In just 11 days: 3 earthquakes in football, 6 famous coaches are idle
The manager of a big club may be the most dangerous profession - either he will be fired and dismissed, or he will be exhausted and unable to continue. In the past 11 days, there have been 3 earthquake-magnitude coaches in world football:
On January 16, Roma officially announced that Jose Mourinho would no longer be the team's manager. The madman got out of class a little suddenly, and the curse of "Mu three years" has still not been broken, which is embarrassing.
On January 26, the Liverpool club officially announced that Klopp will no longer be the coach of Liverpool after the end of the season! This is a bombshell, causing a huge sensation in the Premier League and even world football! Klopp's contract expires in 2026, but the exhausted scum uncle will bid farewell to Liverpool 2 years early, which makes Liverpool fans infinitely sad.
On January 27, Barcelona officially announced that Xavi will no longer be the head coach of Barcelona after the end of the season. Originally, Xavi's contract with Barcelona was signed until 2025. As a Barcelona legend, Xavi felt powerless and bid farewell to the coach 1 year early.
In just 11 days, the dismissal (or resignation) of Mourinho, Klopp, and Xavi caught the outside world off guard. The departure of the 3 famous coaches, if you want to summarize the common denominator of the club, can be summed up in one word - poor.
The club was poor (or stingy), which prevented Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp and Xavi from realizing their plans. In the case of Roma, for example, the 2023-24 season earned 82 million euros from the sale of players, and only 10 million was invested. Jose Mourinho has long been unhappy with the club's inability to recruit new players.
The same is true for Liverpool. The Fenway Group will only draw a big pie, Klopp has been in Liverpool for 9 years, and the net expenditure on reinforcements is only 356 million euros. Look at Manchester United – Ten Hag spent 2 years at the Red Devils and a net expenditure of 400 million euros. Chelsea and Manchester City are also giants who are crazy about spending money. Unwilling to spend money, but also want results, how does Klopp make a trick?
Barça needless to say. Xavi just wanted to buy players of the level of Subimendi and Lo Celso, but he was told by the club that he had a limited budget and could not afford to buy them. Although Xavi's ability does not meet the standards of top coaches, Barcelona's lineup is far worse than Real Madrid.
This summer, the "manager market" will be particularly lively, with at least six big coaches waiting to be hired: Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp (who may take a year off), Xavi, Zinedine Zidane, Conte, Flick, and many big clubs are about to undergo change and reconstruction.