Who will be the next Liverpool Manager

[pondus]

did i imagine things or did purslow say we would have massive investment in the next 6 months and that rafa was part of that investers plans??

He did say that

[hamshanks]

i think if benitez was to leave we could only afford

dalglish
Lee
John Mcmahon

Absolutely agreed, and then where would we be?
If you're one of the elite coaches in Europe why would you come to a club in such a dire financial situation? That situation would also be worsened by having to pay off Rafa's contract which he's only just signed.

[sitoca]

Priority is to ensure Rafa stays.....otherwise Zola wouldn't be a bad choice considering we are skint!!

[Exiled_red]

Priority is to ensure Rafa stays.....otherwise Zola wouldn't be a bad choice considering we are skint!!

The same Zola who has only won one game in the Premiership this season?

I agree Rafa should stay though

[tomasjj]

He did say that

Where was this?
I must have missed it.
That would be massive news if true.

[redstaralex]

The truly big names in the world of management wouldn't want to come anywhere near us with such uncertainty surrounding every aspect of the club. Why would a manager who's spent decades building up a reputation risk it all on a situation where there are huge constraints and equally huge expectations?

nonsense, all the best ones have a massive ego and what could be a better ego boost than re-establishing a legendary club

[BFG]

nonsense, all the best ones have a massive ego and what could be a better ego boost than re-establishing a legendary club

Nonsense. If they thought there was a genuine chance of doing that you may have a point. With all the constraints they'd have to endure in attempting to do so they'd realise it was a enormously slim possibility.

[rob_247]

Given that we're having trouble rubbing 2 pennies together at the moment I can't see, nor want to see, Rafa being sacked.

If it were to happen though I can't imagine any of elite managers wanting to come in and take what's effectively a poisoned chalice - huge expectations and limited resources especially compared to the teams we really want to be competing with.

More than that I can't see a top manger wanting to work with Hicks & Gillett - Even if you were to have guarantees from them would you believe them? And the problem with the 50/50 relationship they have is surely that as manager you need both to say yes to get anything but only one to say no to something for it not to happen.

I think someone else has mentioned Roy Hodgson - I'd not take him over Rafa at the moment but if come the end of the season Rafa were to go for whatever reason that he would be at the very least a realistic option.

[redstaralex]

Nonsense. If they thought there was a genuine chance of doing that you may have a point. With all the constraints they'd have to endure in attempting to do so they'd realise it was a enormously slim possibility.

avram grant, guus hiddink and carlo ancelotti all "know" that abramovich interferes enough to dictate who to buy (see shevchenko) in the same way that we "know" that g&h have stopped any spending, and we'll see at city as soon as mark hughes gets the boot and there are rumours of interference there will be a queue of top managers lining up to take that one

[red g]

Where was this?
I must have missed it.
That would be massive news if true.

Purslow also revealed Liverpool are four weeks into a process of raising new equity in the club, which could take six months. He insisted, however, that it did not mean the club's American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are prepared to sell.

Purslow said: "There has been a huge amount of interest in the club from some extremely wealthy and expert investors but it will take three to six months to pull that together.

"It means there will be new investment into the football club. Mr Hicks and Mr Gillett have no plans to sell their shares. We will be issuing new equity to new investors, broadening our ownership."


from the article./.......

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/oct/25/rafael-benitez-liverpool-christian-purslow

[Vermilion]

Lets not get our hopes up about what Purslow said, it's just as likely that in "a few months" he could come out with a statement saying..."oh, that investment talk never came to anything".

I would put nothing past the owners of this club, ceratinly not a statement from their employee about impending investment, i mean what better way to flush out buyers than to hint at financial problems at the club being sorted in the near future, sort of...get in now before we get this investment sorted and strengthen our grip on things finacially.

If this was the case, and investment is guaranteed in "3 to six months", why set our budget for transfers at 20mill for the forseeable.

Maybe i'm just being pessimistic, i don't know, but it's how i see things at present as far as the financial side is concerned, don't take this for granted is all i'm saying.

[tomasjj]

Purslow also revealed Liverpool are four weeks into a process of raising new equity in the club, which could take six months. He insisted, however, that it did not mean the club's American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are prepared to sell.

Purslow said: "There has been a huge amount of interest in the club from some extremely wealthy and expert investors but it will take three to six months to pull that together.

"It means there will be new investment into the football club. Mr Hicks and Mr Gillett have no plans to sell their shares. We will be issuing new equity to new investors, broadening our ownership."


from the article./.......

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...istian-purslow

Cheers.

[BFG]

avram grant, guus hiddink and carlo ancelotti all "know" that abramovich interferes enough to dictate who to buy (see shevchenko) in the same way that we "know" that g&h have stopped any spending, and we'll see at city as soon as mark hughes gets the boot and there are rumours of interference there will be a queue of top managers lining up to take that one

Yes but they also know that Roman will give them a huge contact and they'll have a massive golden handshake if they get the boot. We pay relatively little for a manager of Rafa's standing.

They also know that Roman will bankroll a big spending spree so they can almost immediately put their stamp on the squad so maybe the meddling is a little more bearable?

At Liverpool they'd have meddling owners who shout their mouths off to the media, line up inferior managers behind their backs, not support them financially, have relatively poor pay, and basically have to win the league with a squad that needs more quality past the first 14 or 15 players. Oh, and they'd have the weight of huge expectancy from fans who can't see that all that adds up to a huge disadvantage to the other big clubs. They wouldn't be lining up to take over.

[Ryan_Derrick]

With such a great record i'm shocked John Barnes has been over looked!!!

[javier_monsterano]

Who should replace Rafael Benitez in the Liverpool dugout?



2413 votes since 03 November 2009 - 11:41



Kevin Keegan
7 %
Kenny Dalglish
11 %
Roberto Mancini
4 %
Laurent Blanc
2 %
Jurgen Klinsmann
4 %
Jose Mourinho
21 %
Guus Hiddink
10 %
Martin O Neill
6 %
Sven Goran Eriksson
4 %
Fabio Capello
2 %
Steve McLaren
8 %
Frank Rijkaard
10 %
Luiz Felipe Scolari
3 %
Oswaldo de Oliveira
1 %
Other
5 %