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05 Jun 2020 17:36:37
Hi Eds, now that the Chelsea have had an offer accepted for Werner, can you see Liverpool matching it and trying to make a late steal? I know you've talked about Liverpool's financial limitations this summer, but now that Chelsea have had an official bid accepted, could this force Liverpool to match their offer? Or is the transfer all but dead in the water now.
{Ed002's Note - I would doubt it. Another side has made an offer for Werner today but a lawyer involved has said RBL won't listen to it unless they fail to conclude the agreement with Chelsea.}
1.) 05 Jun 2020 18:10:40
Ed2 Was that team ManU?
{Ed002's Note - No. Inter.}
2.) 05 Jun 2020 19:10:56
I do not understand our lack of following up on Werner, especially as its stated we are looking at more expensive options. bewildered!
3.) 05 Jun 2020 20:05:14
Baz, it’s free transfers and loans this window. Don’t expect anything more than that. I reckon we might go for Willian (hope not, he looks like his legs are gone) or Ryan Fraser.
4.) 05 Jun 2020 20:08:39
We can get Traore a proven premier league player for less wages and who is less likely to expect to start most games and Minamino still needs a chance.
5.) 05 Jun 2020 20:12:45
Jurgen wants Killian. Simples.
6.) 06 Jun 2020 07:52:45
Bertrand Traore? No thanks. I think I’d rather re-sign Djimi.
01 Oct 2020 17:42:41
Happy that the players have avoided those long energy-sapping trips to Russia.
24 Jul 2019 20:05:26
I suppose the "difficulty" I'm having is that it's not clear what criteria you're ranking these top managers against.
{Ed001's Note - it is my personal choice of who is the best right now. Nothing more, there is no criteria other than my personal choice.}
24 Jul 2019 19:27:12
Well seeing as this is a forum for football-related discussion, and that the term "Top Managers" is so subjective, I think it would be helpful for your readers to understand why you have picked these managers and placed them in that order. And importantly it would also help us understand why you have excluded other top managers.
{Ed001's Note - because they are the ones I think are the best right now. It is not really difficult, it is just a subjective list which is why Klopp is number one when many would pick someone else.}
24 Jul 2019 19:02:01
To be clear, I didn't say (and don't think) that Benitez, Ancelotti and Mourinho are the in the top 10 managers in the world. At some point yes, but not anymore. But I still think that they are proven to be better managers then a lot of the names you've mentioned.
Maybe it would help if you defined what you meant by Top Manager. Is it someone that is able to build a team and deliver trophies, someone that's able to be competitive whilst balancing the books, someone that is excellent at delivering trophies at whatever cost, or someone that implements a progressive easy-on-the-eye attacking style of play?
That is why I don't typically like "Top 10 lists". There are different types of managers that are great for different clubs. A manager like Zidane may not be successful at Sheffield United, as all he's ever know in his life is winning trophies and competing at the highest level. But if you give him a stacked Real Madrid team, he's able to massage these super-star egos and deliver 3 Champions League titles on the bounce. Does this make him one of the top 10 managers? Personally, I don't think so, but you see my point.
So I think it's important for you to define what you mean by a top manager.
{Ed001's Note - no it is not important, it is a list of my choices, why does it matter?}
24 Jul 2019 18:06:59
@ Ed 001 :
Disagree with this list on so many levels.
Yes Nagelsmann might be the future of European football. But can you honestly say that at the moment he's a better manager than the likes of Ancelotti, Benitez, Mourinho, all three managers with proven European success as well as league pedigree. Yes he represents a new, younger, maybe even more progressive style of manager - but to even put him in the same bracket as these 3 managers at the moment I believe is disrespectful towards everything they have achieved in football.
Also, you have decided to exclude Pochettinho from the list and yet you've included Sergio Conceicao because he "created a strong team in Porto, despite having had to offload a large number of players initially to balance the books. Despite that, he has made them competitive in the Champions League". How is that any greater to what Pochettinho has done in the past few seasons - consistently getting top 4 in the toughest league in the world despite minimal net spend, making Spurs competitive in the Champions League, reaching a Champions League final, and all this while balancing the books due to the development of their new stadium.
As for the omission of Diego Simeone and Pep Guardiola. Simeone broke the stranglehold that Real Madrid and Barcelona had on the La Liga despite having a fraction of their budgets and having their top players poached by bigger clubs. And yet despite this he got TWO European finals and was 5 minutes away from winning one. And on top of that the man's delivered 2 Europa Leagues Cups. Ok so he doesn't play the most attractive style of football. But is that all your criteria is for being a top Manager? Playing attacking and progressive football that is nice on the eyes?
And the omission of Pep Guardiola is just astonishing. I think right now the trendy thing to do is to critisise Pep for not being a top manager. Not I know you haven't said that, you've just said that he's not in your top 10 managers, but to even consider Naglesman, Setien, Santo and others on the list is a joke.
Terrible list Ed. There are good managers on that list but you've ommitted some of the best manager's in European history.
{Ed001's Note - if you say so, but any one stupid enough to write a list of the top 10 managers right now, then include 3 who are clearly not in the top 10 because of their past achievements, like you seem to want, would be an absolute buffoon. No matter how much I love Rafa, I would be a clueless idiot to include him in the top 10 managers in the world right now. Ancelotti has never been a top 10 manager, he has failed far too often to win the league with a team far better than his opposition. As for Mourinho, if anyone truly believes that he is still anywhere near the top 10 right now, then they need help.
How are you comparing Conceicao and Poch? Poch has been given very decent amounts of money to spend, there were just two windows when deals were not done, yet he could not even win a trophy when every other top team stepped aside and let him have it on a plate. Even then he couldn't win the league, instead folding in miserable style because he is not a winner. Conceicao has won his domestic league in style after being forced to balance the books by offloading half his first team, while Poch has bought donkeys like Wanyama and Davinson Sanchez.
Simeone did not have the disadvantage you seem to think he had as they had a bunch of players signed with 3rd party ownership to enable them to bring in players they couldn't otherwise afford. Why do you think 3rd party ownership was banned? Atleti were gaming the system for the likes of Aguero etc. Perhaps if you actually took the time to know what was really going on there you would understand.
A joke? No you are just unable to understand that a list of the top 10 managers right now is not going to include people who would have been in there 20 years ago, such as Ancelotti. Surprised you weren't complaining I left out Arrigo Sacchi, as you seem to think it is about history. I will excuse your ignorance, as you clearly are living in the past.}