The Premier League, alongside the PFA with other unions and European League of note, are embarking on the FIFA corruption dirt track to sue the sports governing body. For quote ‘abusing dominant position and damaging players welfare with schedule saturation’, link to article April 29^th 2024 ‘To Evolve a Changing Landscape’ inserted ‘Infantino Take 2’.

Manero stated in April 2022 that FIFA need to be challenged and now that is coming to fruition. The FIFA president Infantino’s sleight of hand trickster on the FIFA head of global development, the Arsene Wenger who does not give a slapped sun beaten arse on players welfare, Wenger the professor as known professes to protect players welfare, the same Wenger that wanted to give birth to World Cup every two years link to article Jan 5^th 2022 ‘Wenger Goes Rogue’ Arsene the brown progressor to inhale. Bonus on the way, splash.

The deviant FIFA have not been consulting the World’s football associations on intended changes the proposed 2025 World club competition to further suffocate the calendar has to be crushed in it’s infancy, but clubs will participate if the cash egg on offer is substantial then the global cash cow summer tours smacks in the face of their virtue righteousness, FIFA do no stop in their quest to fill their bank vaults with another Milky Bar on the block is FIFA’s concept to hit the Premier League as the bullseye target to reduce the Prem to 18 clubs with leagues across the globe to harm the core of national leagues, FIFA need to be stopped, the wimps of FIFA, time to shake then down, to lie with the dogs, the fleas will run amok, scratch that itch, badged up the FIFA, UEFA flea pit.

The Manager’s Domain

There has been a shift of change with a proportion of club’s stance on appointing managers with the appointments of Vincent Kompany at Bayern Munich, Daniele De Rossi at Roma, and on the home front Enzo Maresca at Chelsea and the appointment of the new Brighton and Hove manager Fabian Hurzeler, who will be the Premiership’s youngest manager at 31 years of age to enter into the record books. So why are clubs appointing managers with limited experience and would not have been considered a decade ago? The answer lies with clubs not necessarily looking for the best manager, but the best fit for role of the manager, coach, the newly termed head coach which ever title club owners badge up, the role has changed radically.

Time to glance fire at the managers previous sketchings of the new broom of managers. Vincent Kompany in the manager’s umbrella of change began his manager’s seedlings at Anderlecht, guiding the club to fourth and third placed finishes before embarking to Lancashire and guided Burnley to Championship champions but suffered first season Premiership syndrome, relegation winning five matches during the season having splurged 90 million pounds on players with Kompany’s managerial CV taking a substantial hit. The Kompany philosophy was to strive to mimic Manchester city but better players at one’s disposal are the oracle for that feeder, perhaps that’s in Bayern’s thinking? Kompany will get the chance to work with a degree of elite players, Vincent has strong beliefs in his qualities and destiny will it prove to be a new dawn, not to be pulp fictioned.

In Italy the departure of Jose Mourinho at AS Roma ushered in the surprising appointment of Daniele De Rossi to continue the trend managing lowly SPAL in Serie C, De Rossi’s CV printed 17 games in charge and 3 wins registered, the sack illuminated tick that box. De Rossi is a former Roma stalwart player to be credited on that front so should that be the indicator to land the managers position to concur with the new trend on the manager’s block. The arrival of Enzo Maresca at Chelsea was met with surprise in many quarters having claimed the championship title with Leicester. So should this be sufficient to land the position having a sacking on the Maresca CV at Italy’s Parma having lasted only six months, a round ball figure of 67 matches in charge profiles the Italian’s limited experience as we enter the 2024-25 Premiership season.

The Maresca appointment was eclipsed at Brighton and Hove Albion who installed Fabian Hurzeler as their head coach. Hurzeler managed FC Pipinsried formed 1967 in the 8^th tier of German football from 2016 to 2021 and managed FC St Pauli gaining promotion with the Hamburg based club during the 2023-2024 campaign in Hurzeler’s third season at the club to seal the deal to the Bundesliga Germany’s top division following a thirteen year absence. Can or should Hurzeler’s credentials be questioned on landing the Brighton managers position? The departure of Jurgen Klopp ushered in the trend through the Anfield gates of the relatively unknown Dutchman Arne Slot as the German legends replacement, but Slot’s CV does have extra clout having lifted the Eredivisie title, the Premier division of Netherlands with Feyenoord during the 2022-23 season. Slot of a general character akin to Klopp adopts similar tactics with a high aggressive press, as opposed to Klopp’s three man high line. Forward press, Slot goes with two to solidify the midfield with the extra man, but the similarities are there so Liverpool appointment is lensed to make sense, owners JT Henry and the acquainted staff have scoured long and hard to find the best fit, the best Klopp replacement, the new trend has become the Liverpool trend, link to article Dec 2^nd 2021 ‘In Depth Coaching and Management’.

The appointment of Erik ten Hag as the Manchester United manager in April 2022 was not trending as the new manager’s trend on the block today, but the Dutchman who not treading in the same path as Arne Slot to replace an icon, all was laid bare with Moyes Van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, failure on recognition. A major overhaul at United has seen the Dutchman survive to date. Clubs to instal intensive and extensive internal structures, a list of positions are designated, the sporting director’s role, the technical director’s role, the CEO and the sports coordinator being top of the food chain, the manager’s directive is to work with all departments, to liaise to implement, the goal to succeed, success is master, mastery the skill sets. It has to be said that a core of managers have been trending to run shot shy of taking on the reigns, Tuchel, Pochettino to United did not materialise, better fairy cakes to attend to was the drain smell sent to the Manchester United hierarchy in their quest to replace Ten Hag. Oliver Glasner turned back the Bayern Munich and headed to Crystal Palace, the Glasner was not prepared to bide time on Bayern’s time. So are managers to sacrifice the bigger profile clubs to exit road to a lower status club to be given total control and the final say on the get go, to be given freedom to operate and experiment, Unai Emery’s arrival at Aston Villa came under this banner. Unai’s time spent at Arsenal came with no support mechanism and the Spaniard was not prepared to enter that dingy hole, assurances were sought, assurances were given, qualification for the Champions League on the straps of those assurances. Is greater control, greater security, greater job satisfaction more pivotal to managers? Clubs outside of the so called elite clubs can pay big salaries, managers to be less tempted by the big tops, heads not to be turned, on Kieran McKenna’s 5 million pounds wage at Ipswich outplays the Eddie Howes at Newcastle. Does Xabi Alonso’s stance to stay at Bayer Leverkusen ring a bell? Therein lies the answer in the manager’s domain.

The Manero Response on X

Probing questions answered on the present climate of Everton Football Club, read the Manero response on X in part.

@chestermanero
It is feasible that the 777 loan to Everton could not be recovered in its entirety due to parties being suctioned in most of the debt could be written off it’s a minefield.

@chestermanero
Contrary to some reports Everton could incur administration if the club had HMRC tax problems or aggressive creditors. That is not the case, but I anticipate Everton to have cash flow problems come March 2025.

@chestermanero
The January transfer window could see Everton offload some players the club will need another cash injection to ward this off. I anticipate Freidkin could come back to the table.