TheRedDevil'sAdvocate
Full Member
No, it will probably be announced within the next few days. My guess is that there are still some important issues that need to be sorted out, things like who's going to train the players while LvG is in Brazil with the national team. If Giggs is to become assistant manager, he has no experience regarding the football LvG wants to play.Could this be announced after the world cup and not as early as we're hoping for? It's a big possibility if we don't get anything this week.
If Holland go all the way (that is reach the semi-final which guarantees you at least a place in the 3rd place final), LvG will have to move to Manchester within a week and then immediately take the whole squad and travel to the US for the ICC (26 July-2 August). After that we'll be counting days for our first PL game.
Another thing is that he has to hand Woodward a very extensive list of possible transfers, full of "If we can't sign him, go for this one or that one". The last thing LvG wants is to be criticized by the Dutch media for neglecting the national team and being constantly on the phone discussing transfer targets with Ed. It's probably the last thing we want too.
If this wasn't a World Cup year, i believe it would've already be announced. Some people aren't patient and don't realize that this is an important decision for our club and that LvG is manager who has a specific way of doing things, he leaves nothing in abeyance and doesn't look for excuses.