This is one of the biggest myths I keep reading on here, that Pelligrino was some sort of left field appointment who didn’t have the pedigree to manage us.
It’s just pony. He won La Liga twice & the UFFA cup, played in 2 champions league finals, played for Valencia, Barcelona & Liverpool and won Argentina caps. as a coach he was Rafa Benetiz’s assistant at 2 different clubs and managed Alaves to their only Spanish cup final. Yes, he was a failure, but like Gerard, Lampard & other failures he had the pedigree to be a manager.