TOP GAFFERS WITH A POINT TO PROVE IN THE PL

For the first time in the history of English football, the clubs finishing in the top 3 of the PL will be having different managers. With another season of English Premier League all set to kick off, all the top coaches have an enormous job on their hands to prepare their particular teams for the upcoming season and also build upon the achievements Of their predecessors. All the football fans and followers have been anticipating the start of another league campaign. David Moyes, Manuel Pellegrini, and Jose Mourinho have to start from a scratch and deliver immediate results.

Let us take a deep look into these 3 gaffers:

David Moyes

 

David Moyes has been one of the most known and experienced manager in the PL almost for the past decade. During his 11 year stay at Everton, Moyes has done a great job by making them a stable side in the league with very low transfer budget and at the same time He has produced good, tactical, attacking and entertaining football for the job ate toffees. Rightly so Moyes deserved the job at Manchester United. But this time He has a massive task that is to fit into the shoes of Sir Alex Ferguson by winning trophies and also develop players that are coming through the club’s youth academy. The Scot also has to build upon the great club legacy that has been made by the great SAF who has won a total of 35 trophies that includes 13 Premier League titles. In order to become a long term successor to his compatriot at the Theatre of Dreams.

David Moyes is having good domestic experience but He’s short on European experience and that may prove to be expensive for the Red Devils.  The biggest tasks for the former Everton boss will be to sort out Wayne Rooney’s future at Old Traffod, He also needs a perfect replacement to the legendary Paul Scholes , to get a proper playmaker, at the same time he has to strengthen the defense as Rio and Vidic are coming to the end of their careers and they need a proper center half in order to avoid the leakage of goals  and last but most important thing for Moyes  is to retain the Premier League title against the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea who have been very active in the transfer window un like United who have been losing their transfer targets. Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has tipped David Moyes to be the right man for Manchester United.

Will the journey from Goodison Park to Old Traffod prove to be Rosy for Moyes?

Only time has the answer for that.

  

Manuel Pellegrini

                   

Manuel Pellegrini has been one of the top manager in La Liga for the last 5-6 years. Pellegrini’s time at Los Balacos was not very rosy and he only lasted for 1 season. But the 59 year old experienced good share of success with Villa Real and Malaga. The Chilean guided Villa Real to the semi-finals of the champions league, but He had an unlucky campaign in Europe with Malaga last season as they were knocked out of the UCL quarter finals after BvB scored 2 goals at death to knock them out.

Pellegrini has bolstered Man City’s squad with the signings of Fernandinho, Jesus Navas, Alvaro Negredo and Stevan Jovetic. But the former Malaga trainer has an enormous task at the Etihad, that is to challenge for the league title and also improve their form on European grounds, as the citizens have performed miserably in the previous 2 campaigns of UCL under their former boss Roberto Mancini. On the other hand the Chilean also has to develop the young lads that are coming through the likes of their academy. Pellegrini has developed many young players and undoubtedly his biggest achievement would be the Spanish wonder kid Isco and with the introduction of FFP , splashing the cash may backfire on them. So same will be expected from him at City. Manuel Pellegrini is having one  of the best PL squad at his disposal that is packed with both youth and experience with an average age of 24-25 years.

In order to be successful in the blue half of Manchester, Pellegrini must not repeat the mistakes made by Mancini and make the most of his present squad instead of spending big in the transfer market. The former Villa Real trainer may try to initiate a Malaga style of game play that is somewhat similar to Barca’s game play so City may play football with more possession.

Can Manuel Pellegrini build upon Mancini’s achievement at Etihad?

That’s something we have to wait and see.

Jose Mourinho

One of the biggest boom of the Premier league is the return of Jose Mourinho to the Premier League and Chelsea, as the Chelsea supporters have been singing Ga-Ga on his arrival at Stamford Bridge. When presented as Chelsea manager in 2004, Mourinho famously self-proclaimed himself as “THE SPECIAL ONE” and proved it by winning the league for Chelsea after 50 years and then He went on to win back to back titles for the West London outfit. Jose won all the domestic honors for Chelsea in his tenure of three and a half years but he failed to land Europe’s biggest prize- the Champions League and eventually left in the year 2007.

Mourinho enjoyed great success at Inter Milan by making them the most dohe Chelsea minant force in both Italy and Europe by winning the first treble in the history of Italian football, Jose’s win against Barcelona in the semis of UCL in 2010 has been considered as one of the biggest European upset. But his time at Real Madrid was not very sound. Even though He won all the domestic titles with Real but failed to land their tenth La Decima which may be considered as a black mark.

On his arrival at Los Balacos, he denied that He was “Harry Potter”. But the truth lies somewhere in the middle, the Setubal born tactician is something out of the ordinary, his motivational techniques are able to make players perform above their potential. Jose’s tactical acumen is hardly called into question.

Mourinho has already said that he want to start from ground zero by developing the players in the team rather than going on a spending spree. Jose has acquired the services of Andre Schurrle and Marco Van Ginkel for Chelsea that has solved the problem of an out and out winger and a deep lying playmaker but the biggest task for the former Real Madrid trainer would be to fix the issue of a striker as Fernando Torres has not been consistent , Romelu Lukaku is a leathal goal poacher but He is low on his experience, on the other hand Demba Ba  has been unable to cope with the pace of the midfield and the Chelsea playing style does not suit him as Mourinho prefers attacking football with tireless running the Senegal international may be playing third fiddle to Torres and Lukaku. If Chelsea fail l as he has in their pursuit to sign Wayne Rooney they may have difficulty in their challenge for the Premier League title but Jose’s brilliant man management may prove to be vital for the Blues as the Portuguese has vowed to revitalize Torres. He also needs to work upon the defensive aspect of their game as Chelsea have conceded 85 goals in all competitions last season so the former Inter boss needs to solve the defensive problems of his side. Jose has the record of conceding only 15 goals in the league in 2004/05 season for the Stamford Bridge outfit. Jose is a highly popular figure amongst the Chelsea faithful, but it would be interesting to see what Jose has in store for his second stint because He has to build upon his achievements in the past and so there is a big point to prove for the “HAPPY ONE”

Will Mourinho be the “HAPPY ONE”?

It is something which every football fans/ follower and all the Pundits are looking forward to!

By: Eashan Kaul