The modern day footballer doesn’t want for much; they have expensive cars, travel all over the globe and earn vast amounts of money doing what they love. Having fame, glamour and superstardom is something most of us can only dream about. World Cup winning manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has been candidly shedding some light on his experience with some of the superstars of Chelsea in the Brazilian media. So I want to share my thoughts on how this may, or may not, have contributed towards Chelsea’s managerial turnover.

Scolari doesn’t have fond memories of his time at Chelsea, in fact he considered walking away from football altogether after he was relieved from his post in West London. Scolari exposed problems he faced in the dressing room with Didier Drogba and the untenable relationship between midfielders Michael Ballack and Deco. It appears that his ongoing feud with Drogba was one of the key ingredients that led to his untimely demise. This became apparent after Roman Abramovich’s refusal to sanction a swap deal for Inter Milan’s Adriano involving Drogba. The Russian owner had made it evident his loyalties lay with Drogba which was later supported by Scolari’s sacking. Abramovich also failed to back Scolari in his attempts to sign Robinho from Real Madrid, the flamboyant Brazilian went on to agree a deal with Manchester City.

I personally do not believe dressing room politics are the reason behind the high managerial turnover at Chelsea. I think the situation with Scolari was an isolated incident, Jose Mourinho and Guus Hiddink had no problems in working with and getting the best out of Didier Drogba. This doesn’t mean dressing room politics didn’t come into play during these managers’ residence at the Bridge, but I don’t think it has impacted on the coming and going of managers, with the exception of Scolari. It’s also worth mentioning that Scolari himself is no shrinking violet, in his time with Palmerias, Scolari had numerous run-ins with players. The stand out unsavoury incident from his time with Palmerias was when he attacked a reporter after being asked a question he judged to be offensive.

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There are discrepancies at all football clubs, at every level, and I don’t see how the events that unveiled under Scolari’s management can be associated with Chelsea’s turnover of managers. Football is a results business and sure enough most managerial casualties fall as a consequence of failing to adhere to the expectations of the owners. Chelsea have one of the richest men in the world at the helm, and Abramovich expects Chelsea to be challenging for honours on all fronts, so if the team are falling short he will wield his axe.

Despite the views expressed so far, it doesn’t shy away from the fact Chelsea do have the likes of Ashley Cole and John Terry who seem to spend as much time on the front pages as the back. This of course transmits to the dressing room and with so many big egos in there it can lead to confrontation and power struggles. I firmly believe a good manager can get the best out of his players and this was proven by Mourinho, Hiddink and currently Ancelotti. There were no implications surrounding Mourinho’s and Hiddink’s departures from Chelsea and any dressing room politics, which further verifies the point.

In summary, Scolari was the wrong man for Chelsea and he failed in a high profile job. Rregardless of the situations he encountered, his seven month stint will be remembered as a blip in Chelsea’s history.

By Tom MacGregor for FootballFanCast.com