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Scolari SACKED by Chelsea

CHELSEA have sensationally sacked Luiz Felipe Scolari.

The Blues slipped to fourth in the Premier League on Saturday after a goalless home draw with Hull.

And the club have moved swiftly to stop the rot by axing the Brazilian and placing Ray Wilkins in temporary charge.

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Scolari’s highs and lows as Chelsea boss

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A statement on Chelsea’s official website said: “Luiz Felipe Scolari has been dismissed as manager of Chelsea with immediate effect.

“The Chelsea board would like to place on record our gratitude for his time as manager.

“Felipe has brought many positives to the club since he joined and we all feel a sense of sadness that our relationship has ended so soon.

“Unfortunately the results and performances of the team appeared to be deteriorating at a key time in the season.

“In order to maintain a challenge for the trophies we are still competing for we felt the only option was to make the change now.

“The search for a new manager has already started and we hope to have someone in place as soon as possible.

“While that continues assistant coach Ray Wilkins will take charge of the team on a temporary basis.”

The timing of Scolari’s dismissal is likely to stun most Chelsea fans.

A minority had run out of patience with the World Cup-winning coach but a new manager will be unable to add to the current squad until the transfer window reopens in the summer.

His departure could also leave question marks over the future of midfielder Deco.

Chelsea signed the playmaker from Barcelona for £8million last June.

He was Scolari’s only major summer signing but has struggled to make any impact at Stamford Bridge.

Many Chelsea fans will be hoping past Hero’s  Gianfranco Zola and Steve Clarke will be next inline for the job at Stamford bridge, but Zola has made it very clear he intends to stay with the Hammers for the foreseeable future, Clarke assistant manager to Zola has yet to make such a statement. Should Hammers fans be worried?

Its good to see the relationship between Gianfranco Zola and Gianluca Nani is proving to be a success, we all knew that Curbs was never going to be the best of friends with Nani or even agree to Nani’s plans on making the club a success, different cultures and different ideas on new players is why Curbs went, Di Michelle is a proving factor in this debate that makes Nani right and Curbs who admitted he never heard of Di Michelle and didn’t want the player along with Illunga, Curbs was more interested in buying Thatcher.

According to the People, Zola has asked Nani if he can buy Riccardo Montolivo in January, even though the midfielder has 4 years left on his contract with Fiorentina, the signature could cost West Ham something in the region of £12m, without any hesitation Nani has supposedly given the green light to Zola.

Zola has great knowledge of Riccardo Montolivo from when he was an Italian under 21 player coached by Pierluigi Casiraghi and assisted by Zola.

Montolivo has an incredible ability in midfield with all the style of Ronaldo and pace of Theo walcott and makes Modric look pretty lame.

There will be problems in buying Montolivo, his coach Prandelli finds that £12m is a poor price to pay for a player of such quality.

Eidur Gudjohnsen, Star Player of the Mourinho era at Chelsea

Eidur Gudjohnsen spoke on Catalunya Radio and said if he was to leave Barcelona and went to the Premier League, then it would be to West Ham and not Newcastle.
His main reasons were because of his close friends, who live in London and his relationship with West Ham’s Icelandic owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, who has spoken to Gudjohnsen about his ambitions for West Ham and how he would love for him to be a part of the Hammers future.

He said that Barcelona have given him permission to leave and that his agents are soon to start talks with a premier league club in regards to his future.

West Ham’s Manager Alan Curbishley has tried to persuade Gudjohnsen to come to the Hammers since last year and also with the aid of BG talking to the player.

It may all depend on what West Ham have to offer Gudjohnsen. and if it is anything Read more Transfer News: West Ham would be my First Choice, not Newcastle!