Imagine the shitstorm if the club did anything other than deny the Zidane story. They would basically have to sack Jose immediately because it would completely obliterate his ability to continue managing - with some pretty big fixtures on the horizon.
L'Equipe : Zidane wants United job / all spaculation no updates
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Yeah us denying contact is a total non-story really.
I think he will be gone after the next 5-6 league games (not counting cup games where we may nick a win) as its' obvious opposition teams have figured him out and the players are not up for it.
I don't think Ed will wait till end of season. He can't. Back during LvG's tenure, while LvG was fecking up, Chelsea and City were also dropping shitloads of points which meant that we were in the Top 4 race despite the feck-ups, quite miraculously. However, the current Top 6 are quite strong (except us) -- even Spurs and Arsenal are picking up points at a rapid pace. So, if Jose lasts till Xmas, we could be 12-15 points off 4th spot, and there would be no chance of competing for it.
It is a new situation for Mr Accountant, usually he is happy to sack managers at the end of the season or when Top 4 is mathematically impossible, but the league has gotten a lot stronger since Moyes' and LvG's times, and the other Top 6 teams don't drop a lot of points to give us chances.
Mate, the guy just won 3 Champions League trophies in a row managing arguably the biggest club in the world. Why would he accept to cut short his sabbatical to join this toxic environment on an interim basis? I think we can get him, but there's no way he'd accept joining on some sort of short term contract, the guy hardly needs to prove himself and at this moment probably has the opportunity to manage for any club in Europe where there's a vacancy.
Unexpectedly Juve's General Director Marotta confirmed he's leaving, can Zidane be involved in some managerial changes in Juve's structure?
For the board to contact a potential replacement, whilst Jose remains the current manager and firmly under contract, would be completely unethical. No way they will admit to that.
From ZZZ to ZZ. Make it happen already.
Its not unethical to hold preliminary talks with another candidate as a hedge in case Mourinho continues to slide into the abyss. What would be unethical would be for them to allow it to become public.
That's precisely what I meant.
With that I'd say the chances for United having made a move went from 10% to 20%.
ZZ Top.From ZZZ to ZZ. Make it happen already.
I dunno, not sold on this, I just don't want us to go for whatever big name is available at any given time again, we need a proper plan.
What is Zidanes brand of football? RM didn't have a particular style when I watched them. I want us to have a style.
Martinez was there too and he is an attacking manager.Zidane as the manager with Henry as the assistant manager.
Aye means nothing. We were really uncertain if LvG would be sacked cause the club just flat out denied it. I mean even LvG was surprised. But yeah we're obviously working behind the scenes for when the inevitable happens.
Simeone it is then.
Come on mate, Ed needs a good 3 months to do a spreadsheet and few charts and work on the finances on his bid. So there's a few months of preparation before we present our bid to Zidane.
If we are 15 points off top 4 and highly unlikely to achieve it then it makes even less sense to sack him then! If that were the scenario we may as well wait until mathematically inpossible to substantially reduce the pay out
Would be more expensive to miss out on champions league next year if we keep him for that long..
He’s saying that if United are 15 pts behind top 4 then no manager can get them back in, so why spent 15m to pay off Mourinho?
It will be Zidane.
No plan, just a big name manager to pander to Pogba, Martial etc.
No plan, just a big name manager to pander to Pogba, Martial etc.
I honestly don't see things working out well with Zidane, not long term anyway. We might get a good year or two? I just want a manager to part ways with us not being a total fecking mess.
Well then Mourinho shouldn't feel too bad about it.
I felt sorry for Van Gaal. Like feck if I would feel sorry for Mourinho - tosser.
Club had to deny that.
Makes sense.
Makes sense.
Ugh as much as I hate to say it, it doesn't seem like a difficult choice really unfortunately (although obviously I cant say as I dont know his motivations). Either wait patiently to go to a club you know and are loved at to take over an excellent and stable team that dominates their league or jump into the caldron at united with a major rebuilding job and doubt over every level at the club....tough one alright. Much bigger rewards with doing it at United yes but its a much bigger risk too for him.
I would love him here, but i doubt it will happen. Unless he sees it as a challenge, the job is difficult, probably the most difficult job in top football? Takes some balls to take it, because if he waits, he can pick the job he wants (Must not be a managerial role per se).
If the club think the chances of Mourinho arresting this slide are greater than 0%, they are really the worst board in football.
I also hate this notion that it has to be Zidane. Would be negligent if the club aren't establishing back channels with Pochettino.
Agree though none of the managers we have hired since Fergie were under contract by the time they joined us. Zidane seems to fit Woodward's bill which is annoying as hell.
They're not a football board - as long as the money piles in they don't care what Woody does - and Ed doesn't want to admit that he's picked the wrong person again.
Hmm Ed Woodward must have been prepared for the possibility of having to sack Mourinho during the season once he decided not to get his transfer targets. Unless he actually wanted to but the rest of the board stopped him? Not sure how it works.
If they wasn’t bothered we would have had Mourinho in the first place. They are not that stupid. Mourinho hopeFully will be gone soon. I just hope if the right man is not available we don’t rush and just get a caretaker for now.
If the club wasn't being run by incompetent twats we would have had a new manager in view as at last season and on stand already by now. But knowing Woody he'll probably start making calls the day after he fires Jose.
On topic now that I really think about it, I'm not sure Zidane will be good for us.
On topic now that I really think about it, I'm not sure Zidane will be good for us.
What happens if Zizou fails if he was appointed as Utd boss,where does the blame lie then ?
I'd happily let Neville and Scholes take the reins at this point
Woodward
Close to the spot where he last could walk, I guess.