Ancelotti for me too, now as well as after Fergie. He doesn't carry the Mendes baggage, nor does he have the very recent catastrophic failure that Jose had. Which is likely why Bayern have gone for him.
Sorry, that makes no sense. Like van Gaal, there were reports of us meeting Mourinho months ago too. Nobody said that was classless. Pissing on van Gaal's parade within an hour of the final whistle is indeed classless...regardless of who leaked it
It'd surprise me. Technical Director or DoF or whatever you want to call it is too long term a position to put someone in it for 12 months.
So Arsenal, they didn't want us to become Arsenal.
Ignorance on full show.
Why is it journalists' fault? Aren't they just doing their job? Are they supposed to ignore all information from their sources? Story was all over foreign media yesterday morning. If nothing in English media, we/some say 'our media are shit, they know nothing' etc etc. When they do some digging, they get blamed.
We really don't know the source of leaks. All speculation at present.
I don't think it was the club, fwiw.
Who exactly has announced anything?
Even blaming Mendes and Mourinho for the leaks is all speculation. They're just easy targets. If a pre-contract was signed some while back there will have been a confidential clause not to disclose anything until it's official.
Yes I have to agree with you there, my respect and admiration for Mourinho went through the roof that time.
That moment and the Palace game were almost worth the Moyes season. Glorious!
Surely people need to be angry at who leaked it to the press, not the press themselves?
He's coming at the right time. The club needed that 3yr experience.
If they're looking to be angry about it for some reason then yes, that'd be where to direct it.
Hayley McQueen said that the leak came from Mendez. Mourinho looked very unhappy when some journo asked him after the Haye's match.
Press are only doing their job, nothing more. Some underling somewhere probably leaked it for a few quid.
How would you like it if you had just won the FA Cup and at the post match press conference you were continuously asked about getting the sack?
Indeed. Journos are payed to bring news, not to act cute.
That is not important. Press was doing its job, and for once, they were doing it well.
Pissed off that someone had leaked it probably, but to be perfectly honest I don't really care how lvg feels and like I said above its the person who leaked the news that started it, the press are there to get the story.
No, it's not important for the press to show a bit respect. I'm mean, it's not as if they had any other questions to ask like asking questions about the FA Cup final match.
This doesn't fit the 'Jose's a cnut' narration though so behave.
Sky have said that this came from Jose's camp. They would not have said that if they did not have proof that it was his camp that released this.
We don't know who leaked it, but you're right. The resulting commotion has meant that the managerial news has taken center stage, rather than the cup win. Within less than hour of lifting the trophy as well.
Sky's Haley McQueen said categorically that it was Jose's team that leaked it and that Man Utd would not be happy about it.
Sky says many things which ultimately prove to be speculation.
Jeez, you're behaving as though it was some sort of state secret before yesterday. Newsflash - the speculation has been going on for months and Van Gaal is old enough and ugly enough to realise he's failed and what the price of failure will be, regardless of his public utterances.
A change in managers gets more views and is more important than FA Cup. Lets top pretending that it is UCL, it is a third rate trophy nowadays. Good to win like any trophy, but on the grand scheme of things doesn't mean much. On the other side, United changing the manager means more to the viewers to whom the media bring the news.
ESPN via Miguel Delaney said club sources. The journalists who broke the story also have no real history with Mendes. The BBC guys, Delaney, Wallace, Ogden, those are names that, at first glance, seem much closer to Woodward.
Over dramatic much? You have no concrete evidence Mourinho had anything to do with the leak. Could have been Ed for all you know.
