{"id":4149,"date":"2026-05-05T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:00:27","slug":"chelsea-candidate-rules-himself-out-despite-important-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4149","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea candidate rules himself out despite &#8220;important approach&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Francesco Farioli won\u2019t be coming to Chelsea according to Nicolo Schira, who says the coach wants to stay in Portugal.<\/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>Fans are still reacting to Chelsea\u2019s defeat to Nottingham Forest yesterday, but of course behind the scenes there are bigger picture moves being made.<\/p>\n<p>Italian transfer insider Nicolo Schira has been all over our pursuit of a new manager, and today he\u2019s been able to effectively rule out one candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Porto\u2019s Francesco Farioli is not a name we\u2019ve heard a lot about yet, but according to Schira he\u2019s not intending to make a Premier League move anytime soon. The Blues and another Premier League club apparently \u201capproached\u201d him, but he\u2019s keen to stay at Porto where he\u2019s just won the title in his first season.<\/p>\n<h2>Farioli off the table for Chelsea<\/h2>\n<p>Considering he doesn\u2019t have Premier League experience, it always felt like Farioli would be quite far down our list anyway. But now he\u2019s out of the game entirely.<\/p>\n<p>His high possession tactics are interesting, but might also have been a bit too similar to Maurizio Sarri\u2019s hyper controlled style for some Chelsea fans. It will be very interesting to see if he ends up in the Premier League eventually.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Joao Pedro at least had the courage to speak to the cameras after yesterday\u2019s defeat, where his goal was the sole positive.<\/p>\n<p>On Sky Sports, Jamie Carragher laid into the Chelsea project as a whole but said it was \u201cgood for football\u201d that it was failing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! 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