What it’s really like to get sacked as a football manager
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When news filtered down the club’s grapevine that a popular manager had been sacked a couple of hours earlier, a member of the media department sent him a text message of condolence. “You know when it’s happening,” says one source from Chelsea who worked at the club during a period where the football operation was relocated from Stamford Bridge to the training complex in Cobham. “Sometimes, when you hear a manager is gone and it’s someone you got on with really well, like Carlo Ancelotti, who was a gent from start to finish, you’re relieved. Ex-players working in the media often joke at the number of messages they receive from former bosses who are out of work whenever a vacant role is discussed or an employed manager’s position is up for debate, often asking for a mention to at least get odds against their name for “Next manager” markets.
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