- April 12, 2015
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- Sara K. Gramata
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Who is to replace the Man City Boss?
Despite being 1,000 of miles away, Yovani Lopez closely watches the Premier League and gives his view on Manchester City FC’s securing a manager:
Could Borussia Dortmund’s Jurgen Kloop be the next manager of Man City?
After being leveled with Chelsea for the top of the Premier League table at new year to losing to the likes of Burnley and Crystal Palace and making early exits from both the FA Cup and Champions League, it’s been a miserable 2015 so far for Manchester City.
With pressure mounting on boss Manuel Pellegrini, the inevitable talk of who’s next for the City hot seat is escalating. Here are four names likely to be on Manchester City’s managerial shortlist, plus a few wild cards.
Wild cards: The four-most hyped names are unlikely to come to Etihad Stadium in the summer due to either availability (in the case of Pep Guardiola and probably Carlo Ancelotti) or their teams’ rather rigid playing styles (Diego Simeone and Rafa Benitez)
Likely candidates: Frank de Boer, Ronald Koeman, Jurgen Klopp, Brendan Rodgers. Let’s take a look why Jurgen Kloop may be the best option.
Despite having had a terrible 2014-15 season with Dortmund, the 47-year-old is still considered one of the most coveted managers in European football. Constantly linked to the top jobs in the Premier League, it seems inevitable one day he will end up coaching there, and he’s admitted it’s his preferred destination other than Germany (and, being German, he naturally speaks decent English already).
Charismatic, media-friendly and also excellent at working with young players, Klopp is an advocate of a quick, high-pressing and attractive game just what Man City looks to be with Pellegrini. An added benefit of landing Klopp would be that it would make it easier for City to lure top young German players, such as the highly rated Marco Reus, Ilkay Gundogan and Mats Hummels, all of whom might be tempted to follow their boss. Plus, he tends to stay at clubs for a long time; having spent his entire playing career at Mainz, he then took up the post as first-team coach there on his retirement, spending seven years in the role before joining Dortmund in 2008. While that’s not always possible in the unstable and instant-success-driven Premier League, it will be appealing to the City board, which is looking to build for the long term.