Absolutely but do you think pep would have been this successful at united had he joined us in 2016. I seriously doubt. Yes we have spent money but we don't have any proper system like Pep has in City. Who is to guarentee Woodward and the board would have refused Pep's wishes of getting a CB of his choice. We have already seen rumours that some of the players we signed during Jose and LvG's time were not his choice.o maybe Pep might have faced a similar issue and that is hwy he chose to join City and not us or even Chelsea or Arsenal.
I think Pep would have been successful at United,
1. He has an attacking identity that is in line with Man Utd long-standing philosophy,
One thing about Mourinho's style is that is laboured and you suffer a lot as players and as fans. If he doesn't win there is hardly any positive to take from it. I am a Bayern fan and Kovac is only a poor season from a sack because of this same reason. There were Arsenal fans who backed Wenger for long because of the "good football". Mourinho's style is hard to sustain at a big club known for winning and attacking. At Madrid after a while, fans started demanding better football
2. A lot of Mourinho's signings were short term in outlook to win immediately given their age and started to get curious looks from management. Pep signed Walker, Sane, Stones, Mendy Laporte, Ederson Rodri Mahrez, Gab Jesus, Gundogan, Bernardo, Nolito. Of these 12 probably Walker and Nolito were the only one over 26yrs when they were bought. It shows mgt that you have a long term approach since you can squeeze at least 5 top yrs from them
A lot of Mourinho's singings were much older some even questionable and after a while the management started vetoing them
3. Mourinho is more vocal than Pep, And always tries to win an argument or just show he isnt at fault. This has led to some ridiculous statements and news conferences which set him against the fans mgt and players. E.g The Sevilla loss he could have simply said "We were poor on the night and I take responsibility" but he went on the heritage line which even if he didn't mean it that way it came out awfully wrong and already put a lot of fans against him.
This was what Pep said the first season when they crashed to Monaco
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I am fully responsible for the performances,” he said. “If you ask me about the first half, I am not so happy. About the second half, I am so happy
This was Pep after crashing out 4-0 to Madrid as Bayern coach
"We lost heavily and we had only a few chances," admitted Guardiola.
"We played badly and that's my responsibility. If you don't play well and you defend set pieces badly, that's just how it is.
It's easier to sympathize with a coach who said it like Pep than one who tries to deflect to heritage vs a team like Sevilla and talks about what he achieved before joining your team
4. Mourinho operates best in a siege mentality, We against them, and pick a fight with everyone, opposing coaches, players, media etc. This mentality can work at Chelsea that is upcoming not at Man Utd who is the dominant team in EPL. Pep has been in EPL 3seasons, he has hardly got into long fights with other coaches, unlike Mourinho who has had spats with almost every major coach he faced. Wenger Conte, Ranieri, Benitez, Pep.
These attitude of Mourinho is why he has burnt bridges with almost all his former clubs, while Pep will be taken back at Barca and Bayern if he signified interest
There are other reasons I have a daily post limit and won't be able to respond until tomorrow
But that's what I have been saying, Pep have been backed unconditionally. Do you seriously think Ole wants to Rojo and Darmian especially after he publicly said back in April that we will not see many players from this squad. Also, one cannot just let 5 or 6 players go when you know the board will not be able to replace them. City backed their manager and had him replace most of the deadwood whereas other club's don't do that.
Rojo and Darmian were already given contracts, you either find a buyer, pay them off or they sit out their contract. In the past 2yrs all these deadwood got extensions because the manager thought they were needed in the team. it might not be all on Ole maybe more on Mourinho. Ole inherited them and has to find a buyer for them, Lukaku has a willing buyer and he is gone probably others couldnt get a buyer