Reports📰: Chelsea to Consider Holland If Sarri is Sacked❗
Chelsea would consider approaching their former coach and current England assistant manager Steve Holland to help steady the ship on an interim basis if they call time on Maurizio Sarri’s tenure at the club over the next week.
Sarri, who is seven months into a three-year contract, is clinging to his job despite the team’s progress into the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday night. Recent humiliating defeats by Manchester City and Bournemouth have eroded confidence in the Italian, who faces pivotal games against City in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final and Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League next Wednesday.
Meek defeat in either of those matches is expected to see the head coach sacked, with Holland believed to be Chelsea’s favoured option to take up the reins for the remainder of the season if he can be persuaded to combine his duties with the national team with those at the club. He would expect a prominent and hands-on role. The Football Association would need convincing that the 48-year-old could fulfil both roles simultaneously, as he did for the majority of the 2016-17 season following Gareth Southgate’s appointment as England manager.
Chelsea, who insist they have not held talks with any potential successors to Sarri, could point to the leeway they granted Holland to combine his duties with the national set-up should they open negotiations with the FA over a possible return.
Sarri, who is seven months into a three-year contract, is clinging to his job despite the team’s progress into the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday night. Recent humiliating defeats by Manchester City and Bournemouth have eroded confidence in the Italian, who faces pivotal games against City in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final and Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League next Wednesday.
Meek defeat in either of those matches is expected to see the head coach sacked, with Holland believed to be Chelsea’s favoured option to take up the reins for the remainder of the season if he can be persuaded to combine his duties with the national team with those at the club. He would expect a prominent and hands-on role. The Football Association would need convincing that the 48-year-old could fulfil both roles simultaneously, as he did for the majority of the 2016-17 season following Gareth Southgate’s appointment as England manager.
Chelsea, who insist they have not held talks with any potential successors to Sarri, could point to the leeway they granted Holland to combine his duties with the national set-up should they open negotiations with the FA over a possible return.
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