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JOSE MOURINHO will only consider becoming the next Liverpool manager if Tom Hicks and George Gillett are stripped of power.

The Inter Milan boss is very interested in the chance to replace Rafa Benitez this summer.

But Mourinho has no intention of joining a club with a divided boardroom under the American co-owners.

Mourinho has told associates the prospect of reviving the Merseysiders does appeal, but he would need to be sure he would have the resources to succeed. Liverpool will sound out Mourinho as they consider a change of management this summer.

But Manchester City and Real Madrid are also interested in the ex-Chelsea boss.

Ironically, Mourinho would want the same guarantees on funding and ownership at Liverpool that Benitez has demanded.

The Kop boss is aware his position is under review and his boardroom support has been evaporating since January.

As Sport of the World revealed last week, Benitez is also considering his future.

Mourinho is top of any list of candidates to replace the Spaniard although Manchester City and Real Madrid are also in the hunt for his services.

Although the Kop fans are divided on the position of their manager, they are united in their concern about what calibre of replacement Liverpool will attract if the Americans don't go.

There is a growing sense of desperation and exasperation at the Americans' stance as they appear to be in a state of delusion about the true value of the Merseyside club.

Kop officials will know in the next two weeks if the £100m cash injection from the Rhone Group hedge fund will go ahead.
 
Yea...

Nary a quote in the whole fucking article but the author makes it sound as though its gospel.
 
It might be bollocks, but I really hope not.

I do not believe Jose needs massive funds to be successful, and he would be a great replacement for Rafa should the decision to remove him be made. People bleat on about personality and ego with regards to Mourinho - who the fuck cares?

This club is all about winning, and that is what Jose is all about...
 
I never understood that bollocks about him needing massive funds.

The spine of the team is very good.


Rafa shat away 60 million on Aquliani, Johnson and Keane, if Maureen is given the same support, he will win us the title.
 
[quote author=Terrier link=topic=39427.msg1073856#msg1073856 date=1269159012]
I never understood that bollocks about him needing massive funds.

The spine of the team is very good.


Rafa shat away 60 million on Aquliani, Johnson and Keane, if Maureen is given the same support, he will win us the title.



[/quote]

I don't know. Jose has pissed away money in the past, and quite a lot of it too - but he just seems to get the best out of his squad regardless, and the players would die for him. That kind of mentality and respect is surely a massive part in winning titles...
 
[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=39427.msg1073861#msg1073861 date=1269159301]
[quote author=Terrier link=topic=39427.msg1073856#msg1073856 date=1269159012]
I never understood that bollocks about him needing massive funds.

The spine of the team is very good.


Rafa shat away 60 million on Aquliani, Johnson and Keane, if Maureen is given the same support, he will win us the title.



[/quote]

I don't know. Jose has pissed away money in the past, and quite a lot of it too - but he just seems to get the best out of his squad regardless, and the players would die for him. That kind of mentality and respect is surely a massive part in winning titles...
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Precisely. People don't (often) lambast Ferguscum for for his transfer guffs simply because:

a) he keeps winning
b) he can get average players, playing for their lives
 
[quote author=Terrier link=topic=39427.msg1073856#msg1073856 date=1269159012]
I never understood that bollocks about him needing massive funds.

The spine of the team is very good.


Rafa shat away 60 million on Aquliani, Johnson and Keane, if Maureen is given the same support, he will win us the title.



[/quote]

Utter bollocks. He's just as capable as making poor buys.
 
[quote author=IGotALuvlyBunchOfCoconuts link=topic=39427.msg1073869#msg1073869 date=1269159876]
[quote author=Terrier link=topic=39427.msg1073856#msg1073856 date=1269159012]
I never understood that bollocks about him needing massive funds.

The spine of the team is very good.


Rafa shat away 60 million on Aquliani, Johnson and Keane, if Maureen is given the same support, he will win us the title.



[/quote]


Utter bollocks. He's just as capable as making poor buys.

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It might be argued that he'd squeeze the very best out of what we've got.
 
That's my line of thinking and it kinda negates a few poor buys, simply because it's having the respect and confidence of your squad, over the course of the season, is more important factor.
 
Mourinho is one of only a few managers who you could realistically expect an overall improvement in the league from (not from last year, but from all of rafa's tenure). I think he has the ego to crave the challenge of the role as well, particularly because I think Rafa is one of only a few managers who outmatched him in some ways.

His purchases are just as mixed a bag as Rafa, but he hasn't exactly been in positions where he's been significantly restricted.

The whole thing is a bit awkward to think about for me. Mourinho is just the sort of manager that we need, however he'll only come in if the situation is improved, and Rafa deserved that sort of situation last summer, after having us headed in the right direction. Instead he was rewarded with nothing.
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=39427.msg1073881#msg1073881 date=1269161825]
Ferguson would shit himself if Mourinho became Liverpool's manager in the summer
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^^^
 
[quote author=Farkmaster link=topic=39427.msg1073885#msg1073885 date=1269162515]
Mourinho is one of only a few managers who you could realistically expect an overall improvement in the league from (not from last year, but from all of rafa's tenure). I think he has the ego to crave the challenge of the role as well, particularly because I think Rafa is one of only a few managers who outmatched him in some ways.

His purchases are just as mixed a bag as Rafa, but he hasn't exactly been in positions where he's been significantly restricted.

The whole thing is a bit awkward to think about for me. Mourinho is just the sort of manager that we need, however he'll only come in if the situation is improved, and Rafa deserved that sort of situation last summer, after having us headed in the right direction. Instead he was rewarded with nothing.

[/quote]


^^^
 
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=39427.msg1073886#msg1073886 date=1269162611]
why do people torture themselves? it wont happen and what's more you KNOW it wont happen.
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^^^
 
[quote author=Farkmaster link=topic=39427.msg1073885#msg1073885 date=1269162515]
Rafa deserved that sort of situation last summer, after having us headed in the right direction. Instead he was rewarded with nothing.

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people seem to forget that. after coming very close in the league he bought aqua (with the alonso money) and johnson (with the keane money) so what exactly did yanks give rafa last summer? cunts.
 
[quote author=Farkmaster link=topic=39427.msg1073885#msg1073885 date=1269162515]
Mourinho is one of only a few managers who you could realistically expect an overall improvement in the league from (not from last year, but from all of rafa's tenure). I think he has the ego to crave the challenge of the role as well, particularly because I think Rafa is one of only a few managers who outmatched him in some ways.

His purchases are just as mixed a bag as Rafa, but he hasn't exactly been in positions where he's been significantly restricted.

The whole thing is a bit awkward to think about for me. Mourinho is just the sort of manager that we need, however he'll only come in if the situation is improved, and Rafa deserved that sort of situation last summer, after having us headed in the right direction. Instead he was rewarded with nothing.

[/quote]

Good post Farky!
 
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=39427.msg1073886#msg1073886 date=1269162611]
why do people torture themselves? it wont happen and what's more you KNOW it wont happen.
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No, I don't.

Obviously like everything else with the club, the situation with investment is primary. However, when movement finally happens on that, and IF it actually puts us on some more stable footing, and if it happens in the near future, I can see Mourinho taking on the challenge.

I can see him doing it without bags of money too, so long as the situation was reasonable.

So yea, there are a lot of ifs there, but it isn't inconceivable.
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=39427.msg1073881#msg1073881 date=1269161825]
Ferguson would shit himself if Mourinho became Liverpool's manager in the summer
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Exactly. The cunt knows damn well our squad is decent but our manager isn't getting the best out of it.

Can't believe so many people can't see that.
 
[quote author=Farkmaster link=topic=39427.msg1073904#msg1073904 date=1269163918]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=39427.msg1073886#msg1073886 date=1269162611]
why do people torture themselves? it wont happen and what's more you KNOW it wont happen.
[/quote]

No, I don't.

Obviously like everything else with the club, the situation with investment is primary. However, when movement finally happens on that, and IF it actually puts us on some more stable footing, and if it happens in the near future, I can see Mourinho taking on the challenge.

I can see him doing it without bags of money too, so long as the situation was reasonable.

So yea, there are a lot of ifs there, but it isn't inconceivable.
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It's pretty unlikely though, isn't it? There is absolutely no suggestion at all that Hicks and Gillette will leave the club this summer, and the Rhone group does not sound like a stabilising solution to me, more an added complication.
 
We've had a decade of tedium under Houllier and then Benitez - I don't want Mourinho who is yet another negative manager. Look how many matches Chelsea won 1-0 when he was in charge at Stamford Bridge.

I want a manager who sets out to win games by playing exciting football. Like Fergie.

:-[
 
[quote author=Portly link=topic=39427.msg1073932#msg1073932 date=1269168661]
We've had a decade of tedium under Houllier and then Benitez - I don't want Mourinho who is yet another negative manager. Look how many matches Chelsea won 1-0 when he was in charge at Stamford Bridge.

I want a manager who sets out to win games by playing exciting football. Like Fergie.

:-[
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you better hope we don't go for alex mcleish then...

anyway, there's a bit in the times today saying that good estimates show it'll cost us around £30m to get rid of rafa and his backroom staff. as far as i can see, that's money we simply don't have, and don't have any prospect of having unless we get a complete takeover.


does anyone genuinely think he'll be sacked if H&G are still around in the summer? i just can't see it myself.
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=39427.msg1073881#msg1073881 date=1269161825]
Ferguson would shit himself if Mourinho became Liverpool's manager in the summer
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The thought of having a manager again who would fire up the whole of Liverpool if he came is very appealing.

It has been quoted before that Jose was a Liverpool admirer when he was a young boy. I would say his style would probably fit in better here than that of Rafa in a way. All fire and heart and passion. I think Mourinho really himself needs a challenge again as Inter was an easy job for him.

I think Jose really would get himself immersed into the club and would respect the clubs values and I think eventually the fans would love him as there own.

The thought of Mourinho here really gets my heart racing (good or bad). You know one thing if he was here, you wouldnt get any damp performances.....
 
[quote author=Bernowatson link=topic=39427.msg1073948#msg1073948 date=1269170805]
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=39427.msg1073881#msg1073881 date=1269161825]
Ferguson would shit himself if Mourinho became Liverpool's manager in the summer
[/quote]

The thought of having a manager again who would fire up the whole of Liverpool if he came is very appealing.

It has been quoted before that Jose was a Liverpool admirer when he was a young boy. I would say his style would probably fit in better here than that of Rafa in a way. All fire and heart and passion. I think Mourinho really himself needs a challenge again as Inter was an easy job for him.

I think Jose really would get himself immersed into the club and would respect the clubs values and I think eventually the fans would love him as there own.

The thought of Mourinho here really gets my heart racing (good or bad). You know one thing if he was here, you wouldnt get any damp performances.....
[/quote]


i really don't like mourinho, i think he's classless and taylor-made for chelsea or citeh, and it pisses me off the way everyone else is so desperate to have him here.

mainly because i know you're probably all right.
 
[quote author=FoxForceFive link=topic=39427.msg1073963#msg1073963 date=1269173744]
I honestly believe anyone would wouldnt have Mourinho over Rafa is a complete mentalist.
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Depends on the club, its resources and its aspirations. At Chelsea, Inter or Madrid, for instance, I think Rafa might have been even better than Mourinho - certainly in Europe.

But for us, with the league the priority, I would agree with you.
 
[quote author=Bernowatson link=topic=39427.msg1073948#msg1073948 date=1269170805] I would say his style would probably fit in better here than that of Rafa in a way. [/quote]

rafa's and jose style of play is practically identical.
 
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=39427.msg1073980#msg1073980 date=1269175441]
[quote author=Bernowatson link=topic=39427.msg1073948#msg1073948 date=1269170805] I would say his style would probably fit in better here than that of Rafa in a way. [/quote]

rafa's and jose style of play is practically identical.
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But, & a huge BUT, Mourinho gets more out of his players. A lot more. They love him & play for him like noone else, end of.
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=39427.msg1073881#msg1073881 date=1269161825]
Ferguson would shit himself if Mourinho became Liverpool's manager in the summer
[/quote]

He'd retire
 
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