The speed at which this is moving means INEOS did the due diligence over the summer and have had this (and likely other appointments) in their back pocket for awhile now. Still should have sacked ETH after last season, but here we are. We wanted someone like Tuchel to pull the trigger int he summer, but when he turned us down, they decided to ETH another chance before going all in on another young, unproven at top level manager. It's just posturing and face saving exercise for the extra release fee's and likely is just clickbait as it's already all been agreed but not yet finalized.
If this guy is the real deal, he should have an immediate impact in raising the floor of the squad. The squad is not bad and certainty can compete for top 4. Being able to have tactics beyond chaos ball is already an improvement. Hopefully he's not stubborn like ETH and can actually coach a tune out of this group, make tactical adjustments, and knows how to use his subs. I expect us to bounce back and compete in Europa, not sure I have any expectations for the league it might be too far gone.