Marco Silva is 'destined' to be a top manager, says Pep Guardiola
Marco Silva is 'destined' to be a top manager, says Pep Guardiola
Chelsea Football Newsletter
Chelsea Football Newsletter
Marco Silva kept his cards close to his chest when asked whether he would be interested in taking over as Chelsea manager.
The Blues once again find themselves on the hunt for a new first-team head coach after Liam Rosenior was relieved of his duties on Wednesday evening.
A variety of names have been linked with the opening, with Cesc Fabregas and Andoni Iraola joining Fulham boss Silva as the touted frontrunners.
Silva is out of contract this summer and is yet to commit his future to the Cottagers. He made no secret of his frustration with the club’s hierarchy after a markedly unproductive summer transfer window, and that animosity may resurface if star forward Harry Wilson is allowed to leave for free this summer.
Silva snapped at reporters when asked whether he would be keen to take the vacant Chelsea job, but did not rule himself out of the running.
“No. Why is it different this week? It is not at all,” he said.
“It is the same and the same answer that I said to you already last week, it is the same. I will not make, every single week, comments about [my future].
“When something comes new, we are going to tell from ourselves, myself and the club. Everything what I need, or the club needs to do with me is going to be between me and the club.”
Calum McFarlane, a member of Rosenior’s backroom staff, will take charge as Chelsea’s interim head coach until the end of the campaign.
Silva continued, insisting that he and the Fulham hierarchy are ‘aligned’ on their long-term goals.
“We know what we want to achieve – we are ambitious, but at the same time realistic and aligned. We are always aligned since the first day I joined the football club and it is going to be (the same) until the end.”
Fulham sit 12th in the Premier League with five matches left to play, and have a European berth within reach. They face a tricky run-in, though, with Arsenal, Newcastle and Aston Villa all still to play.