles
What a lovely end to that article
Putting this into context:
when the chaotic AVB was fired in March, Chavs WERE 3PTS OFF 4TH
But if he's on gardening leave, his contract is still live and has to be paid for the agreed period. They would be paying that and the new managers salary, which would all be taken into account with FFP.
It would be tight but in practical terms no less do-able than the 100m-ish they already have to find before 30th June........ Wage of a decent manager for 5 months (7m maybe?) isn't gonna make a bad situ much worse.
Outright sacking Poch would mean still needing to pay a new guy + adding Poch's whole pay-off to the FFP problem.
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They wouldn't be able to put Poch on gardening leave and then hire someone straight away. You can only put them on gardening leave if it is with good reason, and usually only last for the notice period in his contract.
Many contracts don't allow gardening leave, and in the case of Poch, he would look for a new job straight away and wouldn't be able to do so whilst still employed by Chelsea.
That would then mean it is not in everyone's interest to put him on gardening leave.
I'm sure if it was possible, they would have done this by now as we know how devious they are.
Reason: Under-performing... Easy.
Bayern just did this to Naglesman despite them still going well.
If Poch carves himself a new job in the meantime then that most likely gets the chavs off the hook......... Bit like when we sacked him; we only had to pay him until he took on a new job..... I'd suspect that is a pretty standard agreement.
Besides they only need to manage any further expenses that relate to this season... If they sack him after 01/07/24 then any pay-off falls into the next FFP period anway.
I got as far as "it's about soul," then had to hold my lunch down.
They sold their soul for pots, and now it's time to pay up their side of the contract.
Doesn't quite work like that. Under performing is not a reason to put someone on gardening leave. They would have to put measures in place to help him improve. GL is a form of suspension and should only be used if the employee was a threat to private information.
If they employ a new manager then they are effectively sacking him as he couldn't return to his role.
They could only put him on GL for his notice period and then would either have to give him his job back or sack him.
Like I said, premier league managers have complex contracts and I doubt if there is one that would allow to go on GL.
There is zero chance of Poch being put on GL whilst they replace him.
They have 2 options, stick or twist.
Keep him or sack him.
If they've got Potter on gardening leave as well, that'd be 3 wages they're paying.
Chelsea stockpiling managers now?
As I said; Bayern literally just did this though.
(I take your point about GL in relation to more typical workplace scenarios; but clearly some of it doesn't translate to the wacky world of football.)
Another article in the Graun
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Disruptive owners, managerial questions and financial concerns: Chelsea are a $1bn mess
With mounting long-term financial concerns, there is no quick fix in sight for the club’s on-field struggles
www.theguardian.com
I made it to 55 seconds. He is such a wanker.
Potter wasn't turning anything around, he just didn't fit the profile of that club, no one respected him, not the fans, the media, the players.
Chelsea will always be a club built on unsustainable success so they will win with high profile coaches, that's the entire fabric of their of their club.
Should have kept Tuchel in that regard because I don't know who the fuck they're gonna hire after Poch.
They cant afford to sack him .... agent poch continue mission 
Any of the vlogs he’s on with the cheeky chappie routine, bell-end and he’s certainly got it in for us.I’m not a violent chap, but he makes me want to smash his face in!!
