Laurent Blanc is reportedly has emerged as a serious candidate to replace Antonio Conte as Chelsea new manager this summer.
The Blues though are still to settle terms with Conte, who they will have to pay some £9 million to compensate for the final year of his contract.
Two years after his dismissal from Paris Saint-Germain, Blanc has still not found a coaching position. Ambitious, former Marseille defender has never hidden his ambitious to take over a great team that will offer him a great challenge.
As mentioned in recent days, the 52-year-old man finds himself in very advanced discussions with the London club. According to reports, Blanc has met the Blues general manager, Marina Granovskaia, for the first time on April 19 in Paris.
The arrival of the 1998 world champion, who could collaborate with Franck Passi, who is expected to become his deputy, is on track, especially since the tracks leading to the two favourites for the post, former Barcelona’s Luis Enrique and Maurizio Sarri, are very complicated to conclude.
In fact, the Spaniard is asking for a huge salary while the Italian remains under contract with Napoli, to whom it is necessary to pay €8 million, the amount of his clause release.
Blanc led PSG to the Ligue 1 title in 2015 with ease, but he sacked by the club in 2016 because he failed to bring the club in the Champions League.
If Blanc came to land Chelsea, it could above all be a choice by default. A status similar to the one he had when he joined the PSG in 2013 that should not embarrass him at all since his most ambitious to get back to work as soon as possible.
However, it will be necessary that Blanc is convincing in the next interviews since media, which relies on the words of an agent, recalls that Blanc is “a technician who would not be a workaholic”.
A reputation that could explain the difficulty of the Le President to find a position since Inter Milan and AS Roma, interested in his services in the past, have been cooled by this reputation, according to reports.
Faced with this urgent situation, especially because of Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, to limit spending, Blanc could finally be the most appropriate solution for Chelsea, who will not play the next Champions League.
