Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 26.09.24

I reckon he'll go during the international break too. Win, lose or draw. But I think the thing that might complicate things is the compensation. There was a report a few weeks ago that said we'd have to give him 12m compensation if we sacked him now, but it drops to 4m in November. They may be able to negotiate 5/6m for him to go sooner. That's if that report is indeed accurate.

It shouldn't factor into it. The longer he's there as manager, the more likelihood we will drop points and lose out on a European place costing more money in the long run.

Hopefully some club buys Rashford based on stats purely. He has been muck outside of making the pass for the goal.

Can United decide to not sell Hojlund at the end of the loan, or is it entirely up to Napoli.

PSG with nearly half their first team out injured (including all of the front 3) go to Barcelona and deservedly win in the Champions league tonight.

The idea that Enrique would want to leave that to come to the mess at United seems more than far-fetched!

Isn't it mad what Hojlund can do with players who actually play the through ball to him or put in a good cross. He should never have had to lead our team at the age he was. Should have been a number 2 for 2 years and develop. Thats on the crap hierarchy. And apart from Bruno the service he got was shocking. Delighted for him anyway as he never gave less than 100%.

If you're gonna be narrow minded and view things entirely through the lens of the quality of squad he currently manages, and completely ignore his bread and butter is competing in a farmer's league - then yeah you're right. Most people, probably yourself included, do like the easy life. But a lot of these top managers have a bit more about them and are wired differently. Many ultimately want to challenge themselves in the best competitions.

If the best example of a top manager being "interested" in United is Poch when he was at PSG then that says it all. The examples of Tuchel and Inzaghi are relevant as managers who, while may have looked at the job, ultimately turned it down for United reasons. Exactly what I'm saying.

Since SAF left it's a straight up fact that no current (at the time) top of the game manager was ever hired by United. Even using Mourinho as a counter to this is useful, because he was appointed in 2016 - 9 years ago!

I stand by it, no manager who could be talked about in a best in class sense is going to be interested in the job.

It's why names like Glasner and Iraola, Carrick and McKenna, even OGS again, are the names out there as potential Amorim replacements. No really currently successful manager would look twice at a job that Tuchel and Inzaghi looked at once and said "No thanks"

No. of course I can't - I was using it as an illustrative narrative, they've been linked (in the press, just like Glasner has been) and not become manager.

Although, I don't think Mitch Connors does be posting nonsense he thinks is untrue, but as in all football reporting or "rumours" nothing is ever really substantiated until it's official, and approaches to other managers are never confirmed really, so what you are asking is impossible to provide, and we can only go on what we see in the papers

The fact we immediately repeated Hojlunds mis-handling with Sesko is beyond parody.

I hope this is the begining of the end for Amorim but I really want us to move away from 3 atb.

Multiple sources have told BBC Sport Glasner would be on a list of candidates to replace Ruben Amorim at Manchester United, although Old Trafford insiders insist they remain in support of their under-pressure manager and no candidate shortlists have been compiled.

Your example yesterday was poch and was a totally incorrect example as it's nothing like the Enrique situation.

If that is your facts you are pointing to they are just wrong.

You say managers want to challenge themselves but the best managers in the world constantly take the best jobs they can get the path of least resistance to winning, pep has done this his whole career, Alonso waited for the Madrid job over offers from the premier league. Your "logic" that Enrique wouldn't try do the same doesn't stand up to anything we have seen in the past.

Why do you think the poster will change his mind in a few months are you predicting Enrique to join united? Or some other very well regarded coach in a top job will join us?