[Albion] Roberto De Zerbi continuity planning: Francesco Farioli

[Bozza]

Heard the name Francesco Farioli mentioned by Rory Smith on 5Live's Monday Night Club as a left-field selection for Leeds.

He described him as a "disciple of De Zerbi" or something very similar.

At 34 he's very young, and currently managing Alanyaspor in the Turkish Super Lig and has been linked with Rangers, Watford and Sunderland recently. Feels like he needs another job before he'd be Premier League ready, but he has the sort of profile that would mean the Albion are "tracking him", as they like to say.

Sky News piece here from late last year:

Francesco Farioli: Alanyaspor manager on Roberto De Zerbi, the Old Firm derby and Mikel Arteta's Arsenal

Francesco Farioli is the youngest manager in Turkeys Super Lig; Alanyaspor boss was handed role on Roberto De Zerbis staff at Benevento and Sassuolo after writing blog on current Brighton manager; Farioli praises passion of English football and says Scottish game is fascinating

www.skysports.com

 

[Lurchy]

He left Alanyaspor at the end of February after going on a losing streak.

Appears to favour a 4 1 4 1 formation.

 

[dwayne]

He left Alanyaspor at the end of February after going on a losing streak.

Appears to favour a 4 1 4 1 formation.

Yep failed in his first position in turkey. Possibly not on our immediate next manager list!

 

[Bozza]

The beginning of this, from his first managerial position at Karagümrük, before he moved to Alanyaspor, looks VERY familiar...

 

[Acker79]

Heard the name Francesco Farioli mentioned by Rory Smith on 5Live's Monday Night Club as a left-field selection for Leeds.

He described him as a "disciple of De Zerbi" or something very similar.

At 34 he's very young, and currently managing Alanyaspor in the Turkish Super Lig and has been linked with Rangers, Watford and Sunderland recently. Feels like he needs another job before he'd be Premier League ready, but he has the sort of profile that would mean the Albion are "tracking him", as they like to say.

Sky News piece here from late last year:

Francesco Farioli: Alanyaspor manager on Roberto De Zerbi, the Old Firm derby and Mikel Arteta's Arsenal

Francesco Farioli is the youngest manager in Turkeys Super Lig; Alanyaspor boss was handed role on Roberto De Zerbis staff at Benevento and Sassuolo after writing blog on current Brighton manager; Farioli praises passion of English football and says Scottish game is fascinating

www.skysports.com

My instinctive reaction was that 34 is not 'very young' for a left-wing player.

(at myself)

 

[Muzzman]

Leeds is a decent testing ground, and should he do well, and RDZ leave, we should be able to pluck him from such a small club.

 

[Stat Brother]

My instinctive reaction was that 34 is not 'very young' for a left-wing player.

(at myself)

But it is very young for a right winger!

 

[GallodiMare]

Conquering Turkey (and beyond): Farioli's European dream

Black sweater, à la De Zerbi (and it is no coincidence). If you see him on the bench, you ask him "What are you doing coaching?". The look is young, the body athletic: on the other hand, at 33, those who are in football still play and do so for important clubs. Francesco Farioli had chosen another path from the start: first as goalkeeper coach, then as assistant coach, then a coach in his own.

After the experience at Karagmuruk in December, in January 2022 he was signed by Alanyaspor (in the Superlig the change of bench during the season is allowed). The choice hadn't been random: his football philosophy (a word not by chance, but we'll come back to it) convinced the management, especially given his intention to focus, match after match, on young players to showcase. Oh, for the record: at the moment, Alanyaspor has 61 points, and it is a record for the club's history, they are fifth in the standings and are aiming for a European competition that seemed really difficult at the beginning of the year.

A project that started from afar, and that required time and great ability to adapt. Many of the players who are now starters were reserves last season. And many others are at the beginning of their careers, and are in the Under 21 national team.

A gamble, of course, but one that paid off. Due to a philosophy (here it is, the key word) which has always characterized the path of this atypical Italian who at the age of 23 had graduated in Florence with a thesis entitled "Philosophy of the game: the aesthetics of football and the role of the goalkeeper”…

Alla conquista della Turchia (e non solo): il sogno europeo di Farioli

Record di punti all'Alanayaspor: Francesco Farioli non si ferma più, sogna l'Europa e continua a far parlare di sé in Turchia

gianlucadimarzio.com

 

[Weststander]

RDZ the Messiah.

 

[Bozza]

Now manager of Nice, who sit atop Ligue 1 and are the only unbeaten side in the division.

Sounds VERY RDZ-y:

"They must enjoy the ball, approach the game in a brave and proactive way. They need to show ambition because our demands are very high. Team effort and having the capacity to connect with others is crucial.​

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"I loved watching the Marcelo Lippi Juventus side, and especially enjoyed their winning mentality, but I was really taken by Pep Guardiola's Barcelona team. I loved that style of play.​

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"I see many of the same characteristics at Arsenal compared with that of my own team. I will also mention Marcelo Bielsa in this category because of his values. There is no compromise at all."​

Some coverage of him on this week's On The Continent podcast:

On The Continent

Go to On The Continent.

lnk.to

 

[Zeberdi]

Do you know something we don’t?

 

[Bozza]

Do you know something we don’t?

Absolutely nothing.

I'm just trying to look clever (I'm not) should we appoint him in the future. I'm going to start a lot of threads like this to give myself the best chance!

 

[keaton]

Seems a bit of a coincidence

Southgate to Manchester United as Allardyce and Lampard return: predicting every club's next boss

Erik ten Hag's Manchester United plight got us thinking not just about who might replace him, but which manager is next in line at every Premier League club

www.football365.com

 

[kelvinnewman]

Def seems to be a few people making the connection

 

[GallodiMare]

Def seems to be a few people making the connection

Ma che lingua parlate, tutta piena di consonanti e nessuna vocale! Ohibo!

 

[dwayne]

Too well known for us now….

 

[Whitechapel]

Just seen that Nice have conceded 5 goals in 14 games this season, so it’s safe to say he’s actually nothing like RDZ!

 

[Swegulls]

I must say that I was quite surprised by the way AEK Athens played. Maybe Matias Almeyda can be the next RDZ? Yeah, I know they played like thugs in the second half in Athens but that is more about the players than Almeyda I guess. Well, just a thought from a snowy Sweden.

 

[Horses Arse]

I must say that I was quite surprised by the way AEK Athens played. Maybe Matias Almeyda can be the next RDZ? Yeah, I know they played like thugs in the second half in Athens but that is more about the players than Almeyda I guess. Well, just a thought from a snowy Sweden.

I was thinking the same. He had us worked out in both games, struggling a little in a shit league though I think.

 

[The Colonel]

I was thinking the same. He had us worked out in both games, struggling a little in a shit league though I think.

They're second, just one point off the top. Not sure that's struggling!