{"id":4512,"date":"2026-05-05T23:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4512"},"modified":"2026-05-05T23:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:53:14","slug":"carragher-says-chelsea-sporting-directors-dumped-their-best-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4512","title":{"rendered":"Carragher says Chelsea sporting directors dumped their best coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jamie Carragher sat down to look at the wreckage of Chelsea\u2019s season last night on Sky Sports, and points to one big mistake.<\/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>Thierry Henry and Jamie Carragher were on Sky Sports last night talking about Chelsea\u2019s defeat to Nottingham Forest, and where things had gone so wrong for the Blues this season.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows they want a \u201ctop manager\u201d to come in this summer and fix things. But according to Carragher, they had one as recently as January and let him go.<\/p>\n<h2>Carragher says Chelsea should have given more power to impressive Maresca<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThey had that manager in Maresca. I was really impressed with the work that Maresca did. Then there was a clash of personalities,\u201d Carragher said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut once you get a manager that starts winning trophies, understandably he wants more power. That\u2019s normal, that\u2019s what top managers. They\u2019re going to have to deal with that in the future if they do get a top manager or someone successful \u2013 they missed out on Maresca.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It does seem like an inevitability that any coach will demand more power if they succeed. It\u2019s not a winning strategy to sack your managers when they have success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo chance\u2026 for that type of expenditure you should be challenging for the league\u2026 they\u2019re a big club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can see them speaking in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who could be the next Chelsea manager? \ud83e\udd14 | Henry &amp; Carragher assess possible candidates\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jq6eMpFyr8E?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<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Andoni Iraola has been favourite to become Chelsea manager for some time, but there is apparently one major doubt about him.<\/p>\n<p>Calum McFarlane said that the change that brought Levi Colwill on against Nottingham Forest wasn\u2019t \u201cplanned\u201d in the traditional sense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON 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\">Enzo Maresca<\/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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