Pellegrini D Day looms and ‘window’ a big problem
Defeat by Bournemouth would see him gone according to most I’m speaking to…and from inside the club comes the clear – if obvious message we received by e mail: “He is now under the most severe pressure possible.”
But – short of an absolute hammering by Leicester City tomorrow (Saturday) – the Chilean is set to cling on until New Year’s Day with a “Lose and you’re gone message” ringing in his ears.
But there’s another huge problem hanging over the club beyond all of that with the transfer window due to open in six days time and a near impotent manager in charge who has lost the board’s trust in the transfer market.
Whoever the board bring in will need to bring in his targets very quickly and should it be David Moyes we all know how slowly he reacted last time around.
In a word this is a “mess” and the reality is that the club should probably have made the decision to sack after the Burnley match to give themselves breathing space ahead of the January window.
A near Mission Impossible Mission victory over Leicester City and another over Bournemouth would be enough to see him limping on and, with managerial candidates as thin on the ground as it gets, the Irons are certainly in the worst kind of bother.