Ramos Sacked, Redknapp Takes Over, and Spurs Win

Just your average weekend as a Tottenham Hotspur supporter. The manager, his assistant and the sporting director all get fired - and replaced - overnight, and the team then turn around and pick up their first Premiership win of the season.

Late on Saturday night Juande Ramos - approaching his 1-year anniversary at the club - was sacked by chairman Daniel Levy. It had become almost inevitable after the club’s poor start to the campaign, and the fan’s increasing frustration at team selection and tactics - along with the role of Damien Comolli as sporting director. Read more

Paul Ince Confirmed as Blackburn Manager

Blackburn Rovers have confirmed the appointment of Paul Ince - as reported by CLDsport here. Ince was reportedly Blackburn’s first choice replacement for Mark Hughes, and leaves MK Dons with immediate effect.

A statement released on the club website simply states: Read more

Football News Round-Up

In this article: Hleb in talks with Barcelona, Ince set to become Blackburn manager, Nasri ‘agrees’ Arsenal contract, Roma sign Riise from Liverpool, and the latest Cristiano Ronaldo rumours.

With Euro 2008 creeping towards the final, it’s important that we don’t forget all the other football news. So, this is your chance to catch-up on all the latest football transfer news, managerial vacancies and more.

Firstly, Alexander Hleb has been linked with a move to Barcelona for the last few months, and reportedly Inter Milan were interested - although Jose Mourinho’s appointment may have changed that. Read more

Scolari Confirmed as Chelsea Manager

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. Read more

Mark Hughes Signs Man City Deal

Mark Hughes has officially been confirmed as Man City manager, replacing Sven Goran Eriksson with immediate effect.

The Welshman leaves his Blackburn post after becoming disillusioned with the club’s ambitions in recent times. Hughes has put pen to paper on a 3-year contract with the Eastlands club. The 44-year-old manager will be officially be unveiled at a press conference tomorrow morning. Read more

The Managerial Merry-Go-Round Continues

With Sven Goran Eriksson sacked by Man City, and already employed as Mexico national coach, Mark Hughes has become the Eastland club’s main priority.

With Man City owner Thaksin Shinawatra seemingly desperate to stop the unrest amongst the fans caused by his inexplicable sacking of Eriksson, the club have moved to secure the services of Blackburn boss Hughes. This news has alerted Chelsea, who are looking to replace Avram Grant and have already been linked to their former player. Read more

Carlo Ancelotti Favourite to Become Chelsea Manager

Here at CLDsport, we have left the hearsay and rumours revolving around possible replacements to Avram Grant at Chelsea to others.

However, AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has today emerged as a sudden and unexpected favourite to take over the Chelsea hot-seat. Roman Abramovich has - reportedly - made Ancelotti his personal favourite. I think it’s fair to suggest that the Russian has a slight influence over proceedings at the club! Read more

Chelsea Sack Avram Grant…….Ruthless or Inevitable?

So, the news that the footballing community seemed to predict months ago has come to fruition. Chelsea have sacked their manager Avram Grant just 8 months into his 4-year contract.

Grant’s demise has come as no surprise to many. I for one did not think he would be at the helm at Stamford Bridge next season. But why? Read more

Life begins at 40? Not if you’re an English football manager…

Paul Simpson’s appointment as Shrewsbury Town’s new manager got me thinking about young English managers this afternoon. No disrespect to Shrewsbury, but despite the broad grin on the face of Simpson as he held up a replica shirt at his unveiling, I would imagine he would rather be managing at a higher level. Simpson guided Carlisle to successive promotions despite numerous off the field problems and was building a burgeoning reputation. The Carlisle-born man was only recently named manager of the year, achieving a better points average over the season than Sir Alex Ferguson.

He then made a jump to a bigger club in the form of Preston, where after an initial honeymoon period in which his side topped the Championship, they finished one place off the play-offs. The club were forced to sell David Nugent and didn’t spend much in rebuilding the squad. Only 3 early season wins meant he was sacked in November.

So, after one poor start to a season, a 41 year old English manager is sacked and forced to rebuild his career at the bottom Read more