Manchester United 15/16 thread

[yoyo913]

This means a 99% chance Mourinho is joining next season, no?

José Mourinho has reportedly signed a pre-contract agreement to join Manchester United, with the former Chelsea manager due up to £15m in compensation if he is not appointed by the club by 1 June.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/19/jose-mourinho-manchester-united-pre-contract

 

[kp41]

Giggs could be a good experiment last year or this year ... but we need a quality coach after 3 trophyless seasons ...

Only if this team could manage results against bottom 10 teams ...

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

Or trust in Giggs already

Giggs needs to be given a good team when he takes over, he can't possibly have the skills to develop players yet. If you want him to be like guardiola you need to hand him a team of ringers like guardiola had when he started out.

 

[Arnau]

The only skill required to develop young talents are nuts to play them.

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

Not true, you need to teach them and you need the man management skills to nurture them, though this can be delegated to an assistant

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Giggs needs to be given a good team when he takes over, he can't possibly have the skills to develop players yet. If you want him to be like guardiola you need to hand him a team of ringers like guardiola had when he started out.

Pep started with the B team, killed it with them, and then promoted a lot of his B team guys to help him when he took over the first team. Chelsea fans are learning how great Pedro is this season, but with Pep he was awesome.

 

[Pogba4Now]

Giggs is not qualified for this job and would be a gamble. He will more likely be a fail than a success. His case is different than Guardiola because the latter had huge success with the B team. Giggs hasn't proven shit. Look at Neville.

 

[Arnau]

We have no clue if Giggs is qualified or not.

 

[Xifio]

bring Srallex back ...

 

[Pogba4Now]

We have no clue if Giggs is qualified or not.

Thats why its a gamble.

There are Lukaku rumors. Any thoughts?

 

[ShiftyPowers]

I love those Lukaku rumors. "Bayern would be a great spot for my son, they just need to get rid of Lewandowski."

Yeah we'll get right on that.

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

I still think paying 50m+ (which is what he would cost) for Lukaku would not be smart for any team

 

[Xaviesta]

I would love to see Lukaku at Atleti.

 

[Arnau]

They tried but couldnt. Its going to be Costa or Cavani.

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

The only clubs that can afford Lukaku are not a good fit for him

 

[Arnau]

PSG

 

[ShiftyPowers]

I think he'd be okay at Manchester United. They need someone to score, and Martial seems better suited a little wider.

Then you always have the threat of Milan buying him trying to spark a resurgence, but I guess they aren't in the CL. Come to think of it, neither will Manchester United be in the CL... West Ham it is.

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

You see the logical progression to me would be a move to Arsenal or Atletico, dominate at one of those for 2-3 seasons and then springboard to whichever of Bayern, Real or Barca (or Guardiola's City if things go according to plan there) are next looking to recruit a proven, starting striker, but of course neither of those could afford him. It kinds mixes things up when smaller clubs like Everton pay £25m for a player - had they developed him or bought him direct from Anderlecht when he was younger, they probably would have sold him to Atletico for 35, but having paid so much for him they're not now going to be content with less than 50. I guess PSG is a reasonable option, you don't exactly get to show your stuff much in Ligue 1 but it does look increasingly like they will win a CL trophy within the next few years.

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

What I want to know is, if Ibrahimovic does move to United, will Xifio be sporting a red devil avatar next season?

 

[Arnau]

That would make 2 converted Man United fans in SG after KP stopped supporting Barça few month before we started to dominate the game.