Maybe Klopp is coming with him seeing as he rates him highly.
That would be something worth celebrating.
Likes a challenge does Jurgen.
If you’re circling the drain regularly it’s inevitable you’re going to go in the end. When not if.
Looks a bit like him thoughI want to acknowledge that like with every managerial appointment, especially for an unknown, there is a chance it can go well and be a success. But this is a crazy choice and I fear we are not doing it for the right reasons. He has been very active in the media building his reputation and it feels like we are basing it more on that and hearsay than any track record as a coach, just like Klopps other assistant who failed when he became a manager in Austria or the coach who just got sacked by Ajax. Maritimo have had an okay start to the season but do not look like they have been an exceptional team and they are playing against kids teams as a newly relegated side with a big budget.
How Vitor Matos, the manager, was shaped by ‘special’ Klopp and Liverpool life
The Portuguese is blazing his own trail in his home country's second tier after learning crucial lessons at Anfieldwww.nytimes.com
It can not be a coincidence that he managed to have this interview article written about him full of praise and suddenly he is in line for our job a couple of days later when we know he was not in line when it was first published. I worry our inexperienced team have been duped by a media creation and have rushed into a decision because it is a simple one to complete and they were let down by Hellberg. I hope I am wrong and people can point and laugh about this in a years time.
All that being said at least it is not Martin.
Truthfully I nearly made this post yesterday. All this talk of Brendan as manager, never gonna happen imo, but why not try him in a DoF role and offer him a salary and a slice, bring him on with a small share, try something different. Keep the white glove guys and the data analysts off the training pitch and entrust it to Brendan with an apprentice who we can call first team coach? Be more creative and ambitious.
When Sheehan was sacked I posted about the possibility of doing something creative with ownership packages etc. obvs with Brendan or similar in mind. I genuinely thought we’d avoid this sort of appointment like the plague. I’m surprised.
Vital Swansea site is bigging up how wonderful this bloke is. And they have been fed a lot of info from (rather obvious) club sources recently.
The only other thing I’ve seen about Matos apart from betting odds is from the BBC yesterday who said he was in the running. I usually take them at their word.
