Ball – “Will the club owner play the football manager?” (Chelsea)

Dean Saunders, the former Welsh striker, who played for Benfica in the 1998/99 season, is currently 58 and works as a sports commentator at Site British TalkSportleft scathing criticism for Todd Boehle, the new Chelsea boss.

“Todd Boehle bought Chelsea, but why would he put himself in the leadership role? Are you going to play football manager? Some of these owners play the role of football manager and the best part is.” [do famoso videojogo] It is to choose the team, buy the players and do the tactics. Then you start thinking “How about doing this in real life?”. They try to play Football Manager at a real club until they realize, “Well, we can’t buy those players because we have a manager here. Who is that manager? He’s on our way,” said the former striker who, in service of the Reds, in 19 games (12 starting points and five As a used substitute), spread over 1074 minutes, scored a few goals and scored an assist. .

Saunders, the former Wales international (22 goals in 75 games), scored 211 goals in 637 games, having represented, in addition to Benfica, Swansea, Cardiff City, Brighton, Oxford United, Derby County, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Galatasaray, Sheffield. United, having abandoned his team in 2001 with Bradford City.

The Briton has also been in the spotlight recently, as he criticized Senegalese star Sadio Mane for leaving Anfield to adopt a new project in his career, joining German champions Bayern Munich.