Pep Guardiola is one of the most wanted football managers in the world, with Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal all reportedly keen to bring him to their clubs.
Sir Alex Ferguson has been asked what his opinion on Guardiola is and our manager has revealed that the former Barcelona manager insists he’s not ready to come back in to management yet.
Ferguson flew to New York, where his son Mark lives, after our game against Sunderland. This is the second time in the past few months that Ferguson has met with Guardiola when visiting his family in America.
“I spoke to Pep a little while ago and he said that he has no interest in getting back into management at the moment,” he said. “His record is fantastic; the trophies he won at Barcelona were quite exceptional and that is his CV, he wins trophies. Barcelona have always had that style and played attractive football. He increased that by putting a 
new work ethic into the players in terms of their work rate. They work extremely hard to get the ball back and if you combine that with their possession it makes a fantastic team.”
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Who knows what was really said when they spoke to one another.
Pretty sure parry will give us an insight on how many cubes of sugar pep likes to have.
It’s logical that he would ask him about his future plans. It’s what anyone would ask him whether they are motivated by footballing reasons or not. What we don’t know is whether Sir Alex is asking him with a view to grooming him for his own job although I would think that it is likely.
Credentials aside Pep is a humble man who carries himself with great dignity and that fits at United.
Contrast this to Mourinhos abrasive petulant style and I know who I’d be choosing.
Ferguson is that he s very forward thinking and is always looking years down the line. Contrast this again to Mourinho who is a short-term project man who gets in, does the job and doesn’t care what he leaves behind. Pep comes from the Masia philosophy of indoctrinating players at a young age in terms style of play and general behaviour with a long term outlook which again is in harmony with the Man United way.
I read somewhere SAF prefers Moyes as a replacement.
Can’t see that one happening myself. United don’t need somebody to take a mediocre team underperforming to one of the best in the world as SAF did in the mid 80′s. They need somebody with a proven track record to come in and maintain the high standards SAF has brought to United whilst at the same time making any slight improvements where necessary.
Enough said
@Bobby
@AlphaRS – I couldn’t agree with you more
I don’t have any issues with Maureen and i’m not under the belief like some that he’d only stay for a few years and leave,doesn’t really have anywhere else to go.As i’ve said many times Maureen’s legacy is very important to him following Sir Alex to continue winning traditions would be the pinnacle of his career.
Bobby sorry mate don’t understand doesn’t care what he leaves behind comment,he left winning teams at Porto,Chelsea and Inter most coaches get fired because the team isn’t performing well,Maureen left quality squads at all three clubs.Chelsea’s success the years after Maureen left was from a nucleus Maureen left behind and Porto has also maintained a high level.The Italian league have had financial and other issues that’s affected them but Maureen left a strong squad
Everyone talks about Sir Alex leaving with a strong squad in place that’s exactly what Maureen has done at every club he left.
Just because someone has a proven track record, it doesn’t mean it will translate to the new team he manages. Nothing is guaranteed. Not an advocate for moyes or see him as a successor but he can just be as successful at a big club as mourinho could fail despite the ridiculous extravagance of his transfer budget. Perhaps what moyes needs is that big opportunity but like i said, i don’t see him taking over. Time will tell.
I’d have no issues with Moyes whatsoever,being saying it for years he’s the 2nd best manager in the prem behind Sir Alex just because he doesn’t have a CV means fuck all.FSW has a better CV than most managers wouldn’t want him anywhere near Utd and that can be said for a lot of rehashed ‘top managers’ Moyes is in the top 3 to take over imo
I don’t think this quote means anything. Anytime soon could be 2months or 2 years. It is just good that SAF is continuing contacts and everything else will play out when the time comes.
There was an interesting article that Jose Mourinho’s agent was in direct talks with United, and had been told by a “source” that United wouldn’t move untile they heard what Pep had to say.
So is the current quote from Fergie supposed to be construed as Peps response. I highly doubt it.
As to Moyes, a very knowledgeable competent man who knows how to ID talent and build teams. Who knows. I kind of think we will go for someone with more trophy success, but who knows. And don’t discount a rival. Sir Matt certainly was one and look what he built.
Lots of folks think there will only one solution. I highly doubt that. The club will talk about several and much will depend on availability and demands. And don’t assume you know anything. In 2004, the word on the street was that Sven-Goran Eriksson was all lined up before Fergie changed his mind. Don’t know the truth of that, but it sends shivers right down my spine. And tells you something about the people who make decisions at this club. It is still the same lot as in 2004. That should give people pause.
I hope it is Pep Guardiola who takes the reins at Old Trafford when the great man retires.
I think Sir Bobby Charlton said it best when he described Mourinho as ‘a great coach but that’s as far as it goes’ (if you believe the tabloids that is). Both G and Mourinho are winners and are great managers but far apart when it comes to football philosophies and even character.
On both counts I think Guardiola is more suited to United than Mourinho. Here is someone who has shown that he is more than just concerned than about the 1st XI. His record off the pitch with the staff and the development of youth in the Barca way of football speaks for itself.
The main criticism against him is that Rijkaard gave him the team when he became the manager. Yes and no. Yes, he just carried on the traditions but he also added his own style of football by getting rid of players who thought themselves bigger than the team (e.g. Ibrahamovic). The other criticism being he has only managed one club. But guess what? He did one club and that was Barcelona! He still had to work his socks off to succeed, and succeed he did. If he can make it there he can make it anywhere in Europe.
Guardiola would not only carry on the United way of attacking football but also have the chops to make changes where they are needed. His CV alone of what he has won is enough to carry the dressing room and the fans as well as not be overawed by the Ferguson legacy. I also admire this man’s humility and passion. He’s no prima donna but is all about the team and for playing good football.
I don’t see Guardiola as a long serving manager but then because we have had SAF for 26 years we think that’s normal at United! We have been spoiled!
It would be great to have Guardiola for as long as he can stay before he hands over to other potential prospects such as Solskjaer (whom I’m sure would be a great hit but needs more experience).
Bobby – you are right. The carelessness mentality of “win now, forget later” has cost his previous teams. He comes in, buys the obvious world class talents around the globe with an extravagant style regardless of how much they can improve down the line. Inter are sufferimg from his short term mentality, having left the squad with no clear long term vision, same at chelsea. I don’t think he is this master tactician most make him out to be. I think his success have come as expected, he has one of the biggest budget in football, all he needs to do is insert confidence in vastly talented players.
@wayne – fair point. What I meant is that Mou is a ‘here and now’ man. He buys talent rather than nuturing it and rarely promotes from the youth ranks as he doesn’t have time to wait for this talent to flourish. His contribution to a club outside that of first team coach is minimal. He has little or no interest in scouting young players or developing them himself as he knows (as his track record has proved) that he won’t be around long enough to see it.
Wayne. Cheers mate… Don’t know about top 3, but feel certain he is on the list as well. Wouldn’t even bat an eye as well.
A lot of lads go on about Maureen and he’d need lots of money to spend,firstly if he did get the Utd job i’m sure transfer budget would be discussed so if he felt it wasn’t enough wouldn’t sign in the first place,secondly he had success at Porto with not much money 3rdly he really hasn’t spent a ton of money at Real Madrid a lot of his signings have been reasonably priced.At Chelsea he spent a lot of money because Roman gave him a open check book to overall the side
Left bank – spot on, i’m struggling to add more to that.
Just breaking that Tito Vilanova had a recurrence of his cancer condition and might have to step down from Barcelona. Bet Pep will be asked….
All our respect to Tito and Barca. Hope he bounces back.
I am not surprised Pep isn’t interested in returning to management. God know how strenuous the last 30 years of his managerial career have been.
Oh wait…
@Fletch
Sad news for anyone. My wishes for a speedy recovery are with Vilanova. Lets hope he beats this like he did last time.
Fletch hi mate don’t see to many ahead of him, been a lot of rumors about PSG wanting Maureen and Ronaldo think Carlo Ancelotti would also be ok but out of those 4 names can’t really think of anyone else just think Ole doesn’t have the experience but who knows.
I really don’t get the knock on Maureen leaving behind bad teams it’s just not true he leaves winning teams with strong squads behind
I’ll also pose another question about a knock that he doesn’t develop youth,how many teams do? and how many of the teams he managed had a great youth system before he went their.Did all these teams have a great youth system and Maureen showed up and destroyed it no and everyone banging on about this point conveniently forgets he won the CL with Porto which is an amazing feat in its self unless i’m wrong and he spent millions at Porto that i didn’t know about
Bobby back to my point how many of these teams Maureen has managed had a great youth system before he went? Porto he did ok there with no money.Very few teams in the world have youth systems like Utd and Barca even Le Arse are overrated because normally they pay top dollar to other clubs for young players. How can Maureen be blamed for not bringing youth through when it wasn’t in place in the first place?
It’s one of Maureens biggest raps that’s really not his fault,Roman wanted instant success and to this day long after Maureen left still prefers to spend than bring through youth,Real have always been big spenders and up to the financial crunch same as Inter
Wayne, Only reason Mourinho won CL with Porto is because of a horrendous ref error when Porto played us. United should have never lost that game.
That said, you can’t knock the mans palmares. Still, I live in hope we can do better.
People talk about Mourhino leaving clubs after a couple of season but they they fail to mention Guardiola walked away from Barca after 4 years, not exactly long term commitment. And I don’t want to hear this shit he won everything so needed a new challenge. The fact is he walked right after Madrid took the title away from them for the first time in years end of story.
CMON PEP!!!!
AND bring MESSI & Iniesta with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UNITED!
I won’t be so fanatic saying no one would ever replace Fergie’s dynasty and achieve the same success, but that is a paradox in itself because there is really no one!is it?as for the best candidates, there are only few!
Jose and Guardiola are both equally have a fantastic CV.they both got very stylish and charismatic persona, the two of them has won many domestic trophies in addition to champions league.many united fans would prefer the Spanish man for certain ethical reasons, and I really don’t blame them, the man has won everything with Barca and literally gave everything he had for his club, and the best thing about him is his respectful nature, he was indeed very humble manager and always dedicate the players for what he has achieved..thats quite rare in our modern time.
Despite all the positives about the Spanish manager there is one big difference!Mou has been revolving all around Europe going from success to success, with Porto he won all domestic trophies and champions league, with Chelsea he was brilliant and won them two EPL, with Inter he won the treble and with Madrid he won the league…that tells you something about the degree of his talent and intelligence, he is a hungry wolf and can catch prey at any forest.in my opinion Guardiola lacks this special ability unless he can empirically prove it by achieving the same success he had with Barca with another team..Barca is a great team and any manager can achieve something within a very short time with their current crops of players, well I an not undermining the effect of pep as he trully installed many new thing into the formula but the like of Messi, Xavi and Iniesta can shoot any teams down without instruction, just ask Tito Vilanova!
For that reason I still give Jose the upper hand to be our next manager, perhaps wit a bit wee advices from the Sir he could change something about his personality and install the united’s never die attitude…with United everything would be different for him but I am sure he will add new dimensions to the club and he will also take new things he never had at other clubs.
Whoever replacing Fergie I wish him the best of luck but thats is not enough as we create our lacks by our hands.
@United till I die
Couldn’t have said it better. Besides, Barca haven’t exactly crumbled since he’s left have they?
Best news Ive heard in a while that Pep doesnt feel ready. Whilst every other team ask and badger him Sir Alex will just be a phone call away telling him he has a job at OT if and when hes ready. Im not looking forward to the day Sir Alex will leave us and in no way want to hasten his departure.
Take as much time as you need Pep.
Fletch bad decisions are made all the time mate just the way it is, think a lot of the knocks against Maureen are fallacies.He’s a proven winner in many leagues who loves a challenge and has a ego big enough that taking over from Sir Alex won’t bother him.There’s going to be immense pressure to whoever takes over and this has to be taken into account.Pep may or may not be a brilliant manager but there’s no doubt he lucked out with a one off squad so he really is unproven imo.If Utd want him that’s fine with me but there’s no comparison between Maureen and Pep in terms of experience and achievements
For me Mourinho is one of the best managers alive, and of course he is a candidat
But United needs humble people to their personel, and Pep Guardiola is humble, and not arrogant. We don’t want to see our players kicking and fighting in the pitch.
You would say, Pep brought the actincg, btu I say, who doesn’t act these days, maybe spanish are prone to acting? Mourinhos players also act, so that’s busted.
Anyway, I prefer Pep Guardiola to rebuild our system and the work ethic like FErgie said about him, and maybe he would be only 4 years, but 4 years is a long time in these days, so you gotta take that into account.
Maybe after those 4-5 years, someone long-term manager would step up!
BTW. all teams where Mourinho has managed most of have been dirty teams like Chelsea and Inter. He managed to make Real Madrid dirty so they won their trophy, until now, they play clean.
Anyway a humble person for 4-5 years and then someone long-term, maybe this long-temr manager will be a myth these days, who knows?
PS.
Please read the article where Ferguson says barca were a good team, but Pep increased them to another level and raised MEssis level also. (the Messi part he didn’t sya, but look at Messis stats after Pep was the manager.
“Barcelona HAVE ALWAYS had that style and played attractive football. He INCREASED that by putting a new work ethic into the players in terms of their work rate. They work extremely hard to get the ball back and if you combine that with their possession it makes a fantastic team.”
and didn’t Bobby charlton or someone say that mourinho is too arrogant for us?
@Costas
To be honest I think both Mourhino AND Guardiola will end up managing Utd at some point. For me Mourhino is the logical choice to follow SAF as his record is second to none in the last10 years but just as importantly he has that brash confidence about him that’s going to be needed when the pressure is really on at the biggest club in the world. I can see him building a team from the back out. A water tight back 4 with our current strikes and a solid midfield and we would be tough to beat.
I am wary of his antics of the pitch but I’m sure it will be made clear to him that the club won’t accept him or anyone else damaging the clubs image in anyway.
United till I die
Another thing has to be taken into account though mate. There are managers that win trophies but there are very few that can win multiple trophies like our treble of 99. Squad rotation at key times to minimise fatigue and injury is an art form in itself.
Even though alot love Mourinho he hasnt had what I call blockbuster seasons like our treble.
Pep in 2009 with Barca won the hextuple (so big I had to look it up to see if I got the right prefix (hex/sex)
League, champions league, spanish cup, spanish super cup, european super cup, world club cup
and in 2011 the quintuple (5) missing out on the spanish cup but winning everything else.
That is something else. That is the same difference in winning the league on the last day by goal difference or winning it by late February with a 25 point margin. At the end of the day both managers would win the league but its clear one is very special.
@united till I die
Fair enough mate, that is what I wanted to say.
@We are united
wise and exciting words mate, you are right about Guardiola but I really don’t fancy him managing united directly after Fergie’s retirement for the reasons I mentioned, but as you said his working ethics is fantastic, who knows?may be he will spend the rest of his life at united.
Mourhino and Ole dream team.
Goat Maureen won the treble at Inter
@United till I die
Both Mou and Pep? That’s ambitious, lol. Don’t know. Personally speaking, I’d go with Jose out of these two, but I don’t know why we haven’t looked elsewhere. Conte’s example at Juventus proved that sometimes the best solution is someone that knows the club inside out. In our case, that could be someone like Ole. But not straight away. It would be wise if he was given a full year as Fergie’s number 2 first.
No Manchester United in the EPL team of the week??????????? This team would be fighting relegation!
GK: Hugo Lloris – Tottenham Hotspur (75.06)
RB: Kyle Walker – Tottenham Hotspur (67.18)
CB: Jan Vertonghen – Tottenham Hotspur (120.69)
CB: Gareth McAuley – West Bromwich Albion (65.31)
LB: Kyle Naughton – Tottenham Hotspur (54.58)
CM: Jack Wilshere – Arsenal (95.71)
CM: Alejandro Faurlin – Queens Park Rangers (102.72)
RW: Adel Taarabt – Queens Park Rangers (121.77)
CAM: Santi Cazorla – Arsenal (230.31)
LW: Lukas Podolski – Arsenal (116.18)
ST: Christian Benteke – Aston Villa (146.05)
SUBS:
GK: Gerhard Tremmel – Swansea City (67.85)
RB: Bacary Sagna – Arsenal (65.93)
CM: Steven Gerrard- Liverpool (85.75)
LW: Wes Hoolahan – Norwich City (92.74)
ST: Theo Walcott – Arsenal (97.25)
He isnt ready now but when the Boss retires in 2 Years time He will be ready.
People still banging on the myth that Mourinho bought success. The ironic thing is that the 2 clubs that he didn’t spend a fortune, he ended up with the CL trophy, in Porto & Inter
@Costas
Another thing I like about Mouhino is that players want to play for him because of his track record. While wearing the famous red jersey should be enough to attract players It wouldn’t hurt having Mourhinos pull in the transfer market on our side.
Either way its going to be interesting. I think one of the biggest challenges facing anew manager will be winning over the fans. Unless you’re in your mid 30s like myself you probably don’t remember any other Utd manager. I remember big Ron Atkinson in the 80s so in a sense I’ve seen the other side of the coin with regards to expectations for our team. Fact is our new manager is going to come in and dump some current fan favorites so he’s going to need broad shoulders to take shut from the fans who have been spoiled the last 25 years.
@Goat, you got that right, and he was the one who raised Messi’s performance, cause he was so smart, that he realised that he needs to build the teams mentality and change the tacticts, so that everything goes past Messi.
HE realised, that Messi is their key, Messi will win them trophies. This resembles to me with SAF.
SAF bought Ronaldo, build a system for years and the flourished it to a system that we played everything going to Ronaldo. ANd look where did that lead. So yes, Pep is like a young SAF.
@Andromeda
Cheers mate. look I see it this way, if Pep comes immediatelly after SAF retires, then he will ge tmaybe an 5 year contract. Which means, he has 5 years to build a team. I see it that, the first year, he will buiold his system and make players understand what is required to play the “tikitaka” football. Maybe he will just build a new approach to our 442 with wingers formation? Who knows.
The first year, will always be hard, so we finish second, we will see a glance of that tikitaka football, but still we will maybe lose our first year ( in reality I DOUBT IT), but I’m trying to take my red-tinted glasses off. Then after losing the first year, the system will already build on, and next year, our team would be stronger and wiser.
Everything would start in the second year after Pep would build his football system to our players minds, and bring some youths, who are able to play this and maybe buy some players with the tikitaka ability.
My best case scenario is he brings Messi or Iniesta or BOTH!!!!!!!!! no matter what you say!!!!
This is how I see it.
As for Mourinho, well he comes, stays 5 years, establishes the same team, buys 3-4 players, and that’s it. SOme youngster would get their chance some not. We would win trophies, of course, cause WE ARE MANUTD! but that’s it. Maybe Mourinho then feel coaching Portugal, and he leaves nothing behind after 5 years.
As for Pep, he leaves his system behind, and the mentality of tikitaka or whatever else.
So which one you chose?
@Andromeda
I read you post about this cxase, and this was an nice review and a new approach that I didn’t think.
“I still give Jose the upper hand to be our next manager, perhaps WIT a BIT wee ADVISES from the Sir he could change something about his personality and install the united’s never die attitude…with United everything would be different for him but I am sure he will add new dimensions to the club and he will also take new things he never had at other clubs”
For me if Mourinho, is one of the greats, btu my preferance is the tikitaka football and the mentality of barca.
PS. Mourino was the clehse manager and he will always love them, can we bring an troijan horse? Just putting some flair to the conversation.
@WeAreUnited
The Chelsea team that Mourinho left behind still lingers until today, so you can’t really say he leaves nothing behind
SAF and Pep ‘ve taken d standard and criteria of football to a signifying height. Anyway, pep is out for a sabbatical leave which he has politely made known to all suitors..Same he prefers Arsenal to every other EPL team. Moyes is d ideal man that suits d impeccable replacement of SAF.
Erm don’t want to reign on anyone’s parade here but you’d have to be pretty fucking retarded not to spot Messi’s talent and build a team around,that’s proving nothing of Pep’s abilities.
WeAre United what do you mean Maureen leaves nothing behind?every team Maureen has left have been winners with a quality squad not making any sense there mate and as United till i die pointed out Pep was manager for 4 years and bailed as soon as Maureen took the title away from him.Also there’s absolutely no doubt Maureen rattled Pep that year he wasn’t Mister Cool in a lot of press conferences,so what is everyone basing Pep is sure and steady on wasn’t Barca his longtime club he bailed on as soon as someone challenged his dominance?.Some would say that’s a mentality of a quitter
Btw, I believe the so called Tikitaka football is something you drill into 14 year olds, not when they are 18. So if there is anyone you want to poach, their youth team coaches are the people you want.
I regret that day that THE SIR will call it a day.
Strictly speaking, I’m very very worried about it !
I wuold like to say only one thing about this rumours that Ronaldo is leaving RM…in my opinion…he is not to much loyal to anyone but money. And whatever you think, there is strong possibility that he go to CITEH… he is great player..but i think that lot of you will be diapointed with him. He loves United…but money is money…
And about Pep…Barca wouldnt won half of those trophys if they didnt have Messi…Xavi, Iniesta are good…but Messi makeing the difference…Befor United…i would give him Arsenal to see what is he gonna do…or Chelski…
Vilanova rumoured to quit after latest tumour relapse? Pep’s going back to Barca.
Costas – I have always been in favor of mourinho taking over from fergie, has I feel we need a transitional manager, someone like jose who has the mentality to handle the pressure of the ferguson shadow, once mourinho leaves united, I feel it will be allot easier to find a new manager. But like I said, I would rather someone like mourinho, who could handle taking over from Ferguson, who could command the respect of the essing room. And then a new manager won’t feel the pressure is has hi taking over fom mourinho, and that is what many forget
@samuel – united WE stand
I would think it better United take on a manager with a proven track record rather than a manager who is still developing. It would be like taking on a trainee as opposed to someone who is at the top of their profession.
Many managers have made the step from a small club to a big club. Roy Hodgson and Brendan Rodgers are a few recent examples that haven’t worked out. Although I guess nothing is guaranteed.
I think Pep is more suited to United due to his commitment to bringing through youth. He would build on the current youth set up which SAF played an integral part of setting up and bring his own style of playing. For instance more of an emphasis on technical ability which I think the Premier League is lacking in comparison to the other top leagues around Europe. Not only does Pep have an excellent football brain but as a man outside of football he seems humble and respectable.
In comparison I would say Mourinho would be better suited to the Massive. His words are always entertaining and his actions at times are controversial.
I will rewrite this again
Costas – I have always been in favor of mourinho taking over from fergie, has I feel we need a transitional manager, someone like jose who has the mentality to handle the pressure of the Ferguson shadow, once mourinho leaves united, I feel it will be allot easier to find a new manager. But like I said, I would rather someone like mourinho, who could handle taking over from Ferguson, who could command the respect of the dressing room. And then a new manager won’t feel the pressure taking over from mourinho, has it would taking over from Ferguson, and that is what many forget
Jose will be my man. My dream scenario would be Ole managing us and we are winning trophies under him. But that would be too much to ask for. Let Ole be our number 2 for atleast 1 year then he may take over.
But honestly my first choice will be Jose then Pep then Ole
Champions League Draw Tomorrow. Any of you lot have a preference?
Prefer Porto, Valencia, Shakhtar as away to Celtic, Real and Milan are real tough any year.
Sir Alex also mentioned hoping we don’t draw Celtic.
Record v United:
ACMilan…5W 5L
Celtic……..2W 1L 1D
Porto……..3W 2L 3D
Real………2W 3L 3D
Valencia.. 2W 1L 5D
Shakhtar..Never played
samuel united We stand.
Hah good one,I did not as my mate that one.
AND
Solskjaer wins it !
AlphaRS are you saying Moyes is still developing and he has less experience than Pep,kidding right mate?.Pep has had 4 years with one club that some argue was the best club team ever,Moyes is the 3rd longest serving manager in the premier league.
Pep is the unproven one mate most competent managers would have won trophies with that Barca side and lets also not forget it’s a league that gives a unfair advantage to 2 teams
samuel united We stand.
Hope you remember what I suggested might happen on New Years Day,same source.
@BayoRed: How Cleverley is not in there is just an insult!
Guardiola any day. Youth mixed with success. I love man utd. I love u str and all u Red. One love
Talking of managers I watched a Documentary on Mourinho last night “The Worlds greatest manager” . Oh fuck off. Come back when you have built team after team like Fergie and won THAT many trophies. Anyway I was pissed off with Ronnie stating “He is THE best”. I love Ronnie but what a two faced cunt. Thought he said Fergie was the best?
Costas – Hello mate you well? Ha. Like your comment at 13.19!!
King Eric @ 16:42: ” I love Ronnie but what a two faced cunt.”
Coming to the WasteLands, along with Fabio Coentrao and Jo$e ?
Fletchtheman: You prefer Shaktar over Celtic? What are you smoking, Shaktar are miles better than Celtic. I would take Celtic anyday, they had their run.
“The fact is he walked right after Madrid took the title away from them for the first time in years end of story”.
Nail on the head.
Denton – Alright mate. It wouldn;’t surprise me that no! Although he is always respectful of United to be fair.
I hate this notion that Pep will bring Barca’s style to United. I genuinely find it fucking tedious. Plus add in the fact we have no Iniesta or Messi.
I would happily take Madrid over two legs in Champions League. Not half as good as those bandits on La Liga shows would have you believe. The bitters battered them second half at Wastelands. Besides United are at their best when playing “big” teams. I have a feeling we will draw Porto or Valencia.
Yeah and why the FUCK is Stevie Me in that list? He is fucking garbage. Had to laugh at John Cross from the Mirror’s preposterous statement that Lampard should have been nominated for Sports Personality of the Year. Why? Have i missed summat?
has won it **
Want to know why Pep walked out ? Google it now that’s what a manager does and a poodle doesnt.
Regarding tomorrow’s draw doesnt matter who we get United are the team who I don’t see being bested over two legs,we are masters at progressing at this stage of the competition I expect us to comfortably reach the final.Two leg specialists thats us.
As far as Moyes us concerned I think he’s in his comfort zone at Everton. I would have liked to see him go after the spurs job when Harry quit just to see if he’s as good as everyone thinks. Lets face it managing Everton and managing utd are two totally different jobs. We know he can find talented bargains at Evertons level but can he do the same at the biggest club in the world. Would he start bringing in average players before he realizes playing in the champions league and challenging for the title requires more than just average/good players. Not saying he’s not good enough for the job at some point but I’d like to see more of what he can do first.
If mou takes over we may aswell sell anybody under the age of 20 right now. My manager dream team is pep and solskjaer, and in my opinion, its not exactly out of question. You may think ole is too good to be a ‘number 2′ at the club, but when you look back at fergie and queiroz we were playing incredible football. Ole’s tactical know how of the game is brilliant and if pep was to be a short term coach (which i doubt) then we have a brilliant replacement in solskjaer
King eric. Messi is the playef he is today cause of pep. Pep came in, sold ronaldinho (still one of the greatest players on the planet at the time) and gave the number 10 to messi (who was 20 at the time, i think). Pique wasnt a great defender for us, pep bought him and hes now arguably the best cb in the world. Xavi was average before pep took over, and the same goes for iniesta. So yes he is more then capable of bringing barcas success to us
Praising Pep is one thing, making him God-like is another. Maybe he could turn Heskey into a goal scoring machine if given the chance.
Yes Ronaldinho was capturing all the limelight, but Xavi & Inesta were in no way average. And Pique best CB in the world? He isn’t even the best CB at Barca, Puyol is. Come on, the Pep love is getting out of hand. Yea he is a good coach probably, but unless he manages another team and have success, he will forever be ranked below Mourinho in terms of achievement.
@ Dan young
How can you talk about Oles “tactical know how” when he hasn’t managed in a top 10 league. Winning the title in Norway is great but its still fucking Norway. Just because he was a great player doesn’t automatically give him the tactical know how to be a top manager. If that’s all it took Keano would be a a world class manager but he’s not. Spending a couple season coaching the reserves is a start but he a long way from being manager of utd IMO. He young and needs to get years of experience under his belt and hopefully one day he will come home to utd, until then anyone suggesting he could be our manager is thinking with their heart and not their head.
@wayne
I am not saying, I wouldn’t be happy for mourinho to come.
Just that Pep is morehumble person and like @AlphaSR said, he fits in our category for developing youth and bring them out.
@wayne mate you comment this -> “every team Maureen has left have been winners with a quality squad”
Yeah but what happened when he left them? nothing. Inter crumbled, Chelski crumbled, and Real well, they will always attract good managers, but maybe they will also crumble. So what happens if he decides to leave us? will all our playuers cry over him?
Pep left Barca, but he left the mentality there, and you can see that Vilanova doesn’t have to change a bit, and now they are unbeaten for a while.
Yes Pep left Barca, YEs I would take mourinho also no problem for me, but the main point is, do we need an arrogant trainer here? Maybe SAF gives him advises and he comes good, but for how long? He would be our prick and I would support him, but I don’t see United in that way.
Do you know the reasons Pep Guardiola left Barcelona? You also say, every coach would see Messi and built around him, of course, but Messi and the others love him and think it’s down to him.
I agree to disagree on this, I will support United even if we get Rafa Benitez ahahha JOKE. jokes aside,
If it’s Mourinho, welcome! IF it’s Pep Welcome. Just that my preference is Pep Guardiola, and I said it why,
PS.@Marq you say that you install it in 18years old players the tikitaka football. Well isn’t that a good thing? If we get the scholes and beckhams out of the academy and teach them tikitaka in Uniteds way? And why Barcelona didn’t play this tikitaka football before Pep Guardiola?? Can you answer me this?
IF you don’t take my words, take it SAF’s:
“His record is fantastic; the trophies he won at Barcelona were quite exceptional and that is his CV, he wins trophies. Barcelona have always had that style and played attractive football. He increased that by putting a new work ethic into the players in terms of their work rate. They work extremely hard to get the ball back and if you combine that with their possession it makes a fantastic team.”
“unless he manages another team and have success, he will forever be ranked below Mourinho in terms of achievement.”
@marq no hard feelings but that is ridiculous, he made Barcelona the team to watch and to admire, he made them the best team around. HE installed this new style of football.
If he hasn’t played in england he is not enough? ridicuolous, in whatever case, for a player or manager.
Barcelona is what it is because he made them like that. And Messi was not in a central attackign role when Pep came, now he does everything. Iniesta wasn’t considered one of the best, and Xavi, well he is Xavi.
Anyway I agree to disagree, whoever comes, I hope he does good for our team. Don’t get me wrong, I admire Mourinho, and If I ever consider becoming a coach I will take lessons from him, but first I would look what SAF does and Pep, then look at Mourinho.
peace.
@marq
I noticed that, you said to 14 years old, anyway, I stand behind my words,
“why Barcelona didn’t play this tikitaka football before Pep Guardiola?? Can you answer me this?” If it’s only installed in 14 years oldies??? Because he installed it to 18 years oldies and 26 oldies.
So you contradict yourself.
peace.
@wayne
To me, tikitaka is just a term the media invented and glorified. I see not too much a difference between the Barca of Ronaldinho & the Barca of today. Only difference being Ronaldinho was so good at getting past players they could just give him the ball all the time, no need to play around oppositions like they do today. Not saying Messi is inferior, but today they merely spread the posession out more. You could say its an evolution of their formation to give them more option, rather than a whole new concept by Pep
Anyway, Sir Alex already pointed out the reason why Barca is so successful, and its not because of tikataka, its because they work extremely hard to get the ball back if they lose it.
Where is Chels & Inter today, Gua ahead of Mou and that’s all
@WeAreUnited
I don’t think my statement is ridiculous. I said in terms of achievement, not anything else. Its a fact that Mourinho has a better trophy collection. Only when you consider other factors that Pep gets more points
Just to end off. I am in no way putting down Pep, so don’t have to try to convince me of anything. He is a good coach, no doubts about that, not everyone can manage a big team. Just look at Benitez. He took over a treble winning team at Inter & made them look trash.
I am merely stating my opinion that Messi, Xavi & Inesta’s shadow looms too large over Pep, and only when he manages another team that we can judge him properly. Mourinho on the other hand, has already proven himself.
But in terms of the better person, Pep wins hands down.
If you ask me what is my ideal scenario, it would be Mourinho to manage us for 3 years and Ole to take over after that. And poach the entire Barca youth setup while they are at that =p
@marq
ok, sorry for that, I misunderstood.
It’s not a hype, it really is there, cause you see that when you play Barca, you chase them, they don’t play counter-attack, they make you chase the ball, there are always triangles. It’s simple logics for Pep, but hard for everyone else.
You see us playing the 433 with the diamond, but you don’t see the tikitaka football, cause 1. you need to implement the tactict, 2. to have the right players and 3 to understand football.
I see a huge difference, cause when Ronaldinho played, they used their wings alot, these days, it’s more of the possession and the tikitaka. You can’t deny that. It’s not media, go watch youtube, read about that etc. It is there my friend
YEs Mourinho has achieved alot, but the teams he left behind, crumbled, and the team Pep left behind, still wins trophies, ok I admit it has to do alot about Messi and the co, but that’s the beauty of a good manager, he can implement and get them play together.
It’s not that simple, if you have played football. I played in a good team, but the tactics were alwasy poor, and we didn’t do well. And in some teams, because of tactics we did well occasionally.
Everyone is saying , ( when fergie goes ) what’s wrong with you,he’s going nowere.
Not thinking you putting him down or anything cause even if you do, he’s not my father or anything hahah, or United coach. And don’t think me putting Mourinho down aswell.
You said @marq
“If you ask me what is my ideal scenario, it would be Mourinho to manage us for 3 years and Ole to take over after that.”
My opinion is:
“If you ask me what is my ideal scenario, it would be Guardiola to manage us for 4-5 years and Ole to take over after that.”
so in that way, we think the same hahha. Why Ole??? cause he could be our Pep Guardiola.
you got the twist ? hahah peace mate.
How is it a myth? The facts are there for those that choose to see it. Nearly all the clubs he’s been at has astronomical budget. Madrid, chelsea or even porto who have the upper hand in picking the best portuguese/brazilian players (although their scouts are very good, i don’t think mourinho played any part in that). The glazers won’t hand him a bottomless pit of cash. He’ll get the chance to get in one or two marquee signings and then he’d have to rely on a non existent to cultivate and nurture younger potentials into world class players. He’d have to take more risks or the statergy set out by the club will be shattered. Mourinho’s credentials as a tactician and a coach will be in closer scrutiny, he won’r get the quick buck to rectify every problem he has, this where he’ll get found out for what he really is.
People claim he didn’t have youth set ups at the.clubs he’s been at which is not accurate in my opinion. Chelsea and madrid have more chance of cherry picking the best younger players, they all have the platform to build a great youth and produce great.players but as can be seen throughout senor mourinho’s career, he’s only bothered about the here and now as he’s been appointed by the clubs that match his extravagant mentality,.manchester united does not suit him and neither does this club. The philosophy has been laid down by the two great scots and we’d rather see it being adhered to. I can only see mourinho coming in and turning everything on its head and tarnishing the image of the club.
I can understand people love his self belief and so.called “charisma” but that does not guarantee a smooth transition, far from it. Personally, beyond fergie, i can’t.see a manager with the capabilities of lasting decades at a club but at.least lay down the foundation for continious progress, mourinho has found it easy as he’s been giving everything in which he has to buy talented players with winning mentality. He has been giving great squads to.produce the best results, his success as i’ve highlighted has been ecpected, you’d have to be an incompetent manager to fail. I said it before, i don’t think he’s a master tactician. He.can manipulate other managers and use the media who can’t help but stick their tongue up his arse, he’s very good at the dramatic capture of an audience, he makes grown men grovel at his feet like impregnatedpigs but he’s not this all conquering manager that he’s made out to be.
Fergie has a mutual professional respect for him, i can’t see anything beyond that.
A lot of people have said barça don’t need a manager they are so good. Well not that Vilanova is certain to step down let’s see how they get on.
He looks a very talented manager in the mould of Pep and I wish him the very best and hope he’ll recover for a second time and get back to football management as soon as possible.
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How is it a myth? The facts are there for those that choose to see it. Nearly all the clubs he’s been at has astronomical budget. Madrid, chelsea or even porto who have the upper hand in picking the best portuguese/brazilian players (although their scouts are very good, i don’t think mourinho played any part in that). The glazers won’t hand him a bottomless pit of cash. He’ll get the chance to get in one or two marquee signings and then he’d have to rely on a non existent ability to cultivate and nurture younger potentials into world class players. He’d have to take more risks or the statergy set out by the club will be shattered. Mourinho’s credentials as a tactician and a coach will be in closer scrutiny, he won’r get the quick buck to rectify every problem he has, this where he’ll get found out for what he really is.
People claim he didn’t have youth set ups at the.clubs he’s been at which is not accurate in my opinion. Chelsea and madrid have more chance of cherry picking the best younger players, they all have the platform to build a great youth and produce great.players but as can be seen throughout senor mourinho’s career, he’s only bothered about the here and now as he’s been appointed by the clubs that match his extravagant mentality,.manchester united does not suit him and neither does this club. The philosophy has been laid down by the two great scots and we’d rather see it being adhered to. I can only see mourinho coming in and turning everything on its head and tarnishing the image of the club.
I can understand people love his self belief and so.called “charisma” but that does not guarantee a smooth transition, far from it. Personally, beyond fergie, i can’t.see a manager with the capabilities of lasting decades at a club but at.least lay down the foundation for continious progress, mourinho has found it easy as he’s been giving everything in which he has to buy talented players with winning mentality. He has been giving great squads to.produce the best results, his success as i’ve highlighted has been ecpected, you’d have to be an incompetent manager to fail. I said it before, i don’t think he’s a master tactician. He.can manipulate other managers and use the media who can’t help but stick their tongue up his arse, he’s very good at the dramatic capture of an audience, he makes grown men grovel at his feet like impregnatedpigs but he’s not this all conquering manager that he’s made out to be.
Fergie has a mutual professional respect for him, i can’t see anything beyond that.
@samuel
So who did Mourinho buy at Porto & Inter since its not a myth?
During Pep’s time at Barçalona he turned them into the best club side in history.
They were playing fantasy football week in week out, battering everyone and winning the trophys to prove their dominance. Was Pep a factor or not? You decide.
Personally I believe a manager can’t but be a factor in his teams success or lack thereof.
If he never manages another team it’ll forever be debated if he was that good, got lucky or whatever but the fact is when he was there they won an unprecedented number of trophies playing football that most teenagers wouldn’t manage on FiFA 12 in a month of Sundays.
I fear the departure of SAF now as much as I dreaded the day Peter Schmeichel announced he was retiring (from MUFC). They’re both simply irreplaceable and you just have to accept that things will be different, things will change. Schmikes left in 1999, and it took, what, 6-7 years for VDS to come and provide some stability to MUFC? That seemed like forever – it will seem the same once SAF retires as Manager.
One thing is for sure, SAF won’t be gone from the club; as sure as Sir Bobby has some influence within the club to this day, so too will SAF.
PS. Would love to see 20LEgend take the reins at some point. United through and through.
Like i said, he didn’t have to buy at porto, that club finds the best portuguese/south american players, they have the best scout system in europe, producing stars like deco, carvalho, falcao e.t.c. Mourinho may have won there but he played no significant part in producing or finding players. UEFA cup or champions league are cup competition, it is a knock out competition, more often than not, the best teams don’t win it so i wasn’t suprised when porto won it, they met a hopeless monaco in the final and battered them.
Inter is a great club and already had the bedrock for success with great players and that showeed with their CL win. Mourinho left the club with long term goal, he was the manager and should laid foundation for continious growth but he left a team far beyond its prime, floundering in serie A.
Like i said, he didn’t have to buy at porto, that club finds the best portuguese/south american players, they have the best scout system in europe, producing stars like deco, carvalho, falcao e.t.c. Mourinho may have won there but he played no significant part in producing or finding players. UEFA cup or champions league are cup competition, it is a knock out competition, more often than not, the best teams don’t win it so i wasn’t suprised when porto won it, they met a hopeless monaco in the final and battered them.
Inter is a great club and already had the bedrock for success with great players and that showeed with their CL win. Mourinho left the club with NO long term goal, he was the manager and should laid foundation for continious growth but he left a team far beyond its prime, floundering in serie A.
The thing is,
Pep Guardiola managed the best team in a decade and managed them really well.
Made Messi play better than he did, made Iniesta a superstar and put Xavi to the stars.
He started his career with one of the best teams i nthe world and made the mso good that after 10 years, somebody asks about the greates teams, they will highlight Pep’s Barcelona.
@samuel
you put it right, just one thing, mourinho is a man manager, that’s why he does well, and only at madrid he plays attacking football. He was my first choice but then I have found him to arrogant for us, no matter his succes. And if a manager that made a team the best there.
For me he should be the first choice. Mourinho leaves the team crumbled, look at Inter, Chelsea, Porto is hard to discuss cause I haven’t followed them, and when he leaves Real well REal always finds managers. You gotta hand it to mou, for taking the throne fro mbarca, but look at them now, every team goes a little off, s odid we, when we let ancelottis chelse win us.
Anyway. a humble person who developes our academy and implements his footballing tikitaka system and wins trophies! When we are to start over again, we are left with a football system, like SAF leaves his 442 now. that’s long-term.
As just for winnign trophies and buying 3-4 players a year, it’s not bad either, but when we have to start over again, we are left nothing.
YOU DECIDE:
For all the talk about Pep, I think Jose will be our special one. WAYNE has been bang on the money about Jose, too many myths about him that people dont seem to look at his records properly and his work environment at previous clubs which is a vital factor in how a coach does his job. Porto, Chelsea, Inter and Real Madrid demanded instant trophies,UNITED demand that you build a legacy hence a difference in approach is inevitable for Jose IF he comes. Those who want a ‘humble’ manager remember its about the right man for the job. My prefered order will always be Jose Pep and Moyes/SOLKSJAER in that order. Till then lets enjoy Sir Alex Ferguson
And if a manager that made a team the best there in spain .For me Pep Guardiola should be the first choice ****
forgot to add something.
@dandivine
I have said it, I would welcome Mourinho, but he leaves teams crumbling, and if he decides to leave, then we are screwed.
If however, he would stay with us for 10 years, then it’s another thing. For 4-5 I wouldn’t take him. For 10 years yes.
As for Pep Guardiola, yes for 5 years and yes for 10 years. That’s why pep is for me, but whoever from these two’s comes IF comes, they are welcomed for me.
Like @marq put it with Mourinho, this is for me
“If you ask me what is my ideal scenario, it would be Guardiola to manage us for 4-5 years and Ole to take over after that.”
@Samuel
The point I’m trying to put across is that Mourinho can win without buying big, and you just proved it. How Porto won it is another matter altogether. Monaco is as hopeless to Porto as some of the teams that knocked us out after our 98/99 success.
I think the point you are trying to put across is about continuity. The Porto he left behind remained strong, and the Chelsea he left behind was also strong. Should Mourinho be blamed fully for his successors’ inability to rebuilt?
“If you ask me what is my ideal scenario, it would be Guardiola to manage us for 4-5 years and Ole to take over after that.”
and you ask why in this manner? why Ole, well I think everyone knows that he could be our Pep Guardiola, who has the ManUtd experience.
That’s why, nobody says, he could be our Mourinho.
I have said it all, this is for me, I agree to disagree with you guys. peace.
I think Mourinho is more likely to stay a decade than Pep is to stay 4 years.
If I were a top player and Moyes or Ole were at the helm I would not be filled with confidence. A top manager can attract great players, how would our current players feel if Moyes or Ole were appointed? We all saw how Rooney reacted when he felt we were not signing world class players. Our players are winners why would they take instructions from a manager who has never won a major trophy or a manager who has only won a trophy in an inferior league. Can you imagine how they would react if we went through a bad patch. Mourinho is a great manager, although people call him arrogant he gets results, regarding the youth policy when was the last time you saw Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid promote youth. Even at Real Madrid some of the youth players are 25, Ozil, Di Maria and Benzema are younger than some of Real Madrid’s youth team. Guardiola is a fantastic manager too, to win two champion league trophies in the space of 4 years in this era is a great achievement and if he can replicate his success at United that would be great.
You plastic idiots haven’t got a clue.he said he fancies arsenal.but you are brain dead plastic morons.
He didn’t play any part in building porto. Porto and benfica are giants of football. Like i said, the portuguese have the best scouts, that certainly aided mourinho. Inter had a great team but at its prime, he didn’t really lay down the platform for continious growth. Left the club with ageing players, didn’t make an attempt to get younger players into the team, inter are paying for his short term mentality and negligence. His successor can only be as good as the squad left by the previous manager, they need that new younger spine to carry on and that’s not been the case with mourinho, managers at inter have had to embark on a huge scale of rebuilding.
Like i said, he’s no master tactician. I would say jurgen klopp is tactically more astitute with lesser budget added with no melodramatic baggage brings with him.
United is a different challenge compared to other clubs. There’s a philosophy already in place and has to be followed. The idea that his arrival will bring guaranteed success is inaccurate, he may well get found out. Anyway i will cherish this moments with fergie.
Micheldu9 – if he goes to Arsenal, won’t he just leave for Man Utd, City, or back to Barca after a few years like everyone else at Arsenal?
The only reason Wenger’s still there is because they’ve promised him as many kids as he wants
Dan Young – Xavi has NEVER been average pal. As for Pique he is not in my opinion the best CB in the World. Nowhere near. He never has to defend and when he does he is all over the shop.
Marq – Ha. You beat me to it mate on Xavi and Pique. Just read your comment.
samuel – Belting post at 18.51 pal.
MICHEL – Robin Van Persie. Nuff said. Cheers for that .
I admire and respect Pep as a person. As a coach, he took a very good team and made it better. But there are question marks. The biggest is his lack of experience at any other clubs. That wouldn’t necessarily matter, except for one thing: Barca play a very distinctive style of football, one that is extremely technical, and it took them years to develop and hone. Barca’s play depends heavily on key players like Iniesta, Xavi and Messi. All three players have been with Barca since the ages of 11 or 12 (Messi might have been 13 when he joined from Argentina), and have spent their entire careers there. From the very earliest ages, they were drilled and coached in the pressing and tika-taka style that Barca deploy; and the club’s coaching staff are very open about the importance of this sort of training from such a young age. Anyone who thinks this could be replicated at another club without a similar level of investment is, I think, kidding themselves.
Pep didn’t start this — indeed, he was one of the players who himself came up through the Barca youth system. I believe that Barca’s style could only be replicated (to the same degree) at another club through years and years of dedicated coaching, starting with players now in the youth academy. And even then, the outcome would not be certain.
Alternatively, Pep could seek to coach a team with a different style. But he has absolutely no experience at doing so. To take him on that basis would be a massive gamble.
Beyond that, there are other question marks over Pep. One, he has a pathcy record in the transfer market. Someone mentioned earlier that Pep “added his own style of football by getting rid of players who thought themselves bigger than the team (e.g. Ibrahamovic)”. It is true that Pep unloaded Ibra. But it is also true that it was Pep who bought Ibra, and that the deal must rank as one of the most spectacular (and expensive) failures in modern football: Pep bought Ibra in 2009/10 in exchange for Samuel Eto’o plus 49m Euros. He lasted one season before he was first loaned, then sold, to AC Milan for less than half what Pep had paid (and that doesn’t take into account Eto’s value). Nor is the only bad deal that Pep did.
My other question is whether Pep has the bottle for the job. Yes, I understand managing Barca is a pressure-cooker job. But then, so is managing United. While I don’t know what went on behind the scenes in terms of politics (which will always be a problem with a club that has Barca’s structure), from a distance it certainly appears that Pep wasn’t up to it.
Nice! Get him in sir alex, I kinda like the little spaniard, we could get neymar too
There comes a time in Manchester united history where we all repeat one statement and thats”Fergie and the post Fergie’s era” and thats of course whe he call it a day..just a little futuristic reality check for all faithful united fans:))no matter what happens and who comes we will stick to our tradition…anybody who tries to fill Fergie’s boot should also stick to those traditions, no matter where he came from or how many trophies he won…the club will always be greater than anyone:)
I think its quite daft expecting anyone to commit himself for 10 years, pep won’t do it,neither will TSO, even ole won’t do that.
We will be just like every other club when the great man calls it a day. Well have to experiment like everyone else. It worries me sometimes,that the gaffer is not gonna be here forever but its going to happen and all we can do is prepare for it as best we can. United will never die. How I cringe every time I hear someone bump their gums about our demise when SAF steps down. Nothing of the sort will happen. Fergie will still be around in some capacity. Love the EPL ,Xmas games to make up for those dreadful internationals couple of months back.
Can’t wait to see kagawa back, I’m sure Fergie is gonna play him with Rooney and van. persie. So far loving the way the season is shaping up, there’s been some tangible improvement throughout the squad, really good stuff
Hmmmmm Pep, at United with the secrets of Barca. Total world domination
Lol stupid fucking Gooner the rumor tha Pep wanted to go to Le Arse was total bollocks,need to open your eyes son Le Arse are ave.No elite manager is going to Le Arse when the club won’t pay anymore than 125 k a week in wages.Anyway Wengers contract runs till 2014 by that time you lot will be out of Europe and hovering around 8th
Gooners have become the biggest bunch of deluded cunts out there
Hold on why are people replacing Fergie. I haven’t heard anywhere that the great one is hanging up his gum? In fact the truth is he will carry on as long as he is healthy. There could be another good 5 seasons in him yet. Although Pep would fit in nicely as Fergies understudy. They could learn off each other and create something really special at OT. Then only when the time is right Fergie can leave his club in good hands. Not sure Pep would go for that but it would be an awesome partnership.
Between mou and pep just like comparison messi and ronaldo. Mou and Ronaldo already proven in different league. But pep and messi only barcelona. I like Mou and Pep are candidate manager of United. They both have excelent CV. But in term of youth policy, i choose Pep.
King Eric’s post @ 20:31
LOL – short and succinct
If am to choose from the two. My choice will always remain Pep any day of the week regardless of what anyone says. Am bothered too about SAF stepping down but its bound to happen and the earlier the better
“hanging up is gum” Hilarious!!
I am one of those who believe Moyes could step up and do the job. He is very experienced in the Premier league. Managing United would mean he has to chalenge for titles rather than 4th place or finishind above Liverpool but I think that wouldn’t be difficult with his experience. He would have the quality and a bigger purse. The suggestion that he would buy average players just doesnt hold water. If he could believe me he would have bought Van Persie too but “hello” he is at Everton.
Mourinho is as expensive as Christiano Ronaldo, wont be surprised to see the pair at City.
I hope we draw Milan in the CL. An early challenge (not RM) could do us a world of good and we would take some lessons with us to the quarter finals.
Real Madrid v Manchester United
Plastic morons,I went to plastic Trafford a few weeks ago.my god.the singing was like a school choir.
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I for one would love to see David Moyes coming in. I think he and United could benefit from each other well. He knows talent when he sees it, he has the ability to bring out the best in players and he progress and grow as a manager with us.
The thing that works against him is that he lacks a winning record. Correct me if I’m wrong, but his best result with Everton was his runner-up place in ’09?
I just want to work outside this Mourinho or Guardiola bubble. They’re not the only talented managers out there, not at all. Let me remind you though, that of the two, Mourinho is the only one who successfully has brought a lesser talented squad to medals. Guardiola has only worked with a top-flight Barcelona, which certainly, in many ways isn’t easy either. But as Fergie says, winning makes everything easier.
Moyes is a good candidate in my mind. He knows the English mentality, and he has the passion and right management style in my mind. I definitely think he would be able to compeat nationally – but can he grow and win European medals?
Another massive candidate is Jurgen Klopp of Dortmund. Of course, he isn’t solely responsible for the great Dortmund side we’re seeing at the moment, but he clearly has the talent to make everything culminate. Tactics, spotting talents and managing the club – he’s shown it all. And he’s got a winning record. Two-times Bundesliga winner and a win in DFB Pokal (The german cup). Only question is: Why leave? I’d love to see him step up to the challenge, but I don’t know if we really have a line on him.
Finally, personas such as Carlos Queiroz, Frank de Boer or Solskjaer are all in contention as well. But can Ole make the jump from Molde to us? That sure is one big jump.
Pep managed the best team in the world, he installed a winning formula which had been taking the best part of 8 years to grow that team; they were team mates from youth which you could say was the reason Pep ‘won’ all those trophies.
The truth is, he was working with the best players who’d formed the best team. You could say Tito Vilanova will win many trophies too then.
Put Pep in a Premier League team and see how good he really is, let’s not all make noise about Pep, everyone’s judging him based on his Barca stint before legging it when Real truly turned up the heat and things fell out of place.