Future Chelsea managers will likely go the same way- warns a management expert.
We’ve all heard what leading football pundits have to say about Roman Abramovich sacking the club’s Portuguese boss, but what about the management experts?
Professor Cliff Oswick is the head of the faculty of management at Cass Business School, within London’s City University.
He has been in touch with us to offer his take on why the 34-year-old manager failed to succeed at Chelsea.
He said: “Somewhat paradoxically the failure of Villas-Boas at Chelsea may be due to ‘an embarrassment of riches’.
“Having the unrivalled spending power that can be provided by Abramovich can be a real burden.
“Beyond the obvious pressures caused by a significant weight of expectation, it also means that in managerial terms the focus is on the ‘management of resources’ rather than the ‘management of people’.
“In effect, AVB found himself in a situation where he was managing players as commodities (i.e. a buy, sell and substitute mentality).
“For other managers, who don’t have so many superstars or the unlimited spending power available to Abramovich, the focus is on managing with the limited resources at hand i.e. working with the players you have.
“In the latter situation the managerial emphasis is upon morale, motivation and development rather than acquisitions. In short, Villas-Boas’ may have done better with fewer resources.”
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