I think the bar is either top 5 or winning a cup, ie if we are lower than 5th but win one of the cups he’s going to stay but if we finish lower than 5th and win nothing he will be reassessed at the end of year.Plenty of questions around this.
For those adamant staying was right would you take us finishing say 12th and winning a cup and keeping him next summer?
A few years ago missing top 4 was a guarantee of the sack, with or without a cup. Now 8th keeps you there.
Yes injuries etc etc but what if we have injuries to the likes of Bruno, Garnacho and Hojlund next year? Is 12th or 13th OK? How far do you make this allowance?
Or is it solely about who is available? Even though there only seem to be about 3 names everyone thinks is a guarantee of success, with 2 being impossibilities due to being links with rivals and one being an aging Italian who barely did much with Everton?
I'm not gutted we've kept him by the way, just interested in the above.
If we have serious injuries (ie any of the key players missing 10+ games is serious) then expectations should be of course lower than they normally are.
I don’t think he is expected to challenge for the league or CL in any of the next 3 seasons. Beyond that it depends on what investment he can get.