{"id":2025,"date":"2026-04-29T05:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2026-04-29T05:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:47:07","slug":"sky-sports-pundit-questions-if-blueco-actually-want-a-new-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2025","title":{"rendered":"Sky Sports pundit questions if BlueCo actually want a new manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Charlie Austin has been on Sky Sports news suggesting that Chelsea might not actually want to appoint a new manager.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s latest hunt for a new manager is underway, and the names of several candidates have already been mentioned. Andoni Iraola\u2019s name has come up early, with Marco Silva also mentioned as a realistic, Premier League experienced candidate.<\/p>\n<p>But One pundit isn\u2019t convinced the Blues even <em>want<\/em> a new coach, as he explained on Sky Sports News. Charlie Austin questioned whether BlueCo (after churning through five coaches in four years) really want a manager at all.<\/p>\n<h2>Austin jokes that BlueCo would rather not have a coach at all<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAs much as they talk about coaching and managers\u2026 I\u2019m not sure Chelsea and BlueCo and the hierarchy actually want a manager to come in there. They might say it, but I\u2019m not sure they actually want it,\u201d Austin said, and he\u2019s only partly joking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have five sporting directors, five sporting directors making decisions, and they\u2019re not getting it right at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, nobody is going to dispute that\u2026<\/p>\n<p>You can see the former striker speaking in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure Chelsea actually want a manager, they have full control&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Austin questions Chelsea&#8217;s model ahead of appointing a permanent manager in the summer with Andoni Iraola, Xabi Alonso and Marco Silva under consideration \ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5pEDhRNCXo\">pic.twitter.com\/5pEDhRNCXo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/2049086694738010444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Liam Delap\u2019s plan is to stay at Chelsea this summer and fight for his place. 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