Yesterday Birmingham City announced that Pep Clotet was set to leave the club at the end of the season. Now the introduction of a Telegraph article by Mike McGrath links the yet-to-become-vacant position with Dane Michael Laudrup.
To football fans, 55-year-old Laudrup needs no introduction. His playing career saw him take in Serie A with Juventus, La Liga with Barcelona and Real Madrid and a final season in the Eredivisie with Ajax.
As a manager, his career was slightly less stellar with stops at Getafe and Mallorca in La Liga, Spartak Moscow and a season-and-a-half in the Premier League with Swansea. He’s been out of management since a 50-game spell with Qatari side Al Rayyan ended two years ago.
He is known to Birmingham City fans through his time in English football with
A man who has played for Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus and has managed in La Liga and the Premier League would be seen as a coup for many sides but that isn’t universally the case with Blues supporters.
Twitter: If we get Laudrup i am finished with this club (@JoeBCFC_)
Joe (above) is definitely a disapproving voice amongst Birmingham City fans and he’s not the only one.
Twitter: Don’t buy the Laudrup rumours there is a reason he been out the game for 2 years me thinks #bcfc (@IMRMEZZI)
Twitter: Micheal Laudrup would be a Zola mark 2 #BCFC (@James_C_Lomas)
https://twitter.com/BluesTalk2/status/1270360784183402496?s=20
No
— Mason (@CRJMASON) June 9, 2020
Jokovic or Hughton or we riot
— Sam 东出 (@SamPhillips40) June 9, 2020
Not all Birmingham City fans are against this though, some are actively encouraging the club to move for the Dane.
All day long, yes.
— Richard Carter (@R_J_Carter) June 9, 2020
Would give anything for Hughton or Laudrup
— Michael Daly (@mdaly316) June 8, 2020
Whilst the fans may be divided on this one, it is plain to see that a large number of Birmingham City fans aren’t happy at the links to Michael Laudrup.
