Chelsea confirms Scolari as their new manager

Chelsea has confirmed that current portugal Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari will be managing the club from this season.The 59 year old was the favourite to suceed Avram Grant as the manager of chelsea.Though he has yet to manage a club at Europe he has had huge success with brazil and portugal National team.Scolari’s biggest achievement was leading Brazil to World Cup glory in 2002.

A statement released by chelsea said “Chelsea Football Club is delighted to confirm that Luiz Felipe Scolari will be the club’s new manager from July 1, 2008.
“Felipe has great qualities. He is one of the world’s top coaches with a record of success at country and club level, he gets the best out of a talented squad of players and his ambitions and expectations match ours.
“He was the outstanding choice.
“Out of respect for his current role as head coach of the Portuguese national team, and to ensure minimum disruption to this work, there will be no further comment from Chelsea FC nor from Felipe about his new role until his employment with us commences.”