Played some of the most enjoyable football i've seen at Chelsea the first few months of this season. Been let down by a lot of players at the club, fake fans hiding behind online twitter profiles and the media this year. 

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Edited January 25, 20215 yr by MANoWAR

https://theathletic.com/2298337/2021/01/25/lampards-chelsea-sacking-tension-with-marina-unhappy-players-and-secret-job-offers

Completely pilfered from Reddit (who has access to the article) https://www.reddit.com/r/chelseafc/comments/l4la7l/lampards_chelsea_sacking_tension_with_marina/

 

• Lampard’s relationship with influential director Marina Granovskaia deteriorated

• Ralf Rangnick was offered interim job last week for four months but turned it down

• Calls were made in recent weeks to sound out Leipzig’s Julian Nagelsmann

• Leicester game was tipping point and morning after spent trying to finalise successor

• Lampard shook players hands and thanked them for efforts under him after Leicester match

• Petr Cech involved in talking to new stars’ agents as form dipped

• Some players complained about lack of tactical instruction and not being spoken to for months

• Desire to re-sign Declan Rice annoyed his bosses

• The dressing room felt manager showed no empathy and were hurt by his public criticism

• Lampard would have walked out had he been working for any club other than Chelsea

 

 

• tensions behind the scenes really began to emerge during the January transfer window 12 months ago. Lampard asked for Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who was considering leaving Emirates Stadium at that juncture, and Ajax’s attacking midfielder Hakim Ziyech. Neither arrived that month

• it was at this juncture that Mauricio Pochettino, who had been fired by Tottenham in November 2019, and RB Leipzig coach Nagelsmann were being mentioned as a potential “plan B”.

• things were becoming more tense with Granovskaia and one of the biggest points of contention was the treatment of goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. “They clashed over Kepa. Lampard put in a request for a replacement and was told he should try putting his arm around Kepa, to help build his confidence. Lampard was insistent though.”

• Lampard wanted the club to sign West Ham midfielder Declan Rice and pushed for him again ahead of January. But some at the club had reservations about re-signing the player who was released from the academy as a teenager.

• In December The Athletic were told: “He needs to stop pushing for Rice or he’ll lose his job. The hierarchy are very wary about the potential embarrassment of buying back an academy reject at huge expense.”

• of the six players to join, only Ben Chilwell was a Lampard target.

• plan was not only to acquire Rice, who Lampard felt could be converted into a top centre back as well as using him as a defensive midfielder, but also to buy James Tarkowski from Burnley. Defenders earmarked to go were Fikayo Tomori, Marcos Alonso, and Rudiger. There was even talk that Lampard was open to the idea of captain Cesar Azpilicueta departing.

• after the Manchester City game, Roman became “very, very unhappy”. ( After the season relationship between Roman and Lampard was "strong"

• Tuchel was reluctant to come midway through the season initially but was eventually persuaded, having almost taken the Stamford Bridge job before Antonio Conte a few years ago. He felt it was too good a job to turn down.

• “The problem was, the manager didn’t talk to the players — well only the ones he liked"

• One senior player told The Athletic that Lampard staying on for the rest of the season would have been a ‘catastrophe’, with the levels of tension in the dressing room to high to recover from and players comparing his criticism of performances to Jose Mourinho in his final days at the club.

• By the Fulham game in early January, players were expecting Lampard to be sacked if they didn’t win

• Lampard warned everyone, including the hierarchy, that a title bid was unlikely in 2020-21, that the arrivals would require patience to settle into a new league and country.

Thanks to the user who posted it - I'm just pasting for those who aren't on the site. 

Edited January 25, 20215 yr by MANoWAR

Reading its a 4 and half year contract for Tuchel! 

That mustve been some interview he has given for the job. 

4 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Any of you lot that have been crying for Frank to be sacked on social media and are gonna celebrate this sacking aren't proper Chels and never will be. 

Don't know what it means to be a Chelsea fan.

What an idiotic comment. Go and take your anger out on Roman and look like a fool chastising the hand that fed you success.

THIS. 💙

Just now, KonaKai Blue said:

What an idiotic comment. Go and take your anger out on Roman and look like a fool chastising the hand that fed you success.

Why is that an idiotic comment? Even if someone feels the time is right for Frank to leave the last thing they should be doing is celebrating. If they’re a true Chelsea fan, that is.

Rumour has it we’re giving Tuchel a 4.5 year contract 😂 Jesus Christ. This board should be sacked. Why are we giving out f**king 4+ year contracts when none of our managers even make it to 2 years😂 it’s no wonder we’re laughed at. If we want to be a revolving door of managers at least f**king embrace it and give out contracts that are in line with it.

Edited January 25, 20215 yr by EdinburghBlue

Love Frank as a bloke and wish him all the best, but I think this is the right move by the Board if so. I think it's the right decision going forward. 

Even though we saw this coming I'm still massively disappointed. 

Patience is not a Chelsea thing. 

I hope this story is true. Legend player but he is not built for big time management. These comparisons with other clubs need stop as they are not the same or even close. Different  budgets and different results. We have shown no sign of beating a top 8 club this season  and top 4 will fall further and further away based on our league form.

1 minute ago, EdinburghBlue said:

Rumour has it we’re giving Tuchel a 4.5 year contract 😂 Jesus Christ. This board should be sacked. Why are we giving out f**king 4+ year contracts when none of our managers even make it to 2 years😂 it’s no wonder we’re laughed at. If we want to be a revolving door of managers at least f**king embrace it and give out contracts what are in line with it.

Sounds like an absolute disaster!! Should be waiting and going all out for Nagelsman if we are to sack Frank not jump the gun with Tuchel! 

1 minute ago, EdinburghBlue said:

Rumour has it we’re giving Tuchel a 4.5 year contract 😂 Jesus Christ. This board should be sacked. Why are we giving out f**king 4+ year contracts when none of our managers even make it to 2 years😂 it’s no wonder we’re laughed at. If we want to be a revolving door of managers at least f**king embrace it and give out contracts what are in line with it.

We’re a f*cking joke. This time next year we’ll be cursing Tuchel, after a huge clash with the board and the players.

1 minute ago, Pob said:

Why is that an idiotic comment? Even if someone feels the time is right for Frank to leave the last thing they should be doing is celebrating. If they’re a true Chelsea fan, that is.

Who is celebrating? Have you seen it?

18 month contract for Tuchel apparently.

1 minute ago, KonaKai Blue said:

Who is celebrating? Have you seen it?

Are you for real? Have a look on Twitter and you’ll see thousands of the c**ts posting about how happy they are.

2 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

We’re a f*cking joke. This time next year we’ll be cursing Tuchel, after a huge clash with the board and the players.

There's no legitimacy to this contract, no need to overreact about it just yet. 

I personally thought he would get the next few games to see if our form would improve.

Sad day for Chelsea, feel gutted for Frank.

I shake my head at the way this club operates sometimes.

If the rumours are true, I will be disappointed.

3 minutes ago, KonaKai Blue said:

Who is celebrating? Have you seen it?

Loads of twats on Twitter, but that's to be expected. Nobody on here, and nobody on here should be tarred with the same brush. I think this is a good decision by the board, the sooner the better if you ask me but it brings me no happiness to see Frank get the sack. 

I accepted it a few weeks ago that he was going to go, it was only a matter of time, that's why I was very upset after the Arsenal game, I knew then and there it was never going to work out. 

Just heard it on BBC Radio0- they have confirmed that he is on his way out

2 minutes ago, EdinburghBlue said:

Are you for real? Have a look on Twitter and you’ll see thousands of the c**ts posting about how happy they are.

Why are you taking twitter seriously? The vast majority on that platform make the worst poster on here look like the best one. 

It's one thing to want to move Frank on.

But if you believe Thomas Tuchel is going to be here for the long haul, then you're delusional.

1 minute ago, Argo said:

Why are you taking twitter seriously? The vast majority on that platform make the worst poster on here look like the best one. 

I only go on Twitter for a few accounts and Chelsea info. The comments below it I never read, it's full of absolute dickheads. 

1 minute ago, Argo said:

Why are you taking twitter seriously? The vast majority on that platform make the worst poster on here look like the best one. 

Whether you or I like it or not, it is a massive audience that bombards the clubs official Twitter feed with utter drivel consistently, on every tweet. As much as it would be nice to say that sort of thing goes completely unnoticed. I highly doubt it does.