Scholari succeeds Avram Grant as Chelsea manager.

Jun 12

The worst kept secret in football is now official. Luiz Felipe Scholari has succeeded Avram Grant as the manager of Chelsea. The Brazilian was the favourite to succeed Grant, though this is surprising news considering that no formal announcement was to be made until after Portugal’s Euro 2008 campaign came to an end.

Chelsea said in a statement: “Chelsea Football Club is delighted to confirm that Luiz Felipe Scolari will be the club’s new manager from July 1, 2008.”

“Felipe has great qualities. He is one of the world’s top coaches with a record of success at country and club level, he gets the best out of a talented squad of players and his ambitions and expectations match ours.”

However, what is the fate of Portugal amidst all these announcements? “Portugal will stay focussed”, says the coach. Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has warned Switzerland his team do not intend to take their foot off the gas in their final Group A match on Sunday despite having already guaranteed a last-eight berth at Euro 2008.

Chelsea’s Ricardo Carvalho has backed new manager Luiz Felipe Scolari to improve the team when he takes over after Euro 2008.

Will Scholari make all the difference for Chelsea? Or is Manchester United still going to be the league champions? Let us know what you think of this change. 

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  1. lalit
    Jun 12 at 21:34

    Scolari is definately going to make a huge difference to Chelsea. I am sure Chelsea will make a clean sweep of the titles next year. Man U better watch out.

  2. Ajju
    Jun 13 at 00:43

    I hate that bastard scholari with his ‘oh i’m so great’ attidude. All the more reason for me to hate chelsea.

  3. paul
    Jun 13 at 07:38

    Chelsea are just a bunch of snobs. I agree with you ajju.

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