The most volcanic summer on the big banks in Europe

The spring of 2024 puts a big question mark on some of Europe’s big banks and we’ll have to see what the upcoming summer looks like. While In the last few hours, a debate has been reopened regarding Xavi Hernández’s continuation at Barça, many top continental teams are still unclear as to who will assume the highest technical responsibility. He had been off that carousel of unknowns for the last few hours. Liverpool. After a few months of announcing Jürgen Klopp’s farewell to Anfield after nine seasons there, the Dutchman Arne Slott He confirmed this Friday his arrival from Feyenoord. At 45 years old, his three seasons in Rotterdam, with success in the Eredivisie in the 2022-23 campaign, support a bet that, as they say in England, is also made based on data that brings him closer, to his opinion, in the style that Klopp has put into fashion.

At the same time, this Friday in May also brought the official confirmation of the dismissal of Massimiliano Allegri from Juventus. The 56-year-old Italian coach, who was in a bad mood even after winning the Coppa Italia on Wednesday by starting a fight with journalists, has lost his job because of his bad season, which is proving to be his second spell in Turin after reaching two Champions League finals the league was initially unsuccessful. Thiago Motta, the revelation coach of Serie A by qualifying Bologna for the next edition of the Champions League.

Another Dutch like Erik Ten Hag He is heading into his final weeks on the Old Trafford bench, where he arrives in 2022 after captaining the best Ajax in recent years. Yeshis erosion at Manchester United is evident, although recently he has received implicit support from legends like Wayne Rooney or Roy Keane, pointing to the Man United players because they understand that they are doing well when criticism falls on their coach. The fact is that United have lost 19 games in all competitions this season, their worst record since the 1977-1978 season, with 9 defeats at the Theater of Dreams, the worst home record in their history. Even a possible victory in the FA Cup final on the 25th against Manchester City seems to be enough support for the continuation of the Ten Hag. Recently, English coach Gareth Southgate was named as the 54-year-old Dutchman’s replacement.

Another hot bank for a long time is Bayern. On this roller coaster Friday Thomas Tuchel’s farewell to the Bavarian bench has also been officially confirmed, when of late there has been speculation about a reversal in this matter. The German coach was in charge of rejecting that possibility in a press conference after seeing how the Bundesliga title did not go to Munich after 12 years and how the Champions League final was lost in a controversial finale at the Bernabéu. “We have talked but we haven’t come to an agreement, so the decision we made in February stands,” Tuchel confirmed. Julian Nagelsmann, Xabi Alonso and Ralf Rangnick have already said “no” to the Bayern bench. Now Robert de Zerbi is playing, the Italian coach of Brighton who is in the pool of many greats.

Milan also has a bench on tenterhooks. Stefano Pioli, the coach of the 2021-22 ‘scudetto’, is ending his last days at the helm of the historic ‘rossonero’ club, although he has a contract until 2025. In the press conference before Torino-Milan he said that “he is more choosing not to think about it”, but the truth is that the board already has a replacement. According to ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’, The favorite to replace him is Paulo FonsecaLille coach. Sergio Conceiçao also rang, from Porto. The successes of Milan’s neighbors, Inter, have had an impact. Milan’s 18-point deficit in Serie A is compelling.

Chelsea has a chance to participate in the next Europa League. Small reward for one of the world’s most invested clubs in signings. Although this result clearly improved the baggage of last season, coach Mauricio Pochettino remains in permanent question. It is not strange, therefore, that the Argentine sought the support of high authorities this week. “The support of the owners is important. In the end, they are the bosses,” he said. The improvement of the team has strengthened it in recent months, but for this club not going to the Champions League is a hindrance.