Losing Champions League final manager Jupp Heynckes graciously congratulated Chelsea for becoming European Champions at the expense of his Bayern Munich side at the Allianz arena and has called on Roman Abramovich to give Roberto Di Matteo a three-year contract to manage the Blues.
Di Matteo is currently the interim manager at the club and there has been no end to speculation over who will fill the role on a permanent basis since Andre Villas-Boas received his marching orders in early March, but Heynckes sees no reason for delay and believes the Italian is the right man for the job.
“I congratulate Chelsea on their victory.
“If you wish me to say something about Roberto di Matteo it is that Chelsea should give him a three-year contract.”
The club were a mess this season with stories of player power, certain members of the team being well past their sell-by date and talks of in-fighting amongst the playing staff and management.
But then Di Matteo took the reigns following Villas-Boas’ dismissal and the rest is history. No-one gave us a chance to turn around a 3-1 deficit against Napoli to stay in the Champions League and we were written off against Barcelona and Bayern, but each time the Blues overcame the odds and let’s not forget our FA Cup victory.
The fans love Di Matteo, the players do and you could tell how pleased Roman Abramovich was yesterday when he held the big-eared trophy aloft last night, surely he will now offer the former Chelsea midfielder a full-time job as the manager at Stamford Bridge?
I wanted Di Matteo to be appointed manager regardless of last night’s result but the win should put it beyond any doubt. Pep Guardiola was Abramovich’s first choice according to reports and there was even talk of bringing Jose Mourinho back to Chelsea, but neither will be the manager at Chelsea next season. Would you rather the likes of Fabio Capello, Harry Redknapp, Laurent Blanc or Joachim Low get the job ahead of Robbie?
Sign him up, Roman!
I will like abrahmovic to retain di mateo by all means
Harry redknapp?tell me i’m dreaming pliz!
we d0nt need morinho,neither gaurdiola nor capell0..all we do need is for Di-mateo to retain his rightful place at chelsea..he’s one in a million..he did what those idiots c0uldnt d0..we do expect him to remain as chelsea b0ss
harry rednapp? really, i have seen this splashed around the back pages recently, to this i would like to say if we were to get another manager it would surely be one that has a track record of winning things. harry has really never won anything as a manager, sure the fa cup yeah but he only ever spent one season in the cl and his best ever finish in the league is 4th. i for one will not shed a tear for spurs, them getting their spot taken was one of the very best things about last night. robbie deserves the job at this point i think, he also needs new players that he wants if he is going to take the job as well as zero interference.
Harry Redknapp will first need to learn to write up a team sheet before he comes to Chelsea