Mou's comments on the topic picked up from the official UTD site :
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...-assistant-following-Rui-Faria-departure.aspx
“[There will be] no number two,” the boss said. “Moving forward, I will organise my coaching staff in a way where the assistant manager figure doesn’t exist.
“I’m going to have coaches, assistant coaches, fitness coaches and a structure where we have specialists in different areas, connected to the performance by analysts. I’m not going to have an assistant manager in the sense of the word.”
But it could only be a temporary departure from the normal management set up.
“The particular reason is that I think it will be Michael Carrick in the future, when he has his badges and his pro licence, when he makes the bridge from a player to an assistant,” added Mourinho.
“People think it’s just like ‘one day I am a player, the next day I am a coach’ and it’s not like that. The brain can be ready for that but then you need the practice, the decision-making, the control, the leadership, the work in groups.”
“So I prefer to educate people, to structure my staff in a way where there is space for their education, for their improvement, and I think naturally, when Michael has the coaching and pro licence badges, normally, with the personality he has, with the friendship, with our honesty, I think it will be for him.
“At the moment, he is my assistant and he participates in the process. Participating in the process means participating in every aspect.
“Of course I have to make the decisions but my assistants have an opinion and he has. Obviously, he will have a different opinion to those you can get from any other scout, or any analysis department.
He added: “I am going to improve my staffing in the performance level in relation to the fitness and the
relation with the tactical work. So I’m going to bring some people in.”
The bolded part is where my hope resides for next season, if anything this takes more importance than any player signing. And we know the importance first-hand of having to challenge yourself and evolve when you spend more than a decade in the industry thanks to SAF.