Chelsea are in the midst of another managerial change while Arsenal are looking to secure their first Premier League title since 2004. The Gunners’ west London rivals will be looking to avenge the 1-0 humbling Mikel Arteta delivered to the Blues in the first half of the season.
They could however have a brand new coach by that time. With links to Julian Nagelsmann, football.london looked at the three things that would definitely happen should he be appointed.
Since, Chelsea have reportedly been in touch with Luis Enrique, the former Barcelona and Spain head coach. Therefore it makes sense for football.london to now look at what we can expect were it to happen.
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Back to form for Chelsea?
Graham Potter represented a project for Chelsea who notoriously have gone through managers ruthlessly in the past and found themselves unable to break away from their norm. The former Brighton boss was sacked after less than a year and a move for Enrique perhaps represents a move back to their previous form.
Whilst Arsenal have witnessed success over Chelsea as they attempted to try a long-term project of their own, Mikel Arteta might now need to take on his West London rivals in their former state. In any case, the Gunners have had a good record under the Spaniard in both the Roman Abramovic and Todd Boehly eras.
Competition for Spanish players in the market
Enrique’s work with the Spanish national side would open up the likelihood of Chelsea moving for players the head coach has worked with before. It is a stamp of plenty of coaches and with the former Barca boss having worked in either La Liga or the national side since 2013, it would make sense to see him move into this area of the market.
Martin Zubimendi is the Spaniard most recently linked with a switch to Arsenal. With Chelsea looking at midfielders perhaps Enrique, who gave the Real Sociedad enforcer his La Roja debut, will compete with his new rivals for the star.
Chelsea under Boehly have had a habit anyway of doing this. Mykhailo Mudryk and Joao Felix were players the Gunners wanted and they lost out with their transfer adversaries and paid extortionate fees to be able to do it.
Tottenham might get Nagelsmann
Granted, this is far less Arsenal and more Tottenham but with them being our north London rivals there’s always an unconscious want for bad things to befall them. Julian Nagelsmann not moving to Chelsea with Enrique getting the job instead could see the German head to Spurs instead.
Enrique had effectively ruled himself out of the running for the Spurs job with comments regarding competing for the highest honours. However, with Nagelsmann then on the market, Spurs might be getting themselves a very good coach indeed for a long-term project.
Arsenal will be hoping that their city rivals are unable to land yet another high-profile appointment. That said, if Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho can’t do it, maybe no one can and there’s nothing to worry about.
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