Buzzin Football

On Saturday, Chelsea won their first trophy since parting company with Jose Mourinho. The winning goal was scored by Frank Lampard, his 100th goal for Chelsea in the past three seasons, whereby he has been Chelsea’s most consistent player.Now Chelsea need some consistency off the field, too.

It is apparent that four managers in two seasons has affected stability on the field.  Moving forward, its about time Chelsea realised stability off the field is the key.  Arsenal and Manchester United lead the way with Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson being ‘untouchables’ , while this season Liverpool has given Rafa Benitez the chance to remain at Anfiled for the foreseeable future, too.

Guus Hiddink once again underlined his world class credentials with only one defeat in 20 games as Chelsea’s caretaker manager.  But now he is preoccupied with getting Russia to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, Chelsea must look for a long term replacement if they are to return to the dizzy heights they tasted with Jose Mourinho; and Carlo Ancelotti looks to be on his way to Stamford Bridge after he terminated his position as Manager with AC Milan yesterday by mutual consent, a position he has held for the past eight years.

Apparently Chelsea wanted to announce Ancelotti last night but there was a last minute snag, allegedly to do with which coaching staff Ancelotti is able to bring with him.

Will Carlo Ancelotti be successful at Chelsea?

Carlo Ancelotti has proven he is as great a manager as he was a player.  He has taken AC Milan to three European Champions League Finals and won two. He has proven he can manage over inflated egos and a squad of players who believe they should be playing every week.  But though there is 10 languages spoken in the Chelsea squad, it is English they speak to each other on the training ground and on the football pitch.

Ancelotti will need to learn English and this may be the reason why Chelsea aren’t too keen in Ancelotti bringing his own coaching staff to London, assuming they all speak Italian too.

This time last year Chelsea were courting another great manager, Luiz Felipe Scolari because Roman Abramovich wanted Chelsea to play more exciting, attacking football.  Allegedly the board of directors wanted Mark Hughes to replace Avram Grant, but Abramovich got his way.

Not only is the Chelsea job a difficult one because they want instant success, its owner appears to frequently change his mind.  The reason Jose Mourinho was sacked was due to the boring, negative way Chelsea won games under his management, so they employed a manager who played exciting cavalier style football with Brazil and Portugal.  One year on and they are about to employ another manager who builds his teams on solid defences, and isn’t opposed to the odd boring 1-0 win.

Before Saturday’s FA Cup victory, an article in the press quoted John Terry as suggesting the new manager would need money to buy new players.  This is true, but was this a dissenting voice opposing Roman Abramovich’s lack of investment in the past couple of seasons?

David Villa and Frank Ribery have already been linked to Chelsea and they won’t come cheap.  But after eight years with AC Milan, Carlo Ancelotti is used to spending big money on big players, so I’m sure he would have been offered a large sum of money, if he is to take the Chelsea manager’s job.  Speculative reports in this morning’s newspapers range from £50 – £100 million summer spending money.  I think that depends on who leaves Chelsea.

Carlo Ancelotti is about to be announced as the new Chelsea manager, the fifth in two years.  What is most apparent is that he will need to be given time as much as money to build a team to win the Premier League and Champions League.