Today Chelsea FC has broken their long held silence on the fate of their manager Avram Grant when they issued this statement:
‘Chelsea can confirm that Avram Grant has had his contract as manager terminated today. We will now be concentrating all our efforts on identifying a new manager for Chelsea and there will be no further comment until that appointment is made’.
‘We have very high expectations at Chelsea and a couple of second place finishes is just not good enough for us’, said the chairman and CEO of the club.
Any one single club in England can only compete a maximum of 4 competitions a season and AMAZINGLY, Chelsea FC has managed to finished runners-up in 3 of them namely the Carling Cup, the Barclays Premier League and EUFA Champions League. But it seemed that being 2nd is as bad as finishing LAST in the mind of the owner Abramovich and indeed, being 2nd best is just not good enuff to take Avram Grant’s managerial career into next season.
Sighhh… See how high the standard being set in Chelsea. While I think it’s good to set such a standard, it would be very derimental to a football club if you can’t set a stable foundation for your coaching staffs to mould a championship winning team with enough time. Chelsea has always been criticised for BUYING to win a championship and I don’t see this trend ending if you keep on changing your manager and the backroom staffs.
Take a look at how Man Utd and Ars-enal run their teams. Both managers in Ferguson and Wenger has been there during the ups n downs of the club for more than 5 years. See how they influence the club and make sure that both clubs are strong financially and technically. Such healthy trust and trend would make sure both Man Utd and Ars-enal would remain a strong competiting force in England for many years to come. As for Chelsea FC, they are treading in dangerous water. As soon as that stupiak Abramovich lose interest in football, they would suffer a very devastating fate and might even be relegated down a few divisions!
The emblem of Chelsea is a proud Lion encrested on the chest of its shirt. However, as long as Abramovich continued to pester around the team, even a once proud Lion might suffer and fall one day.
