Whether he is finished or not is another matter.
However Dude you are in for a major disappointment if you think FSG will hire the likes of Ancelotti, Rafa etc.
FSG like the Brendan Rodgers prototype of management therefore were they to end Brendan's tenure (I still say 99.9% Brendan will be here next season) then they'll look for a similar model.
They may hire a technical/DoF alongside that new manager. However they won't sway from the same prototype of manager.
Therefore we'll begin again with the likes of Eddie Howe or Rudi Garcia or AVB or Laudrup. They have very high opinions of Eddie Howe, so I am told.
I always believe you, Edward (and respect your input). You have a good ear to what our owners are about.
Eddie Howe, and that ilk, is scary.
But I think that not being involved in the Champions League, will help focus their minds. BIG TIME.
They clearly have their own ideas, as to how success can be achieved.
But their ideas in England are falling flat. And with much less income (due to no CL money) and reduced abilities to attract top players, the realities of SOCCER will begin to hit home (to our yankee friends).
Suarez gave FSG and Rodgers breathing space, and a false dawn, for their ridiculous notions. With the departure of arguably the best Liverpool player ever, their project was left naked.
Randy Lerner had his own ideas too. But when he thought Martin O'Neill's project (taking Villa to 6th place, for three seasons in a row) was too expensive to take to the next level, he apparently thought it could be done on the cheap......well, we see what has subsequently happened to Villa.
Rodgers was a cheap solution. Appointing him has been an expensive mistake.
The only question now is how long our American owners will persist with their condescending, arrogant, attitude, to owning a SOCCER FRANCHISE in England.
If they persist with their young projects (one can substitute YOUNG for CHEAP employees), then we will drop away, and be another Spurs or Newcastle.
Maybe we are seeing a common thread emerging. They do not want to appoint a top manager - too expensive.
They want young players - cheaper to pay.....and dismiss senior players, like Kuyt and his colleagues of that time, who coincidently would be on higher wages.
FSG won't buy success on the cheap in English football.