Nonsense.
His Swansea team was fantastic.
His Liverpool team with Sturridge Sterling and Suarez was red hot.
His Leicester team which won the FA cup were great.
Palermo were a basket case. They had only just survived relegation the previous season despite or because the owner swapped manager 9 times in the one season.
Those 9 managers meant that Palermo president, Maurizio Zamparini, had hired, fired or lost 59 coaches in 29 years.
De Zerbi took over...
An interesting name on that list is Arne Slot of Feyenoord, currently 20-1.
His team plays a 4-2-3-1 and are on fire this season, played 6, won 5, drawn 1. (2.67 points per match)
Last season, played 34, won 22, draw 5, lost 7. (2.09 ppm) and were runners up in the Europa Conference League...
If we want him well need to wait until the end of the Brazilian season, which could be on 13th November.
That's at least 8 Premier league games for Crofty to hold the fort.
Ferreira could then join us in the mid season break and have a pseudo preseason with the majority of the squad.
He was widely tipped to become Barcelona's new manager last year, but declared he would see out his River Plate contract.
If he were to come to us it would be huge, and highly unlikely.