why Abramovich is not standing firm with Chelsea coaches

Liverpool trust Klopp, despite prolonged crisis, Solskjaer not shown the door to ManUnited after the team’s relegation in the Champions League group stage, Guardiola remains idolized at Etihad, despite the failure of the season start and bagels in the championship league. And even about Arteta, who was scheduled to descend to the Championship with all the votes, Arsenal is still betting.

But all these and similar examples are not an example for Chelsea. Since 2003, the London team (from the moment Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich became owner of the club) has adhered to a style of its own, nothing authentic, but very distinctive. Blues are not used to tolerating even the local failures of their coaches. Therefore, at the first “nix” they point to the door. And never mind that these same coaches are virtually all (with rare exceptions) of the category of world stars, whose invitation took months of courtship, persuasion, promises and expensive gifts. Roman Arkadievich, in a fit of outrage and a desire to “update the wardrobe,” did not stop for nothing. And no one.

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It didn’t stop the other day when the club fired Lampard. Yes, the club management really had indirect and even direct “evidence” against the young coach. But there were also arguments in favor of “leaving.” After all, Lamps was right a thousand times when he said after his resignation that he simply hadn’t been given time to form a new team. But you are absolutely right: they really didn’t. Last season, Frank practically relied on “someone else’s” personal legacy, so he decided to rely on youth. And she did not disappoint him, she eventually made it into the top four in the Premier League, which was a prerequisite for the extension of cooperation. In the offseason, Lampard bought five ready-to-wear stars at once, and the young coach began to search for a balance, both on the game and on the staff. It didn’t always work out. But the moments were good. Especially in autumn, both nationally and internationally. But winter came and Chelsea swam.

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Of course, in this failure is also the fault of Frank, who did not face either the circumstances or the stellar newcomers. But we don’t know for sure, and now we don’t know for sure if Lampard could have pulled the team out of the swamp. What if you could? By the way, at the time of “courtship”, that is, in the summer of 2019, they vowed not to “touch” it for the first two seasons. In any case, this was exactly what the British press was reporting at the time. But Abramovich again did not keep his promise to the coach. Frank’s contract with Chelsea was set until the summer of 2022, so the London club will be forced to pay its former legend a good compensation for the first vacation.

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Although the harsh and thorny word “compensation” never scared the wayward owner of the “aristocrats”. Meticulous British media have calculated that over 17 years at the helm of Chelsea, their Russian owner has paid the coaches more than 70 million pounds as a “reward.” Only Mourinho’s coaching staff received just over 35 million euros for the early termination of contracts in two arrivals. Thoroughly “heated” Abramovich “for damage” and did not stay until the end of the Conte agreement: 30 million euros. Villas-Boash (16.9) and Scolari (13.5) with their millions seem poor relatives in the context of dear colleagues. So that expense, especially detailed in the club’s budget, never bothered Abramovich. For the sake of his new hobby, a new expensive and status toy, he is ready to lose the old one, not least of status, but on the winding roads of tournament and club runners that has lost its former luster. Lampard, who receives nearly £ 8 million a year under a contract, will surely get every last penny. And the parties will disperse without much regret and pretense: the coach, licking his wounds and “mastering” the millionth compensation, will imposingly and temporarily “take a break from work”, and the owner of Chelsea will soon find new entertainment.

Former PSG manager Tuchel is rumored to be Lamps’ replacement. Abramovich invites, as a rule, stars of the first magnitude to his team, so Herr Thomas, in this regard, looks first at the entrance. Negotiations are surely underway, promises are coming in and the London club boss has already met the German on his famous yacht. Even if suddenly the new owner of the dressing room at Stamford Bridge will not be Tuchel, but someone else, this other will necessarily be with the prefix “top”. Everyone in the club has played enough with the participation of the former iconic character of the team in the training bridge, this development vector, most likely, will be recognized (if not already) wrong, therefore you should leaf through the catalog of expensive coaches unemployed.

However, whoever comes to replace Lampard will face a similar fate. Because historically, the Chelsea owner and his inner circle have no patience. Abramovich and his entourage can afford to be guided, first of all, by drive, emotions, taste, and only then by logic and everything else, when it comes to running a football club. Furthermore, Roman Arkadyevich has an incomprehensible ability to cool too quickly the “object” of his claim. For whatever reason, an expensive toy quickly becomes old and boring, and a new one is purchased to replace it.

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At one point, Abramovich spent a lot of time, money, and nerves to bring Mourinho back to the team. For Roman, that epic turned into a kind of “cockroach race”, a real sports interest. No kidding, “seduce” and take away the “Real” coach! Buying expensive cars and watches, sailing on a yacht, intimate conversations, and the promise of mountains of gold — everything was at stake. And “Special” is back. And Abramovich with a sense of accomplishment, putting another sign on his “karma”, calmed down. And he lost interest in the Portuguese specialist.

Something similar happened with Ancelotti’s invitation. The Italian was persuaded for a long time, promised no less generously than José. Carletto made a double in the first season, but failed in the Champions League. And it was immediately removed. Even Sir Alex from Manchester United was outraged.

The world champion in charge of the Brazilian team Scolari at Chelsea was even less measured: he was sacked during his first season with the London team. Conte was more fortunate: He was removed for a second year, without much sentimentality or regret. As well as his compatriot Sarri. But the most telling example, in my opinion, is that of Di Matteo. To meet, in general, by accident on the training bridge of the “blues” – after the resignation of his “patron” Villas-Boas, the Italian Swiss with his “Chelsea” won the FA Cup for the first time, and then brought the coveted Champions Cup to the club museum.

It seems that Abramovich’s dream has come true: he received exactly the trophy for which he acquired the club, which means that you can safely sculpt “your” Ferguson from Di Matteo. But it wasn’t there. The following season Chelsea broke down and Roberto was quickly shown the door. Then Abramovich proved once again that for him there are no authorities, no gratitude, no guilt. It showed who was in charge of the house. And that the “Eared” cup was won by him, and not by a coach.

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Furthermore, Chelsea’s history will unfold according to the old patterns. According to the ancient algorithm, tested over the years, regardless of the ranks or achievements of the unfortunate lucky ones who found themselves on the teeth of the alter ego of the owner of one of the richest clubs on the planet. They will definitely be thrown out the door after the first serious misconduct of the tournament, without giving them a chance to correct themselves and even explain themselves.

Well, that’s the selyavi. This is the law of samsara. More precisely, its variation performed by a lonely Londoner.