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

Should tell Glasner he only gets the job if he's able to get Wharton to come with him. Might actually have a decent midfielder for once.

I was just wondering the same.

Pep and Ancellotti are the only ones I can think of at the moment.

Klopp surely, or is only people actively managing teams?

ok sure.

tbh idk, lmgbty.

I'd take Klopp over Pep. Nothing against Pep, his ridiculous record speaks for itself and he's taken every team he's gone to to another level, but a lot of his success was built on the back of others top work.

When he took over at Barcelona, they were already a UCL and league winning team under Rijkaard, stacked full of some of the best players in the world. At Bayern, he walked in just after they won the treble under Jupp Heynckes. He took them on another level (without winning the UCL). At City he had a club with unlimited funds and unlimited corruption to do whatever they please, Pellegrini had won them the league and a few cups in the previous few years and they were a consistent top 4 side for a number of years.

Klopp on the other hand, well he built two clubs up from low bases and with much less funds that what Guardiola had to spend, and turned them into power players in Europe and domestically. He created the culture and the drive of those clubs, and generally massively improved players when they came in.

To put it simply, if you want to build for success then get Klopp, you want to build on success then get Pep. But Klopp can what Pep can, the big question about Pep is could he do what Klopp did? I'd have my doubts, picking one or the other, I'd have to choose the German.

And yes, despite their connections to rivals, I'd take either in a heartbeat over our current incumbent. Oh, to have someone of their calibre over us.

Hell, it's so bad right now I'd take Brucie at this stage. He might keep us up.

Id say I probably would agree with that for sure..the football landscape has changed so much recently it's hard for any manager to find a meaningful edge for even a short amount of time without it being countered or copied.

I think if Enrique wins another champions league with psg in a similar manner and his tactics or tweaks continue to be copied by managers he would deserve a shout, if pep can reinvent city again or maybe if Alonso manages to make Madrid a tactical flexible team while keeping all those big egos in check.

Managers probably are becoming less and less important in this data driven world. And the clubs who are just run the best top to bottom finding all the success

I'd like to think that the search for a new manager has already begun behind the scenes. They'll be sounding out candidates to see their interest levels.

If there's any truth in the rumour about the 12m compensation only being due if he's sacked before November 11th, then maybe they wait until that. Especially if they've don't have anyone lined up yet, we don't know.

It's 5 more matches and then Nov 11th falls within an international break.

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His coaching staff are mostly Portugese and "his own people" so no obvious in-house candidate as interim. (Maybe Darren Fletcher?) But for now we probably keep Amorim as interim coach until a new permanent successor is found.

If it is true about the 12m compensation being reduced to 4m in November, then it should be possible to negotiate it down. It would be in Amorim's interest to take 6-8m now rather than dragging this on for another month, only to get 4m.