Peter Kenyon & Jorge Mendes

newyddion

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We had some sort of relationship at one point with these two leading to us appointing Aitor Karanka and loaning several Chelsea youngsters.

There was talk at one point bringing in some spanish youngsters.. then it turned out we were going in a different direction.
(I think the 'Spanish youngsters' included Saul Niguez & Denis Suarez) at the same time a Chinese consortium was sniffing around but nothing came of it.

Now fast forward to Aitor Karanka kicking off over the likes of Stewart Downing and Jordan Rhodes.. both of which he never wanted. We make it over the line only to assemble an absolute crackpot of a team that quickly goes down after Aitor Karanka kicking off at the January transfer window when he didn't get the quick technical Spanish players he had requested... strange?

Around this time Wolves had been approached by Peter Kenyon and a Chinese consortium looking to buy a ready made premier league team. They pump money into the team and seemingly build a team capable of challenging for europe in the championship with Nuno Espírito Santo at the helm. Great choice, overtake boro and become established as a premier league team.

Aitor Karanka? He goes to Nottingham Forest with a little help with Jorge Mendes.. the wheels come off and he's out of a job.

Did we try to go the Wolves route on the cheap? Was it a condition that we had to sell the club to the consortium to get the likes of Saul & Suarez (a bit like Tevez and Mascherano at West Ham) Is THAT why Karanka was ***ed off having been sold the spanish/premier league team challenging for Europe?

Leeds seem to be doing well nicking our director of football, nicking the likes Forshaw, Bamford & Harrison but choosing Bielsa over Karanka.. are they doing it on the cheap?

Also.. what on earth are we playing at?
 
We had some sort of relationship at one point with these two leading to us appointing Aitor Karanka and loaning several Chelsea youngsters.

There was talk at one point bringing in some spanish youngsters.. then it turned out we were going in a different direction.
(I think the 'Spanish youngsters' included Saul Niguez & Denis Suarez) at the same time a Chinese consortium was sniffing around but nothing came of it.

Now fast forward to Aitor Karanka kicking off over the likes of Stewart Downing and Jordan Rhodes.. both of which he never wanted. We make it over the line only to assemble an absolute crackpot of a team that quickly goes down after Aitor Karanka kicking off at the January transfer window when he didn't get the quick technical Spanish players he had requested... strange?

Around this time Wolves had been approached by Peter Kenyon and a Chinese consortium looking to buy a ready made premier league team. They pump money into the team and seemingly build a team capable of challenging for europe in the championship with Nuno Espírito Santo at the helm. Great choice, overtake boro and become established as a premier league team.

Aitor Karanka? He goes to Nottingham Forest with a little help with Jorge Mendes.. the wheels come off and he's out of a job.

Did we try to go the Wolves route on the cheap? Was it a condition that we had to sell the club to the consortium to get the likes of Saul & Suarez (a bit like Tevez and Mascherano at West Ham) Is THAT why Karanka was ***ed off having been sold the spanish/premier league team challenging for Europe?

Leeds seem to be doing well nicking our director of football, nicking the likes Forshaw, Bamford & Harrison but choosing Bielsa over Karanka.. are they doing it on the cheap?

Also.. what on earth are we playing at?
I don’t think you will be too far off the truth with a lot of that, especially on selling up.
 
Anything think it's significant that we haven't had a 'foreign' manager since Karanka? Just coincidence? Or did Gibbo's fractious relationship with Karanka sour his views. In that I'm thinking that Aitor was, let's say, 'volatile' and had that classic Latin temperament; so not as easy to work with?! Just a thought.
 
Anything think it's significant that we haven't had a 'foreign' manager since Karanka? Just coincidence? Or did Gibbo's fractious relationship with Karanka sour his views. In that I'm thinking that Aitor was, let's say, 'volatile' and had that classic Latin temperament; so not as easy to work with?! Just a thought.
We've only ever had one. I am pretty certain our next 'long term' manager will be foreign though.
 
Karanka was in large a great manager for us, he was one dimensional but he didn't get a great deal of support in the transfer market.

Look at when we went up, we had to make do with loanees and mostly a Championship quality squad.

I think we were already down when we failed to act in the January window. We could see our squad wasn't good enough to stay up.
 
Think it's more likely we were offered the Wolves option and Gibson's dislike of agents meant he was too prideful to accept that this is the way that football is these days and refused any investment/involvement that ended his dictatorship.
 
IIRC Jorge Mendes wanted to take Middlesbrough on the 'Wolves route' with a guy from Singapore putting money in but Tony Mowbray was completely against the idea < probably because it meant he'd be out of a job.
 
Did we try to do a 'Wolves on the Cheap' - mebe
Sadly looking more like doing a
'Sunderland on the expensive'

Middlesbrough till I die feat:

Jason Steele played by Tomás Mejías
Lee Camp played by Aynsley Pears
Robbin Ruiter played by Dejan Stojanović
Max Stryjek played by Zach Hemming

Billy Jones played by Djed Spence
Bryan Oviedo played by George Friend
Paddy McNair played by Himself
Brendan Galloway played by Marc Bola
John O'Shea played by Ryan Shotton
Tyias Browning played by Paddy Reading
Adam Matthews played by Hayden Coulson
Donald Love played by Anfernee Dijksteel
Lamine Koné played by Harold Moukoudi
Jake Clarke-Salter played by Nathan Wood
Marc Wilson played by Dael Fry

Lee Cattermole played by Adam Clayton
Jonny Williams played by Lewis Wing
Jack Rodwell played by Raval Morrison
Kazenga LuaLua played by Marcus Tavernier
Callum McManaman played by Patrick Roberts
Duncan Watmore played by Jonny Howson
Aiden McGeady played by Marvin Johnson
Darron Gibson played by George Saville
George Honeyman played by Stephen Wearne
Lynden Gooch played by Connor Malley
Ethan Robson played by Layton Watts
Elliot Embleton played by Isaiah Jones
Ovie Ejaria played by Ben Liddle

Ashley Fletcher played by Himself
Josh Maja played by Stephen Walker
Joel Asoro played by Rumarn Burrell
Lewis Grabban played by Britt Assombalonga

Ellis Short played by Steve Gibson
Stewart Donald also played by Steve Gibson

Robbie Stockdale also played by Jonathan Woodgate
Chris Coleman played by Jonathan Woodgate
Simon Grayson played by Neil Warnock
 
Were they in any way involved in the signings of the awful players under Karanka that lead to relegation, a number having La Liga backgrounds?
 
Anything think it's significant that we haven't had a 'foreign' manager since Karanka? Just coincidence? Or did Gibbo's fractious relationship with Karanka sour his views. In that I'm thinking that Aitor was, let's say, 'volatile' and had that classic Latin temperament; so not as easy to work with?! Just a thought.

What needs to happen to put him off British managers then?
 
What needs to happen to put him off British managers then?

Steve McClaren - checking out Newcastle
Gareth Southgate - couldn't stay in the prem without midfielders
Gordon Strachan - spent £10m on dross
Tony Mowbray - built the core of our team
Aitor Kananka - needed prem players.. didn't get them
Steve Agnew - sat in the big boy seat
Garry Monk - spent £50m on dross
Tony Pullis - spent £20m on dross
Jonathan Woodgate - spent £3m on dross
Neil Warnock - babysitting our 1.2ppg squad

foreign manager.. needs to have been at the Boro (preferable an assistant)
be extremely loyal and be able to spend less that £3m rebuilding the entire squad
then challenge for promotion next season.. playing attacking and exciting football.

Michael Reiziger (assistant at Ajax)
Jimmy Floyd Hasslebaink (managed Burton & QPR)
Boudewijn Zenden (First team coach)
George Boateng (Assistant Coach)
Heine Otto (Director of Football)

Ticks all the boxes for next season!
 
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