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Grant sacked as Chelsea manager

Updated: May 24, 2008, 2:35 PM ET
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Chelsea have started their search for a new manager after sacking Avram Grant on Saturday.

  
Grant, who replaced Jose Mourinho last September, was expected to be removed from his post following Chelsea's failure to win a trophy for the first time in three seasons.


The 52-year-old Israeli found it hard to come to terms with being thrust into the spotlight and although he guided Chelsea into their first Champions League final, the penalty shoot-out defeat in Moscow last Wednesday paved the way for his departure.

After two days of meetings, Chelsea confirmed their decision in a statement.

It read: 'Chelsea can confirm that Avram Grant has had his contract as manager terminated today.

'This follows meetings over the last two days. Everybody at Chelsea FC would like to thank Avram for his contribution since taking over as manager last September.

'We will now be concentrating all our efforts on identifying a new manager for Chelsea and there will be no further comment until that appointment is made.' Grant joined the club last summer from Portsmouth to take up the post of director of football.'

Then manager Mourinho, whose relationship with the board was already fractious, was unhappy with the appointment.

Mourinho was later dismissed after their 1-1 draw with Rosenborg at Stamford Bridge in their opening Champions League game.

Grant, who had never managed a club in England, was asked to takeover and later given a four-year contract.

A close friend of the club's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich, Grant's brief reign was tainted by reports of anti-Semitic abuse but remarkably he equalled a nine-match winning run set by Mourinho's side two years earlier.

Grant brought in Henk ten Cate as his assistant as well as new fitness and goalkeeping staff.

But his appointment was never really accepted by the fans, who steadfastly refused to chant his name until the final game of the season, and his sour-faced demeanour did him few favours.

He was also criticised for being tactically inept but guided the club to the final of the Carling Cup in February only to lose 2-1 to Tottenham.

But remarkably, Chelsea pushed Manchester United to the wire in the race for the Premier League and earned a place in their first Champions League final against Sir Alex Ferguson's side.

But his entire spell in charge was littered with speculation that he was just a stop-gap appointment and that he would leave in the summer.

Chelsea consistently denied they had plans to change their manager but the deafening silence from the club's board after Wednesday's defeat by United, told its own story.

Both chief-executive Peter Kenyon and chairman Bruce Buck paved the way for change by insisting that Chelsea's performance this season was simply 'not good enough'.

Buck said: 'We have very high expectations at Chelsea and a couple of second place finishes is just not good enough for us - so although we never would have thought in September when Jose Mourinho left that we would be able to make it into a Champions League Final as we did - and that is fantastic - Chelsea are here to win trophies. So although it was an excellent season, we are still disappointed.'

A series of discussions finally resolved Grant's future and it is understood the Israeli said his farewells to the players on Friday - telling them it had been a 'privilege' to manage the team.

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原帖由 mynameishoi 於 2008-5-25 09:46 發表
都唔係意外啦

我一向都以為格蘭只係臨時人選, 等到油王搵到新教頭就會比人踢走啦.

不過, 我地喺呢度都講過, 其實格蘭嘅表現可謂不過不失. 帶到球隊做「雙亞王」, 至少好過利記同阿仙奴丫.

其實佢地今年聯賽盃, 聯賽同歐聯加埋係三亞王黎架~

不過咁多位都覺得佢係暫時性既領隊都真既, 至於話佢教得ok, 有成績, 某程度上都係同之前雲里亞里 & 摩連奴磨合得好有關啦~

我諗我地求其搵個去教呢隊波 (無將帥不和既話) 拿歐聯資格應該都唔會係問題

無球員同球迷支持係問題, 不過無油王支持問題更大 (好似摩連奴咁)

而戰術上 / 換人去睇, 佢亦都失敗過好多次 (領先1-0 80' 換阿歷士入黎打3中堅比人扳平個幾次

不過對某d中小型球會黎講, 格蘭有咁既戰績 (姑勿論以咩球員拿啦) 都算幾好既成績表黎架喇

其實真係完全唔知有咩人支持格蘭... 由聯賽盃決賽全班球員踢加時走埋泰利度聽戰術個陣, 到依家成3個月, 捱到咁耐真係奇跡

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原帖由 OrangeFai 於 2008-5-27 19:01 發表

接近季尾炒領隊係好不智的行為....請唔好一味用個人喜好去定奪.

我對格蘭的評價無你地咁負面, 係因為佢點衰都好, 人地始終帶到佢上英超第二.
摩連奴今季帶的前1/3季, 果陣排第幾先?

既然佢可 ...

英超第二, 無錯唔容易得到, 但好大程度上同利物蒲一向唔緊既作風, 加埋阿仙奴忽然死火先造成...

對格蘭負面, 個人黎計我只係指佢調人的作風, 面對傳媒, 球員, 群眾既表現~

我之前話無人支持佢, 亦係講緊呢班同足球有關既人 (我地吹水既當然無關痛癢)~

其實踢到最尾, 阿仙奴同車仔只差2分, 都真係幾有趣~

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原帖由 mynameishoi 於 2008-5-27 20:17 發表
同埋好似有消息話前法國隊長/摩洛哥/祖記教頭迪甘斯可能準備上車.

個人認為機會不大, 當初教祖記係因為祖記跌咗落乙組, 佢拿個「義氣仔囡」牌出黎幫手, 其實對佢個resume都幾有幫助, 救傳統班霸既大球會喎, 以佢既經驗唔係祖記跌咗落乙組既話機會真係微乎其微...

佢依家都係放風出黎話自己想教je, 車仔方面唔知會點諗, 但係以經驗以往績以名氣 (領隊方面), 我諗佢教車仔既機會甚低喇...

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原帖由 rodders 於 2008-5-28 00:47 發表



我都想知! ha ha!

我只係相信現在已經沒有百份百足球這回事

其實我都有諗過, 但係我反而諗係車仔買晒兩隻杯... :s

不過咁, 真係買到既話, 泰利係唔係真係可以咁好戲跣腳 + 撞柱呢... 我覺得難度同之前細哨拍「的」波連續射球門柱個個廣告有得比... haha