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      Only Jose Mourinho can sort Chelsea out, Pochettino has failed and will get hammered in the Carabao Cup final

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      IT IS CLEAR Mauricio Pochettino at Chelsea is not working and that the club is in a malaise.Only one man can change that: Jose Mourinho.
      Jose Mourinho is the only man that can change ChelseaCredit: Getty

      For most of the past two decades Chelsea have had a win-at-all-costs mentality.
      The players have been strong – physically and mentally – and the football has been effective and efficient.
      Players like John Terry, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and Diego Costa were beloved at Stamford Bridge – and hated everywhere else.
      However, post-Roman Abramovich’s era, Chelsea feel like a club without an identity on or off the pitch.
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      Chelsea doesn’t feel like Chelsea anymore. Reappointing Mourinho would immediately give us that identity back.
      Despite managing great clubs like Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Manchester United, when you think of Mourinho, you think of Chelsea.
      It was Mourinho who established this identity in his first spell as manager, three years in which he won two Premier League titles, two League Cups and an FA Cup.
      Much is made of the third season of his second spell where things went spectacularly wrong, but in the second season he won a third Premier League title and another League Cup.
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      In the first he took Chelsea to the semi finals of the Champions League, achievements that look a million miles away from the current position at Stamford Bridge.
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      He is a serial winner and has proved this throughout his career.
      Mourinho is also a charismatic leader, and while there are some talented young footballers at Stamford Bridge, there is a dearth of talismanic figures at the club for fans to hang our hopes on.
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      Critics of Mourinho will say his style of football is from a bygone era, that the game has evolved through the tactics of Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp.
      But anyone watching Chelsea under Pochettino and Graham Potter would struggle to find any kind of style of football at all.
      Everyone knows how Mourinho is going to set up. Ask people to describe how Chelsea play under Pochettino… they will struggle.
      The League Cup final is looming large at the end of the month, and as well as being an important trophy in its own right, it is the only realistic chance of European football next season.
      Under Pochettino there is no chance we will win it.
      With serial winner and talismanic leader Mourinho in charge we might. Bring him home.

      Why Chelsea must STICK with PochTODD BOEHLY would be a fool to sack Mauricio Pochettino before this month’s Carabao Cup Final, SunSport’s Chelsea correspondent Andy Dillon writes.
      Todd Boehly would be a fool to sack Mauricio Pochettino before this month’s Carabao Cup Final.
      But then all common sense went out of the window along with the personal effects of three other managers since the American chairman took over Chelsea less than two years ago.
      Boehly and his pal Behdad Eghbali bought Chelsea for £2.5bn in May 2022 and promised to invest a further £1.75bn in revolutionising the entire squad.
      They have certainly done that. Pochettino is famed for his ability to develop young players but is getting nowhere fast with the costly collection of individuals dumped on him by Chelsea’s transfer department
      Getting them to the Carabao Cup final on February 25 is a miracle. That they look destined to get ripped apart by Liverpool at Wembley is another matter.
      Pochettino admits his job is not safe. But one thing is for sure, he will not quit. As much as some of those Chelsea fans calling for his head in Sunday’s humiliating 4-2 home defeat by Wolves would like.
      They were also singing for former owner Roman Abramovich – so Boehly is not safe either. 
      The deposed Russian, now in exile, is always the person of first resort that a bunch of supporters used to winning big things every year reach for when times are tough. It won’t happen so the fans need to get used to that idea. More

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      Frank Lampard tipped to become new Chelsea women’s manager just eight months after leaving Stamford Bridge

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      FRANK LAMPARD has been tipped to become the next Chelsea women’s manager.Legendary boss Emma Hayes will leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season to take over as USA women’s head coach.
      Frank Lampard has been tipped to return to ChelseaCredit: Getty
      Lampard has been tipped to replace Chelsea women’s boss Emma HayesCredit: Rex
      Chelsea are rigorously looking for a new women’s managerCredit: Rex
      Izzy Christiansen is adamant Lampard would be the perfect candidateCredit: Getty
      That will cap off a glittering 12-year stint for Hayes who won a staggering six Women’s Super League titles, five Women’s FA Cups, two Continental Cups, the Spring Series and the Community Shield.
      The Blues are now rigorously searching for the 47-year-old’s replacement, who will surely have some massive boots to fill.
      However, former England international Izzy Christiansen is adamant Lampard would be the perfect candidate.
      That is because the men’s team’s record goalscorer knows the club inside out and his character would lead to a smooth transition to a new and prosperous era.
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      Christiansen told Live Score: “I do have a name in mind but I’ve never heard anyone throw it out there… Frank Lampard.
      “He’s somebody who knows the club inside out. From my experiences at Everton, listening to him speak, he’s the right type of character.
      “His level of communication and knowledge of the game could be really effective and I think you’ve got someone well accustomed with what it means to be Chelsea.
      “I don’t have any knowledge on whether he’d want it or not but it makes sense to me.
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      “To be honest, I sit in a party where it doesn’t have to be a female, doesn’t have to be a male — it just needs to be the right person for the job.
      “There’s no gain in Chelsea going, ‘Right, let’s pigeonhole this, it has to be a female’.
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      “If they want to continue or attempt to continue the dominance they’ve had domestically, it has to be the correct appointment.”
      That would mark Lampard’s third return to Stamford Bridge after his stunning 13-year playing career came to an end in 2014.
      The legendary midfielder first came back as manager in 2019 and enjoyed a successful debut season as the Blues finished fourth despite a transfer embargo.
      However, the 45-year-old tactician’s second season was marred by poor results and he was swiftly replaced by Thomas Tuchel, who went on to win the Champions League.
      Lampard returned as caretaker boss in April for an abysmal second stint that saw him losing eight out of 11 matches, of which he won only one before his departure in June. More

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      Thomas Partey ‘set to leave Arsenal at the end of the season’ as £45million signing fails to shake injury woes

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      ARSENAL are allegedly set to offload Thomas Partey this summer.The 30-year-old midfielder moved to the Gunners in 2020 in a £45m deal from Atletico Madrid.
      Arsenal will reportedly offload Thomas Partey this summerCredit: Getty
      He became big a fan favourite at the Emirates but the Ghana international has hardly featured this term due to injury.
      Partey was deployed at right back for the opening three games of the campaign, but he has featured just one more time since.
      The star has been out since October following thigh surgery.
      That was after he also missed the entirety of September with a groin problem.
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      Partey recently jetted out to Dubai with the rest of Arsenal’s squad for a warm-weather training camp as he was finally given the green light to make his return.
      However, he suffered another injury blow last week as boss Mikel Arteta revealed before their 3-1 victory over Liverpool that his ace is set to be out of action again.
      He said: “With Thomas unfortunately we had a little setback a few days ago.
      “I’m not a doctor, but he felt something in a very similar area and he wasn’t able to train the last few days.”
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      Now the Daily Mirror has claimed that his days in North London appear to be over.
      They report that “Partey is expected to leave Arsenal at the end of the season after failing to shake off persistent injury problems”.
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      Arteta was open to selling Partey following the arrival of Declan Rice back in July.
      But they failed to receive a suitable bid.
      Juventus are now understood to be interested in signing him but opted against making any move last month due to his recent absence through injury. More

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      Sacking Pochettino for Mourinho would be utterly ridiculous, but Chelsea might just be crazy enough to do it

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      TODD BOEHLY would be a fool to sack Mauricio Pochettino before this month’s Carabao Cup Final.But then all common sense went out of the window along with the personal effects of three other managers since the American chairman took over Chelsea less than two years ago.
      Chelsea shouldn’t bring Jose Mourinho back to replace Mauricio PochettinoCredit: Rex
      Chelsea manager Pochettino has come under fire amid a turbulent campaignCredit: Getty
      Anyway, who would be daft enough to bin their boss in the run up to a Wembley final?
      Tottenham did it to Jose Mourinho in 2021 and it proved a disaster. Chelsea’s specialist subject at the moment.
      Mourinho is now out of work once more and already making sure his mug is getting pictured at football grounds around Europe.
      Take a straw poll of Chelsea fans today and bet the majority would take back the man who won them three Premier League titles and wave goodbye to Pochettino.
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      It would be utterly ridiculous for him to come back for a third time but if there is one man mad enough and one club crazy enough to go for it, it is The Special One and Chelsea.
      But even he might baulk at the challenge of trying to turn this club around.
      Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, Frank Lampard all tried and failed to get a tune out of the most expensive squad in football history.
      A £1 billion orchestra hitting duff notes whoever is leading them. Makes you wonder whether it’s the players, the conductor or the people who own the concert hall who are to blame.
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      German Tommy Tuchel lasted exactly 100 days before getting Das Boot. Potter survived seven months and Lampard’s 11 games as caretaker boss are best consigned to memory.
      Chelsea’s greatest ever goalscorer and serial-winner left scratching his head at the way his club’s once-formidable character had been deconstructed in the space of 12 months.
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      Boehly and his pal Behdad Eghbali bought Chelsea for £2.5bn in May 2022 and promised to invest a further £1.75bn in revolutionising the entire squad.
      They have certainly done that. Pochettino is famed for his ability to develop young players but is getting nowhere fast with the costly collection of individuals dumped on him by Chelsea’s transfer department.
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      Mourinho enjoyed immense success as Chelsea manager
      Getting them to the Carabao Cup final on February 25 is a miracle. That they look destined to get ripped apart by Liverpool at Wembley is another matter.
      Pochettino admits his job is not safe. But one thing is for sure, he will not quit. As much as some of those Chelsea fans calling for his head in Sunday’s humiliating 4-2 home defeat by Wolves would like.
      They were also singing for former owner Roman Abramovich – so Boehly is not safe either. 
      The deposed Russian, now in exile, is always the person of first resort that a bunch of supporters used to winning big things every year reach for when times are tough.
      Pochettino has struggled during his debut campaign as Chelsea boss
      It won’t happen so the fans need to get used to that idea. 
      The Return (again) Of The Special One equally has the ring of a bad movie about it. Think Fast And The Furious XII or wherever we are at now.
      But when it comes to plugging dud films, that’s already right up Boehly’s street.
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      Reviews of recently released Boehly-backed Argylle – a cheesy spy thriller that has been universally panned – point to that.
      Incidentally, Argylle is meant to be part of a trilogy, if it makes it past the first episode. Jose III sounds equally doomed to fail but at least it would be entertaining.
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      Neil Warnock takes first job outside England as he makes stunning return to management at 75

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      NEIL WARNOCK has been named the new manager of Aberdeen.The 75-year-old has been out of work since leaving Huddersfield earlier this season.
      Neil Warnock has been appointed Aberdeen’s new managerCredit: Aberdeen FC
      Warnock has managed nearly 2000 games during his storied career
      But now he has moved north of the border to join the Scottish Premiership side.
      Speaking about the appointment, Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack said: “From the moment we first spoke with Neil his enthusiasm for managing Aberdeen was infectious.
      “He has had an incredible career in management, not only in terms of volume of games and winning promotions, but also of coming into clubs at short notice and making an immediate impact.
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      “We look forward to Neil, Ronnie and the team pushing hard in the remaining four months of the campaign as we still have a huge amount to play for both in the SPFL Premiership and the Scottish Cup.”
      Warnock’s first game is set to come on Tuesday night when Aberdeen travel to Rangers.
      The Scottish outfit sit just one point adrift of the top six ahead of their trip to Ibrox.
      They are also into the last 16 of the Scottish Cup where they will play Bonnyrigg Rose on Saturday.
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      Warnock’s last job came at Huddersfield where he helped them survive relegation, before he departed in September.
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      Best Neil Warnock quotesHere are some of the most memorable Neil Warnock quotes:
      “I don’t think we’ve got a discipline problem. It’s the players who are thick who are causing the problems.”
      “Matches don’t come any bigger than FA Cup quarter-finals.”
      “When I pass away, I don’t want clapping or a minutes silence. I want a minute’s booing at Bristol City.”
      “The money players are on these days is immoral, but you can’t knock it.”
      “My wife will be glad about Mourinho coming to Bramall Lane because he’s a good looking swine, isn’t he?”
      “I remember the day when they sold Brian Deane and Jan Aage Fjortoft. It was like when President Kennedy got shot.”
      “Forget the boring Premiership; this was a cracking advertisement for the Championship.”
      “For many years I have thought he (El Hadji Diouf) was the gutter type – I was going to call him a sewer rat, but that might be insulting to sewer rats.”

      A number of names had been linked with the Aberdeen job, including ex-Celtic boss Neil Lennon.
      Former Sunderland and Stokes manager Alex Neil was another named mooted.
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      But perhaps the most left-field candidate in the frame was ex-Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere.
      The 32-year-old, who took over as Arsenal U18s head coach in July 2022, is understood to have applied for the position.
      But Aberdeen wanted someone with more experience – and there are few more seasoned than Warnock as he approaches 2000 games in management. More

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      Former Chelsea star reveals the only job Jose Mourinho would take in England after Roma sacking

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      JOSE MOURINHO could still return to England despite his dramatic dismissal from Roma.That is according to Chelsea hero Mario Melchiot, who claims the Three Lions position is probably the only team Mourinho would return to the UK for.
      Jose Mourinho could return to the UK to take over as England bossCredit: Rex
      The Special One had two glittering stints with the Blues as he won three Premier League titles, an FA Cup trophy and three League Cups.
      The Portuguese tactician also won the EFL Cup as well as the Europa League with Manchester United before a two-year stint with Tottenham.
      Melchiot is not sure if the ex-Real Madrid manager has anything left to prove in the Premier League.
      However, the former Birmingham and Wigan star believes the England job poses as a major possibility as long as Mourinho is open to “slowing down” after 24 years of club football.
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      Plus, a lot will depend on how England fare in Euro 2024 with manager Gareth Southgate’s deal running out in December.
      Melchiot told Ladbrokes Fanzone: “Jose Mourinho has always been a strong character, and football teams need characters, whether that’s on the pitch or in the dugout.
      “He’s so instrumental; if you talk to any players who have worked with him, they love him. I wasn’t fortunate enough to work with him during a season, as I left Chelsea just as he arrived in 2004.
      “But I’ve had enough conversations with him over the years to know what he’s like as a person. And whenever I came up against Chelsea in my career, Jose would always go out of his way to stop and talk to me.
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      “He’s the kind of guy who respects good players, whether they’re on his team or not. And if he respects you as a player, he will stop you in the tunnel, and shake your hand. And every time I played against his team, he would do that to me.
      “Do I see him coming back to England? I’m not sure. Why would he? He has done so many great things in this country. He had two spells in charge of Chelsea and was successful in both, he’s also managed Manchester United and Tottenham before going out to Italy.
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      “I just don’t know what else he’d need to prove in England. What is he going to do next? Go to Liverpool? Probably not. I suppose the only job he might take in England, now, is the national job.
      “It’s something that has been spoken about in the past and, personally, I think that would just come down to what the FA want from their next manager.
      “Then you’ve got to ask whether or not Jose wants to slow down… Taking a national job is a sign of a manager slowing down, because the demands of that kind of role are completely different to those within club football management.
      “Everyone knows how he likes to play, so you’ve got to look at that, too. His style of play… Does that suit England right now, and where they want to be?
      “If England want him, then he’s a great name to bring in when Gareth Southgate moves on, for sure.”
      Chelsea hero Mario Melchiot claims Mourinho may not be done with English footballCredit: Getty More

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      Galatasaray complete shock double Premier League raid… the day AFTER transfer window shut

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      GALATASARAY have signed Premier League duo Serge Aurier and Carlos Vinicius.The Turkish giants completed both transfers after last week’s deadline.
      Serge Aurier has joined Galatasaray in a permanent transfer from Nottingham ForestCredit: Getty
      Carlos Vinícius has joined the Turkish side on loan from FulhamCredit: Getty
      Aurier, 31, joined the club in a deal worth just £85,300 following a 16-month spell with Nottingham Forest.
      An official statement from Galatasaray read: “An agreement has been reached with professional football player Serge Alain Stephane Aurier and his club Nottingham Forest Football Club Limited regarding the transfer of the player.
      “Accordingly, a transfer fee of 100,000 euros will be paid to the football player’s former club. A contract has been signed with the football player until the end of the 2023/2024 season.
      “Accordingly, our football player will be paid a net guarantee fee of 600,000 euros and a net signing fee of 150,000 euros for the 2023/2024 season.”
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      Aurier will become a free agent this summer unless he agrees a contract extension with the Super Lig side.
      Galatasaray have also completed a loan deal for Fulham striker Carlos Vinicius.
      The 28-year-old joins the club on a temporary basis until the end of the season.
      An additional statement from Galatasaray, released just 10 minutes before Aurier’s announcement, read: “An agreement has been reached with professional football player Carlos Vinicius Alves Morais and his club Fulham Football Club Limited regarding the temporary transfer of the player for the 2023-2024 season.
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      “Accordingly, a net temporary transfer fee of 600,000 euros will be paid to the football player’s club.
      “The football player will be paid a net season wage of 600,000 euros for the 2023-2024 season.”
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      Vinicius has been limited to just two Premier League starts this season and 16 appearances across all competitions. More

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      Arsenal fans say ‘good news on a Monday morning’ as key defender signs new long-term contract

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      TAKEHIRO TOMIYASU is set to sign a new long-term contract with Arsenal.According to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, the defender has already agreed terms with the Gunners.
      Takehiro Tomiyasu is set to sign a new Arsenal contractCredit: Getty
      Mikel Arteta was reportedly eager to tie him down to a new deal.
      Tomiyasu is the latest star to commit his future to Arsenal, following the likes of Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and William Saliba.
      Arsenal fans were thrilled to wake up to news of the defender’s contract extension on Monday morning, with one person tweeting: “Mr irreplaceable is here to stay. COYG.”
      Another added: “Good news on a Monday morning.”
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      A third wrote: “A big part of our squad when fully fit. Great move by Arsenal to extend his deal.”
      While a fourth commented: “What a start to the day.”
      Tomiyasu joined Arsenal in a £20million transfer from Bologna in 2021 and has since made 73 first team appearances.
      Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Napoli expressed an interest in signing the defender in January, but Arteta refused to let him leave.
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      The Gunners are also in talks with Ben White over a new deal.
      Arteta wants to keep the nucleus of his squad together until 2027 and beyond. More