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Following our ex`s...

dkw
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3 hours ago, erskblue said:

Can't believe Leicester City sacking the man who led them to an amazing League Title last May.

Sad day for Claudio Ranieri. Deserved a much better exit for all he achieved at Leicester City.

On 24/02/2017 at 12:03, Jezz said:

Sad day for Claudio Ranieri. Deserved a much better exit for all he achieved at Leicester City.

And right after the 2-1 in Seville which might have been a loss but still a better result than most teams would achieve and left them with a considerable chance to win the tie in the second leg at home. He should haven been given the opportunity to see out their CL campaign at least if not the full season.

    16 hours ago, undertow said:

    And right after the 2-1 in Seville which might have been a loss but still a better result than most teams would achieve and left them with a considerable chance to win the tie in the second leg at home. He should haven been given the opportunity to see out their CL campaign at least if not the full season.

    Ironically, inflated expectations of the club after their unexpected success last season was Ranieri's biggest downfall in some way.

    If you were a Leicester supporter two years ago and told that you would win the title but then get relegated the season after, I think most of them would have taken that despite what they'll say now.

    The timing of the sacking was very poorly handled as well.

    Edited by Jezz

    • 4 weeks later...
    41 minutes ago, dkw said:

    Do you want to feel really old, Shaun Wright Phillips`s 16 year old son has been called up to the England under 16`s...... I thought SWP was still only about 25 ha ha....

    Slightly off subject but is one of Eidur's sons now playing professional football? And what with Eidur's father having played, three generations of footballers. 

    8 hours ago, dkw said:

    Do you want to feel really old, Shaun Wright Phillips`s 16 year old son has been called up to the England under 16`s...... I thought SWP was still only about 25 ha ha....

    Sweep's still playing in USA, though, isn't he? Not in the MLS, mind you, but their equivalent of the Championship or League One.

    • 2 weeks later...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39584158

    Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has joined United Soccer League side Phoenix Rising as a player and co-owner.

    Drogba, 39, has not played since leaving Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact in November.

    He will start out as a player but has also joined Phoenix's "MLS expansion franchise ownership group".

    "To own a team and be a player at the same time is unusual but it's going to be very exciting," Drogba said.

    "It's a good transition because I want to carry on playing but I'm almost 40 and it's important for me to prepare for my later career."

    Phoenix have just started their fourth season in the Western Conference of USL, which forms part of the second tier of the American league system.

    The Arizona club hope to become one of four planned expansion teams in MLS over the next three years.

    "I had offers from China, from England - in both the Premier League and even the Championship - but they were only as a player," Drogba told The Premier League Show.

    "This was the right offer because it was important for me to think about playing, because I enjoy it, but also to get to the next stage of my career."

    Drogba last played for Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer

    Drogba scored 157 goals in 341 appearances during his first spell at Chelsea from 2004 to 2012, winning three Premier League titles and the Champions League.

    Following moves to Shanghai Shenhua in China and Turkish side Galatasaray, Drogba returned to the Blues for the 2014-15 season, scoring seven goals in 40 appearances, helping Jose Mourinho's side to the title, before 18 months with Montreal.

    He joins former Chelsea team-mate Shaun Wright-Phillips at Phoenix, who have one win and two defeats from three games this season.

    "I'm still a player but it's important to respect the decision of the manager," added Drogba, who is Ivory Coast's record goalscorer.

    "When we're on the pitch, he's going to be the one who decides and when we go to board meetings, it's a different thing."

    Watch the full interview with Didier Drogba in The Premier League show on BBC Two on Thursday, 13 April (22:00 BST) .

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