Arbeloa

[Sting of the North]

I mean, obviously I'll support the guy and wish for the best.....but its one of those appointments that'll either be a stroke of genius, or a complete disaster.....

I mean, obviously I'll support the guy and wish for the best.....but its one of those appointments that'll either be a stroke of genius, or a complete disaster.....

A bit like Areola and Glasner

Not really sure I'm appreciating these comparisons. Both have much better CV's than Arbeloa. Unless I'm missing something. 

You can't get a better feat on a CV in football than manager of Real Madrid, much better than being manager of Rayo (Iraola) which was definitely a gamble.

Sure, if almost all context is ignored, I would agree with you. Hopefully TK does more than 2 minutes of research, so that any approach is not based solely on such an assessment.

[AJW48361]

First Manager in the Yellow Pages is that how the Khans work.

[I Ronic]

I thought Claudio Ranieri was a safe pair of hands to put in charge but his Win percentage for us,?, 5pà of just under 18% was woeful. Marco's career in England was three clubs in under three years but look how that turned out.
While Arbeloa's career and experience, good and bad as a player and a manager would I think be an asset.

[KentFulham]

Arbeloa will bring in lots of young Spanish talent for us, finally something exciting to watch too

[Stoneleigh Loyalist]

Arbeloa will bring in lots of young Spanish talent for us, finally something exciting to watch too

If they let him!

[Nero]

Arbeloa will bring in lots of young Spanish talent for us, finally something exciting to watch too

Mbappe in loan when he falls out with jose

[ArcticOctopus]

Arbeloa will bring in lots of young Spanish talent for us, finally something exciting to watch too

If they let him!

It's been Marco who hasn't wanted/played young players.

[SerbianLad]

It would be a very risky appointment. It has a potential of going either way.

[KentFulham]

It would be a very risky appointment. It has a potential of going either way.

Time the club took some risk, its been very vanilla under Silva

[St. Andrews White]

Makes me very nervous this appointment. So little experience (no, being manager of Real Madrid for 5 mediocre months doesn't make him qualified).

Only positive I see is that hopefully he'll establish a proper pathway for the academy. But would much rather Poch!

[Fulham Seaxe]

First Manager in the Yellow Pages is that how the Khans work.

Aaron A Aardvark it is then!

[Fulham Tup North]

  TBF, I believe he will be able to attract some excellent, exciting players....
And if his team can play with some of the flair he showed when he played, Fulham will be an attractive team to watch...
Yes it's a risk... but I fancy a small one...
COYW

[FFC007]

He's better than Magath or Parker!

[Cambridge Away]

Real Madrid, Benfica, and Fulham swapping managers was not on my bingo card this summer

I wonder how many times this has happened before

[ffcthereligion]

Think this could be a disastrous appointment and it's very odd to see the loudest anti silva voices endorsing it

[Cambridge Away]

His record for the A team

Manager      Years         Win Rate
Manuel Pellegrini 2009–10 ~75%
José Mourinho 2010–13 ~72%
Carlo Ancelotti 2013–15, 2021–25 ~70%
Miguel Muñoz 1960–74 ~68%
Rafael Benítez 2015–16 ~67%
Zinedine Zidane 2016–18, 2019–21 ~66%
Alvaro Arbeloa 2026 64.3%
Fabio Capello 1996–97, 2006–07 ~62%
Vicente del Bosque 1999–2003 ~55–60%
Jupp Heynckes 1997–98 ~59%
Bernd Schuster 2007–08 ~58%
Julen Lopetegui 2018 ~43%



Real Madrid B Team

Manager      Matches     Win Rate
Míchel   61   —   ~61%
Juan Ramón López Caro   178   —   ~57%
Manolo Díaz   30   —   ~53%
Álvaro Arbeloa   19   10   52.6%
Luis García Plaza   35   —   ~47%
Alberto Toril   114   —   ~46%
Raúl González   178   71   ~40%
Santiago Solari   86   —   ~39–40%
Zinedine Zidane   80   —   ~38–39%
Luis Miguel Ramis   40   —   ~35–40%

Doesn't look like much of a risk from here

[v]

As long as he has some managerial experience.

I don't want to tempt fate but the last time the Khans appointed someone with no managerial experience, his name was René Meulensteen...

Gulp ! 😳

[C Block]

I'm willing to bet he can spend £65 million in the Spanish market a lot better than Silva did in the English market with Andersen and Smith-Rowe 😉

[v]

I'm willing to bet he can spend £65 million in the Spanish market a lot better than Silva did in the English market with Andersen and Smith-Rowe 😉

That's true

[Nero]

His record for the A team

Manager      Years         Win Rate
Manuel Pellegrini 2009–10 ~75%
José Mourinho 2010–13 ~72%
Carlo Ancelotti 2013–15, 2021–25 ~70%
Miguel Muñoz 1960–74 ~68%
Rafael Benítez 2015–16 ~67%
Zinedine Zidane 2016–18, 2019–21 ~66%
Alvaro Arbeloa 2026 64.3%
Fabio Capello 1996–97, 2006–07 ~62%
Vicente del Bosque 1999–2003 ~55–60%
Jupp Heynckes 1997–98 ~59%
Bernd Schuster 2007–08 ~58%
Julen Lopetegui 2018 ~43%



Real Madrid B Team

Manager      Matches     Win Rate
Míchel   61   —   ~61%
Juan Ramón López Caro   178   —   ~57%
Manolo Díaz   30   —   ~53%
Álvaro Arbeloa   19   10   52.6%
Luis García Plaza   35   —   ~47%
Alberto Toril   114   —   ~46%
Raúl González   178   71   ~40%
Santiago Solari   86   —   ~39–40%
Zinedine Zidane   80   —   ~38–39%
Luis Miguel Ramis   40   —   ~35–40%

Doesn't look like much of a risk from here

Alonso when he was sacked was on 70% and only managed 34 games with the same madrid squard