The Palermo Boss Who Never Bossed A Game.
The Daily Record wasn’t quite so good on its facts the other day when they highlighted the case of the Guillermo Barros Schelotto as an example of how Celtic could “get around” the regulations.
See, those who are suggesting this need to remember that there’s nothing new under the sun; domestic leagues have seen all this before and UEFA has too.
In 2016, Guillermo Barros Schelotto was hired by Palermo.
They hired him on 11 January.
Within days UEFA told them they wouldn’t recognise his coaching qualifications and the Italian FA confirmed that this ruled out his playing a coaching role, and the club was forced to change his job title and appoint a new manager, Giovanni Tedesco.
They called Schelotto the “team manager” and Tedesco the “head coach.”
But UEFA weren’t going to accept that.
After three games, and with heavy pressure from the European governing body, Schelotto “voluntarily” stepped down and the club announced that they had terminated his contract on 10 February after UEFA refused to even consider his application for dispensation, in part because of the trick the club had attempted to pull.
I mean it’s technically possible that if the club wanted to they could come up with some system whereby Postecoglou managed the team in some way that didn’t trip the sensors at UEFA and the SFA but it would be perilous to say the least and if we got caught whatever processes were ongoing to get him the relevant paperwork would swiftly end.
It would be better not to try these people; they will win.