TRULY DEFINE RESURGENCE
Lampard to trust in the talented young English youngsters of the Chelsea academy was another encouraging development; another corner being turned in the right direction, another snippet of history.
Resurgence is always pleasing to witness.the rise and rise of Sheffield United, playing with their own tactical innovation of over-lapping centre-backs, has been a delight. So, too, has the sustained excellence of Wolves under the
guidance of Espirito
Santo, challenging hard in the
Premier League and in European club football.
No, I haven’t forgotten Leicester City, placed in the top four all season with an attractive passing style and several high-class performers.
The 2019-20 season will be recalled in the capital as one of unusual turbulence; it is rare for three clubs to sack their boss before Christmas.
Arsenal andwest Ham both delayed their change of manager for too long amid severe discontent among supporters. It has made the climb back to stability more difficult than it might have been.
Tottenham’s decision to sack
Mauricio
Pochettino just a few months after he took them to the
Champions League final was a stunning moment.
It was clear there had been a hangover from that European journey, and that Spurs needed a lift.
PAUL POGBA’S controversial agent Mino Raiola and Manchester United chief Edwoodward are talking again after breaking contact.
Woodward (right), executive vicechairman at Old Trafford, and superagent Raiola severed contact after Pogba’s aggressive advisor made repeated attacks on United
Did they try hard enough to make that happen from within? Switching managers is always a gamble, and Tottenham took an almighty risk in appointing Jose Mourinho as the new first-team boss. By the time of the enforced break for at the turn of the year – claiming the club was “out of touch with reality and without a sporting project”.
But it is believed the pair are in dialogue again after a strained few weeks.
It’s unclear who made the first move to end the freeze but it’s thought a the virus, Mourinho had already retreated into sulking negativity, citing excuses galore.
That wasn’t a spectacle just of this season. It has been Mourinho’s story for much of the past decade, sowing discord at every club he has managed.
It is unlikely to be any different when the virus pandemic has passed. pact has been struck, with Pogba believed to have played a role by asking his controversial agent to be less confrontational as both parties try to find some way forward over his future.
But it’s an uneasy truce and Raiola has once again been talking to media abroad about his own plans for Pogba and hinted at a move to Real Madrid.