One Peter Butler wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 6:46 am
I think that is absolutely right, in normal circumstances.
The difference here, so it seems, is that this manager wants to take the severance cheque and go home. It creates a wholly different scenario to deal with.
Do you have any evidence for this ?
It might go some way to explain the slump in form / lack of effort from a number of our players , but if it's true what has driven him to this , the lack of backing during the summer , broken promises , apathy , homesickness ?
Going by what he's achieved at other clubs he built something pretty special at Villareal , brief stay at Real Madrid , 3 years at Malaga and Manchester City doing very well at all his clubs .
Yes they backed him to the tune of around £60m during his first season telling all and sundry it was £100m+ but that was only the money they'd kept back from Bilic and Moyes , then this summer they're back to their usual budget - a premier League Club with average attendances beaten only by Manchester United and Arsenal along with the TV money they receive from Sky should be able to spend more money than Bournemouth FC , Ground Capacity 11,329 .
Then , yesterday we hear from well respected poster Pink Palermo that Sullivan may have to pay shareholders £45m in January - that would go some way to explain why Pellegrini wasn't backed last Summer - they sold or loaned 5 strikers from under his nose replacing them with 2 , one of which doesn't play - they then sold Obiang and Fernandes and replaced them with ......no one .
If it's true it's no wonder Pellegrini wants out .
