Almost every big soccer club is having manager drama at the same time

Chelsea are having a meeting to discuss José Mourinho’s future. This isn’t surprising, but it’s coming on a day when the managerial situation is going off the rails at every other big club, too. Rafa Benítez probably isn’t as safe as Florentino Pérez said he is publicly. ESPN FC is reporting that the Manchester United board is concerned about the attitude in the locker room. And then there’s the big elephant in the room, Pep Guardiola, who hasn’t signed a new contract with Bayern Munich and is believed to be on his way to England. He could take one of these jobs ... or Manchester City’s. Or Arsenal’s.

Xabi Alonso’s winner for Bayern in the DFB-Pokal. (r/soccer)

To make things worse for Rafa Benítez, Pérez is considering hiring a sporting director. (AS)

River Plate have made Club World Cup final. (Guardian)

Gent attacker Kenny Saief might switch from Israel to the USMNT. (MLS)

Sepp Blatter says Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid are being investigated for breaking transfer rules, though he can’t even go into FIFA HQ. (Guardian)

Michel Platini won’t even show up to his own ethics committee hearing. (AP)

FC Twente have been banned from European competition by the Dutch FA. (BBC)

Rafa Honigstein on Pep Guardiola’s future. (ESPN FC)

Graham Ruthven on Jean-Marc Bosman, who changed soccer forever and then ended up broke. (Vice)

Andrew Kennis on Liga MX champions Tigres UANL. (Guardian)

DFB Pokal: Four games (from 1 p.m.) -- Borussia Dortmund plays at 2:30 p.m.

Club World Cup: Barcelona vs. Guangzhou Evergrande (Thursday, 5:30 a.m.) -- Putting this in today’s listings since it’s played before Thursday’s BB comes out.