Scolari Confirmed as Chelsea Manager
June 12, 2008 by CLDsport
Chelsea have confirmed that Luiz Felipe Scolari will take over at the club on July 1st - 2 days after the Euro 2008 final. Scolari is currently coaching the Portuguese national team, and has just guided the country through to the next round - with one group match remaining.
Scolari has been heavily linked to almost every management position available in recent times - including the England job - but has turned down opportunities due to his family being settled in Portugal. It seems as though the Chelsea role was too hard to resist for the Brazilian.
The Portugal coach is nicknamed ‘Big Phil’ due to his authoritarian management style, and it’s thought he may provide the exciting football that Chelsea executives, and fans alike, are looking for at the club. A statement from Chelsea 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.”
Scolari is now Chelsea’s fourth manager since Abramovich bought the club, following the departures of Ranieri, Mourinho, and Grant. Will ‘Big Phil’ be Chelsea’s long-term manager? Will he have the success that Abramovich seems to be desperate for?
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