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by **ckay** » Thu May 27, 2004 8:01 am

Given that it seems that the only chance of a top class manager is Mourino. Where would you go if you were him?

by **LFC #1** » Thu May 27, 2004 8:04 am

Liverpool.

He'd be better suited here, the board has a lot of patience compared to Roman "win the league, FA Cup, Carling Cup and Champions league or you're sacked" Abramovich.
It is also more of a challenge coming to Liverpool, we need to be rebuilt back into a team challenging for the league, whereas Chelsea can buy every player under the sun to try and win it.

Mourinho would also be able to make his own decisions rather than Abramovich breathing down his neck the whole time.

by **azriahmad** » Thu May 27, 2004 11:28 am

Funny club, Chelski. If Raneiri did decide alone to buy all of those players, why on earth did he not at least play them on a more consistent basis?

Usually when you spend a hefty sum on players, you'd want them to play most of the time so that they get more chance to display their talents that made you decide to buy them in the first place. Instead, players like Crespo, Veron (probably restricted by injuries), Joe Cole, Johnson etc did not play as much as say Heskey or Smicer or Diuof, as they were Houllier's buys?

Perhaps Raneiri did not really say "please buy them, Mr. Abramovich" but rather asked "Is this player any good to you" and he would say "yes" or "no".

If that were the case, surely the Chelski manager dose not have the final say in the transfer matters, just like Real Madrid when they ignored both Queroz and his predecessor and did not strengthen the defensive side but also sold Makalele, resulting in a grossly unbalanced side which crumbled at the end of the season.

Maurinho did imply that he wanted full control and "I will do it my way or not at all".

by **stmichael** » Thu May 27, 2004 1:57 pm

it would be interesting to see how mourihno would handle expensive "big name" players at chelsea. to me chelsea's squad is ridiculous. they are taking the p#ss if they are seriously considering paying 20m for a 31 year old brazilian left-back. what must wayne bridge feel?

if he went to chelsea's stalinist empire, if he won nowt in his first season what would happen then? would he be booted out?

liverpool seems a better option for mourihno but i don't think that our board have really made a concerted effort to go out and get him. i just hope that reports linking benitez are true otherwise we're back to square 1.

by **anfieldadorer** » Thu May 27, 2004 2:38 pm

If he chooses Chelski, then at least we'll know he's not the man we need.

by **bpm1976** » Thu May 27, 2004 5:09 pm

Guess it just boils down to the money on offer, if Both clubs were to offer the same financial package im sure he d opt for Liverpool! A bad first season at Chelsea, he could well be out the door. Where as here he would be given time to change things.

by **DrLiverpool** » Thu May 27, 2004 7:00 pm

If he went to Chelsea he knows he isnt boss. He would have to deal with Kenyon and Abramovich where as Liverpool give their managers control (maybe to much in Houlliers case).
If he didnt succeed at Chelsea first season he will be out where as Liverpool are patient with their managers (maybe to patient in houlliers case).
He would hate the publicity,being linked with every player in the world and constant "meetings" with abramovich and kenyon. Everything he does will be headline story ,look at renieri.None of this will happen at Liverpool.

The bottom line is how much money is offered as bpm said if both chelsea and liverpool offered the same amount then he will probably chose liverpool. But Abramovich will offer him at least 10mil per year probably and liverpool at most 3mil a year.

Heard Benitez is offered 8mil. He also said even though he is happy at Valencis, Liverpool are one club he will leave for.

by **Badmao1** » Thu May 27, 2004 8:27 pm

As Liverpool fans i believe we may be a little bias!

by **swiss_kopite** » Fri May 28, 2004 7:22 am

i'd even choose LFC without the money, just for the club, so wasn't that hard decision! :;):

by **azriahmad** » Fri May 28, 2004 8:42 am

For a manager who is really concerned about his football achievements, the place to got to is Liverpool or Arsenal (no vacancy right now). These clubs are really footballing clubs - Wenger, for all of his managerial expertise, only won 3 Premierships - 1998, 2002 and 2004 - and has had a woeful record in Europe until this season. Yet Arsenal stuck with him through thick and thin, even after suffering a 6-1 drubbing at manure and exiting early in Europe.

Houller is even luckier, he got away with managing Liverpool for a 6th season after publicly declaring that he has a 5-year plan to win the championship and being given unparalled support financially to the tune of 128 million which were mostly spent on duds, having one of the largest squad (surely with a large wage bills) in the Premiership with mostly duds in it, playing horrifyingly sterile one-dimensional football the last 2 seasons and getting mediocre results in the process. Yet he did not get any kind of pressure piled on him until the past few weeks.

Consider Raneiri's situation. Abramovich spent 140 million buying Chelski, another 130 million buying so many players, some of them way over priced, and during the most crucial moments of the season, both Kenyon and Abramovich did not offer any kind of support despite the speculations. Kenyon even tried and publicly failed to lure Ericsson.

Perhaps Maurinho has never had this kind of pressure as he was operating on a small budget at Porto and hence the expectations were not that great. Let them bask in all of the publicity and pressure because this will allow the next Liverpool manager to quietly achieve our goals without much fuss.

by **Big Niall** » Fri May 28, 2004 9:27 am

I think at LFC a manager is guaranteed 3 years, even Souness got that.

Chelsea will ditch him if they don't win the league in his first season, they sacked the manager who got second.

Obviously , neither club has any emotional attachment but LFC will allow him manage and support him and the chairman won't constantly undermine him.

by **Sean** » Fri May 28, 2004 3:59 pm

Mourinho may have won the Champions league but his reaction after the game was really strange. He seems too high for my liking. Chelsea can have him.

Seán

by **Zardoz** » Mon May 31, 2004 4:18 am

Don't you think that having infinite amount of money to build the team you want might count too ?

by **zarababe** » Mon May 31, 2004 3:25 pm

Mourinho should come to Liverpool... its about time we had a good-looking manager..with all the footballing credentials too..of course! :;):

by **greenred** » Mon May 31, 2004 3:54 pm

Mourinho would prove nothing by winning the league or CL with Chelski.A muppet could win the league by spending 250million,it means nothing.His achievements with Porto outweigh anything he may do with the Londoners.No,if he is really serious about becoming a legend in England than he has to choose the Liverpool job.We are a genuine world class club(unlike chelsea who are wannabees),he will be succeeding a failed manager(unlike at chelsea where Ranieri has been a success),he can work without interference(unlike at the blues where Abramovich has complete control over everything),if he wins the league at Liverpool they will stick his statue up next to Shankly(win the league at chelsea and they will wonder why they didnt win the CL as well).No mate,you only have one choice,not two.

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