Scolari Takes Chelsea Post
(Soccer365.com) Chelsea have confirmed Portugal boss Luiz Felipe Scolari as their new manager.
The Brazilian was one of the favourites to succeed Avram Grant in the Stamford Bridge hotseat but the timing of his appointment has come as a huge surprise.
Scolari is currently managing Portugal at Euro 2008 and was not expected to make a decision about his future until after the tournament.
A statement from Stamford Bridge read:
"Chelsea Football Club is delighted to confirm that Luiz Felipe Scolari will be the club's new manager from July 1, 2008.
Felipe has great qualities. He is one of the world's top coaches with a record of success at country and club level, he gets the best out of a talented squad of players and his ambitions and expectations match ours. He was the outstanding choice.
Out of respect for his current role as Head Coach of the Portuguese national team, and to ensure minimum disruption to this work, there will be no further comment from Chelsea FC nor from Felipe about his new role until his employment with us commences."
Comments
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Posted by: God | June 13, 2008 05:04 AM
Big Phil is a great coach no doubt the problem with Chelsea is not the manager but the underachieving roster. I wish Phil well, he'll need it.
Posted by: Tesoro | June 14, 2008 09:13 AM
with scolari coming in and deco, chelsea will be a comepletly different team. i think change is for the best though if they are going to compete for the title this season
Posted by: Anonymous | July 5, 2008 08:06 PM
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