Bournemouth are planning to replace Jonathan Woodgate with Fulham manager Scott Parker, according to the Sun.
The Cherries are ready to move on from Woodgate, who took over from Jason Tindall on an interim basis, after they were beaten in the Championship play off semi-finals by Brentford. The south coast club are confident of being able to lure the 40 year-old away from Fulham after the club’s relegation from the top flight.
They believe that Parker is open to moving on after disputes with Fulham hierarchy and that he would be open to exploring a new challenge. Parker has previously figured heavily on Bournemouth’s managerial shortlist but their plans to appoint him as a successor to Eddie Howe failed when Fulham won promotion via the Championship play-offs last summer.
Parker’s stature within the game remains strong despite Fulham’s collapse in the final ten games of the season that cost them their top flight status. Fulham are still planning to start the new season with Parker in charge at Craven Cottage and would resist any attempts by suitors to lure him elsewhere.
Let me know if he needs a lift down there. Happy to drive him down there myself
Parker is not the only problem here. I think the owners need to take a good look at themselves and decide what they want out of the club. Shahid Khan once said that he is the “custodian” of the club on behalf of the fans. Passing the club to his son as a part-time owner is not the answer. There needs to be a change of attitude from the top.
I fully agree with Andrew. As much as I find the tactics of our head coach to be strange at times-it must be difficult to except that Tony Khan is heavily involved with player signings.
This is a long standing problem with Tony-if he was good at what he does then there wouldn’t be a problem, however he clearly isn’t. Unless he steps aside completely, I feel we will continue to have this kind of impasse with any head coach that we hire.
Tactics aside…the released. The new contracts and our returning loaned out players indicate that all is not what it seems. I know that gosip is only semi believable but parker’s, Mitrovs and others futures are all up in the air