What do I think? I know little about him, he has been successful at international level but has no club experience in the Europe he has been successful at club level in Brazil however; my knowledge of Brazilian club football is zilch.

Will Scolari be successful? My concern is the media, Scolari supposedly turned down the England job because he feared media intrusion and let us be fair managing Chelsea will be the equal of any media attention he would have faced as England manager – so will the media be his undoing?

Two things are apparent

1) The style of Scolari’s Brazilian or Portuguese teams show we can expect a more exciting football than the moribund styles of Mourinho or Grant.

2) Scolari has the kudos to attract players that Chelsea has been unable to attract in the past – we can expect a few Brazilian and Portuguese and maybe Spanish transfers this summer.

To sum up Scolari has the reputation, presence and style Abramovich craves and given time, he will be successful. Now if he can just persuade Ronaldo to sign for us.