11 Aug 2015 14:10:34
So with the general consensus being that LVG will be off in 2-3 years if not before. Who would be everyones choice for replacing him?
I would opt for Simeone, only thing is that he can't speak English. I do however think that Mourinho would be in the frame. We saw how much he "flirted" with us when Fergie left.
11 Aug 2015 14:37:05
My money would be on klopp or pep
11 Aug 2015 14:37:20
i cannot help but think it's going top be pep
11 Aug 2015 14:40:35
Will those currently crying about Vsn Gaal's football not just be doing likewise about Simeone and Mourinho's brand of football ?
11 Aug 2015 14:49:08
Klopp or Pep
11 Aug 2015 14:49:12
Giggs.
11 Aug 2015 14:50:05
You never know sam, the manager might stay beyond his current three years if everything goes well.
Anyway, our Giggs is set to take over from LVG IMO.
11 Aug 2015 15:00:03
LVG's contract is up in 2017 and he has stated that he will leave the club at this point.
Mourinho has just renewed his contract until 2019. It would cost a fortune to get him. I don't think United would want him though.
Pep's contract is up next summer, might he take another sabbatical after Bayern and wait for United for a year?
Pelegrini's contract has just been extended by a year until 2017, this could have been done for stability reasons. City will push hard for Pep next year if becomes available.
If Pelegrini stays for the extra year and LVG leaves, 2017 will be an interesting year in Manchester.
11 Aug 2015 15:00:27
Don't want giggsy if van gaal grooming him to play the same mediocre football as he's got us playing klopp all day long for me plays football the way it should be played attack attack attack
11 Aug 2015 15:03:09
Ancelotti would be a great choice.
11 Aug 2015 15:05:22
Exactly people want van gaal out but want pep, Jose or klopp. Two of those learned under van gaal. Two of them play boring park the bus counter attacking and one plays possession based taken to the extreme.
11 Aug 2015 15:10:55
Spot on Bilko.
11 Aug 2015 15:24:32
To let Giggs take over from lvg would be a crazy risk, he's been an assistant for a few years he's hardly ready to take over one of the biggest clubs in the world. Think he should stay as assistant to the next manager too and gain more experience and earn his coaching qualifications
11 Aug 2015 15:45:39
@mort, yeah cause our football is just like watching byern and barca
11 Aug 2015 15:46:46
He wouldn't be my first choice either.
Thinking about it, the next manager appointed might be dictated by whose in charge of the club if the Glaziers decide to sell up in 2017.
11 Aug 2015 15:48:50
If he stays as assistant to the next manager he will still have no actual experience as a manager apart from four games after Moyes left . He needs to go and manage someone after this season and get out of his Old Trafford comfort zone
11 Aug 2015 16:38:02
Why does Giggs have to go somewhere else? I'm not being cheeky, I'm genuinely interested. I've never really seen the point of going down the leagues to prove yourself, when you're learning just as much, if not more, as an assistant at a big club. It's not like he has to earn prospective players' respect.
11 Aug 2015 18:23:25
Steviek
I think Giggs has to go and show he can do it somewhere else. We took a massive risk after SAF with an experienced PL manager yet would consider putting Giggs in charge without ever being a manager. There is a difference in focus, responsibility and accountability between being No2 and being No1 and unless we change the role to first team coach and even if we give a 1 year rolling contract or appoint year by year then I think Giggs would be a high risk choice. I don't think LvG recommending him will make a difference either, after all who did SAF recommend? Giggs therefore wouldn't be for me.
11 Aug 2015 18:45:09
its hard because he takes a job a smaller club people will say he has never done it at the top level.
it would be a risk but barcelona have proved it can be done
11 Aug 2015 19:14:10
I think I just like the idea of a bootroom management culture, like Liverpool in the 70s and 80s. None of their boys after Shankly managed down the leagues as far as I'm aware, but they learnt from within.
I'm not saying Giggs is the one - I'd prefer Gary Neville. But it would depend on what shape LVG leaves us in. All the Liverpool men took over successful sides. I wouldn't take the risk on Giggs or any of them, if the team was still struggling.
11 Aug 2015 19:47:27
well all you united fans love an exciting transfer window so how about Harry Redknapp?? :)
11 Aug 2015 19:47:53
Jred
Barcelona is different, the coach almost doesn't decide the tactics, they play the way they play as it was decided previously and the coach motivates and hones fitness. The coaches come in for short spells and it is possible that if LvG sets a "United philosophy" that a coach instead of a manager could be appointed. The thing that is different with Barca is that basically the coach , whoever it is will almost certainly finish in the top three due to the way money is divided essentially and that isn't the case in England
11 Aug 2015 20:26:29
redman
pep and rijkaard had different tactics and both are managers not coaches.
as for top 3 lvg got the sack when barcelona where down the bottom of the league so there mot always in the top 3.
i do agree if the club, like barcelona and liverpool in the past have a strong identity it would be better for some like giggs .
that said i would rather giggs followed the fergy way than the lvg way to be honest .
before you say anything i know fergy wasnt perfect but i think he understood the traditions of the club
11 Aug 2015 21:11:06
Jred
Wild McGuiness is all I need to say, we didn't learn from the Busby transition in doing the SAF one but let's at least learn from the lesson of Wilf. No to Giggs.
11 Aug 2015 22:49:50
redmam
come on pal how long ago was was that .
football and the world has changed so much since then .
there are pros and cons but giggs and united are very different to wilf and his time pal.