Why would Ade be concerned about future managers?
If the fans were very publicly questioning tactics yesterday, then I'm sure the players must be as well.
Deja vu anyone?: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...led-revolt-against-Juande-Ramos-Football.html
Adebayor's major concern is making sure he gets every last penny from his Man City contract.Because he might actually want to stay here after his loan mate.
Kaboul wasn't involved no, I'm HEARING now listen to me this is what I've heard it's not 100 percent solid. But they wanted a meeting regarding tactics, future managers, and where they fit in with the future of the club. I've been told that Harry said that the meeting was "nonsense and to focus on your football"
Blogs, Arsenal fans etc have all got hold of this rumour then. Guessing it will be be in papers too. Exactly what we didn't need.
This dressing room revolt will hopefully spark Levy to get rid of him. Our season is over unless we get in a Di Matteo now.
Think about it from a business viewpoint though. The FA will pay us about £10 - 15 million for Redknapp and his staff. If we fire Redknapp, we have to pay out his contract, say £5 million.
So by firing Redknapp we lose 15-20 million right off the bat. Regardless of what happens, us, Arsenal, Newcastle, Chelsea, and Liverpool are guaranteed European football of some kind. We will be in Europa league at worst, which will gain us an additional £20 million approximately as opposed to not being in it. CL football would mean about £40 million.
1. Keeping Redknapp and getting Europa league = ~30-35 million.
2. Sacking Redknapp and getting CL = ~35 million
3. Sacking Redknapp and getting Europa league = ~ 15 million
4. Keeping Redknapp and getting CL = ~50 - 55 million.
Admittedly I'm not an expert and idk the exact numbers but I imagine I'm pretty close, but maybe someone can correct me if I got any facts wrong. If I'm correct it's obvious why he isn't going to be fired. Levy can't take the risk of option 3 materializing, and is hopeful that option 4 could still happen.
Edit: I should add that I want nothing more than for him to be gone and I would love him to be fired, but from a financial point of view it seems to not make sense.
they are all aware of the lack of plan B and the same old training sessions and no new modern systems/ideas but they have been pretty unified..
Its the fact that the management team have now been shown up.. Maybe that is where the players are becoming wobbly as they now realise that however there isnt anarchy in the squad
I've heard figures between 10 and 15 million as comp for Redknapp and his staff so idk, even if you wanted to put it between 5 and 10 million you can adjust those numbers and see that it still isn't worth the risk for Levy.Redknapp (and Bond and Jordan you assume) will only have 1 year left on his contract, so the figures will surely be nowhere near that high?
I would love it. Just love it. If Redknapp's career ended here, tonight, in failure.
He thought he could string us along whilst cavorting with England - hopefully now he'll have lost himself both
Greg S is suggesting that there may have been a falling out, but nothing too major... which is hopefully good news on the Adebayor not playing again front