Ineos seem to be getting their shit together at Nice. Top of the league with Francesco Farioli in charge.
They may repeat the process and bring in Farioli's mentor, De Zerbi, at United.
A man who we know is Premier League proven and has his own philosophy. De Zerbi wouldn't give two shits about who he benches. If they don't work in his system, they are out. Combine De Zerbi with a DOF like Mitchell and you have a winning combination.
I hate using laughing smilies, but this is honestly ridiculous.
De Zerbi is PL proven after one good season at Brighton? With a team great setup above him picking the players, a squad left behind by Potter that was already on the up, under no pressure whatsoever, it's absolutely night and day to what he'd have to deal with at United. He's done
nothing in his career to suggest he could handle the huge pressure, the inflated egos, and the extra responsibility he'd have here.
Even despite that, there's a chance that he could, given time, end up being a success here, but we'd undoubtedly have some very low points, and the fans would need to show some serious patience (the kind that Ten Hag isn't getting) when we inevitably have dips. Brighton are currently on a 4 match winless streak in the league, and are on 1 win in 7 in all competitions, that kind of form would be causing an uproar if it were United.
We can't afford to just follow the "If they don't work in his system, they are out" approach you suggest - if we could then we'd have done it with Ten Hag, as it is we have 2 emergency loan signings and a 37 year old Jonny Evans getting game time because the squad is threadbare and we don't have the money to get people in.