{"id":3476,"date":"2026-05-03T13:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2026-05-03T13:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:41:18","slug":"chelsea-fans-absolutely-do-not-want-marco-silva-as-new-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3476","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea fans absolutely do not want Marco Silva as new boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From what I could see and hear, Chelsea fans have been dead against hiring Marco Silva as their next manager.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Silva has been strongly linked with the vacant Chelsea role after they sacked Liam Rosenior as their head coach a week and a half ago.<\/p>\n<h3>EXCLUSIVE! Major positive development in Chelsea\u2019s attempts to hire Xabi Alonso! \ud83d\udc40<\/h3>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a<span> <\/span>preferred source on Google<span> <\/span>to make us a favourite and see more of our<span> <\/span>content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Silva would not be a popular choice at all amongst the Chelsea fan base, and in fact, I think they would actually be fuming if Chelsea ended up hiring him as their new head coach.<\/p>\n<p>There is a real emphasis that this must simply be the right choice and Chelsea\u2019s owners cannot afford to get this wrong yet again. It\u2019s now or never, and this fan base have already had enough and they are already very against this ownership.<\/p>\n<h2>Silva gets thrashed<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game.-414x276.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game.-630x420.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game.-768x512.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game.-770x513.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game.-900x600.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game..jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 62vw, (min-width:920px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 100vw, (min-width:394px) 394px, 100vw\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game..jpg\" class=\"wp-image-119176 has-webp\" alt=\"Fulham manager Marco Silva prepares for a game.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game.-414x276.jpg 414w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game.-630x420.jpg 630w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game.-768x512.jpg 768w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game.-770x513.jpg 770w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game.-900x600.jpg 900w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fulham-manager-Marco-Silva-prepares-for-a-game..jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 62vw, (min-width:920px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 100vw, (min-width:394px) 394px, 100vw\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fulham manager Marco Silva prepares for a game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chelsea fans will be disliking the links with Silva even more after he saw his Fulham side get thrashed 3-0 by Arsenal, rolling over for them yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Blues fans obviously will hate to see Arsenal win the Premier League and really want them to bottle it, and that win yesterday put them six points clear at the top of the league, for now. So it wasn\u2019t a good \u2018audition\u2019 for Silva at all.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news today<\/h2>\n<p><span>Liverpool have joined the <\/span>race <span>for Chelsea target Jan Paul van Hecke according to reports in The Netherlands. This could be bad news for The Blues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Aston Villa won\u2019t let Chelsea target Morgan Rogers leave cheaply and would want a <\/span>club <span>record fee for the England international according to reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON<span> <\/span>THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Marco Silva<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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