Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Christophe Galtier for me still.

A sensible suggestion at last. Well done.

His poor English may be the stumbling block. Who do we know who's fluent in both French and English? Where's James Toner when you need him.

[pauliewalnuts]

Matt Law just tweeted Shakespeare also going hints at a quick appointment. I think he’s right.

[SoccerHQ]

Christophe Galtier for me still.

A sensible suggestion at last. Well done.

His poor English may be the stumbling block. Who do we know who's fluent in both French and English? Where's James Toner when you need him.

Galtier was number 2 at Portsmouth years back under a french manager they had so I assume he has a good command of it.

[john2710]

It’s going to be John Terry.😉

[passport1]

They will already have identified and approached their man. I would expect him to be in place very shortly.

[mallo]

Just looked up Fonsecas record and it's pretty good.

[sickbeggar]

Don't think it will be Terry. As I've said before, none of the names mentioned realistically convince me we're going to move forward long term. A guy to keep us up - yeah. A guy who's gonna dent the top 6? Nope

[Damo70]

The bookies have Gerrard as favourite but I still think the job will go to the second favourite Kasper Hjulmand.
Let's hope we have more luck by bringing in a national team coach than we did with Jozef Venglos.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I'd love Rúben Amorim, the Sporting Coach but despite the wealth of our owners, our league position would play against us. Oh and he's got a £25m release clause.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The bookies have Gerrard as favourite but I still think the job will go to the second favourite Kasper Hjulmand.
Let's hope we have more luck by bringing in a national team coach than we did with Jozef Venglos.

Damo, can you lump it on Slippy G. Please!

[cdbearsfan]

I think everyone in Spain and Portugal has to have a release clause, don't they? Doesn't mean that's what they'd really expect us to pay.

[ozzjim]

Favre, Fonseca, Potter.

Gerrard would do well, he's not stupid and I think will be a decent manager in the prem, but the Liverpool shit would get tiresome.

[SoccerHQ]

Favre, Fonseca, Potter.

Gerrard would do well, he's not stupid and I think will be a decent manager in the prem, but the Liverpool shit would get tiresome.

We play them away in a few weeks so yes would be Houllier part 2 if we go there, he touches the sign, waves to the kop....and we lose 3-0.

Too much hassle especially if we didn't win our first few games so would be on backfoot with fanbase straight away as Houllier generally was.

[Damo70]

Just looked up Fonsecas record and it's pretty good.

He certainly isn't a manager who stays around very long. He has had eleven jobs in fourteen years. Three years at Shakhtar Donetsk is the longest he has ever stayed anywhere.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I think everyone in Spain and Portugal has to have a release clause, don't they? Doesn't mean that's what they'd really expect us to pay.

True. Before joining Sporting he had a €20m release clause at Braga and it was reported Sporting paid €10m. He's only 36 but the way he's transformed Sporting is close to a miracle. Last season was no one off, Sporting are going from strength to strength playing some great football.

Oh and I think Brendan Rodgers has the record for a release clause paid.