After the manager turnover following the SM worlds 2.0 updates in August, this end of season was always going to be a little different to our usual end of season chum. With such a big movement of managers in and out we’ve got fewer managers looking for a move, and fewer managers lined up to replace any that quit or who are not reappointed or who don’t take another club.
In many ways, that makes the Admin Team’s job a lot easier. In the end, I think there was only one manager we didn’t reappoint. In the interests of transparency, here’s how it went.
D5
Athletic Club: Wayne reappointed. Predicted to finish in last place and failed to improve, but he’s active and clearly building. Another decent run in the Youth Cup.
Chievo Verona: Carlos re appointed. Started mid-season.
Villarreal: Rob reappointed. Closest to the boot as he didn’t ask to be reappointed until after he was sacked, but no one was asking me for his job.
D4
Napoli: Mattia reappointed. Poor season after a couple of decent seasons, Mattia asked to stay.
Olympiacos: Ricardo reappointed. Started mid- season.
Rubin Kazan. Frank re-appointed. Promoted last season.
D3
Crystal Palace: Ricardo reappointed. Very poor Just season, but no one else wanted them when he got the job, and I couldn’t see that being any different now.
Werder Bremen: Kristaps only just joined so he wasn’t even sacked.
Lille: Ross reappointed after promotion last season.
D2
Valencia: Giuseppe reappointed. Started mid- season. Double relegation for Valencia, so hopefully Beppe has a plan to prevent an unwanted treble.
Celtic: Hugo reappointed. Made a good effort to stay up and avoid the sack, just failed on the last day of the season.
Udinese: Mark NOT reappointed. Poor season, zero activity seen, and Mark is the only manager who didn’t ask to be reappointed.
D1
Hertha Berlin: Regan reappointed. Promotion last season, but third relegation in seven seasons. No signings that could have helped to stay up or avoid the bottom three. I have to say I was in two minds about this one, and as an Admin Team it took us nearly two days to come to a decision. That was no fun for anyone involved, least of all Regan. So apologies for that. Maybe we need a VAR for these decisions – reappoint unless there is a clear and obvious error.
Atletico Madrid: Gav reappointed following his Youth Shield triumph. Gav’s doing a rebuild after too many seasons propping up mid-table. He possibly should have done it sooner and more gradually, as the rebuild is almost certainly what got him relegated. But Gav is hyper-active in Top 100 and the life and soul of the party, even if he isn’t everyone’s Cup of tea. I’m sure he is keen to avoid a double relegation.
Genoa. Frank reappointed. for those of you who don’t know, Frank founded Top 100 and ran it for nine seasons. When he handed over to me we agreed he has a job for life.
Available Clubs
That all means that just Udinese became available as a result of sackings. Neil won that job.
Andrew quit Milan as he’s quitting SM, so they were available, too. Simon go that one.
And Monaco are available after Jena left to take PSG, along with (as I write) Fenerbahce and Anderlecht.
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