Spain are already doomed to fail in everyones eyes. Don't take this too lightly.
Sackings during the WC never pan out well for the team, the board messed up bad.

Plus, I don't think a top 4 would be good for Spain imo.

Top 4 ffs

Who gives a fuck, it's an international tournament, not a league, you don't qualify for Champions League for finishing top 4.

I could maybe understand top 3 since you at least get a bronze medal but top 4, that's one of the dumbest things I've ever read.

This post was edited by Pozer on Jun 13 2018 05:04am

Thought he just extended his contract
Why can he just leave all of a sudden with a running contract?

This happens all the time...

I believe if he signed a contract for lets say 2 more years, 4 million euro each year, and decides to jump ship, the club he's going to needs to pay his former club that money in compensation.
It's a weird business with managers.

Nobody cares if we reach semis now. Only a win would be acceptable. Before this sacking, we all knew we had a chance of winning. Everyone was happy with how the team had been performing, and we could have accepted a semifinal run with good performances and the players playing their hearts out. We could have been proud of that, even if we didn't win the WC. But we knew we had a chance of winning the title... we weren't favourites, but we had a very serious chance. And now, Rubiales has destroyed that. If finish in the top 4, but don't win the tournament, it will just feel like we would have won it if Lopetegui hadn't been sacked. Now the least we can demand is the title, because that was the goal before the sacking.



Madrid is going to pay his release clause. Even the FA announced this yesterday... that they were letting him go for the release clause AFTER the WC... I don't understand this sudden and retarded shift.

You know Big Sam is available, right Zark?

Or David Moyes, who speaks excellent Spanish

Hierro, the Sports Director of the RFEF, will take over during the WC. He was a good captain back in the day, but his only managerial experience so far (Oviedo) was underwhelming. Doesn't really matter who it is, as right now nobody expects anything from the team, but at least he knows the players better than anyone else, I guess.