DukeLongfellow
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Might as well add Bilic (West Ham) to that. Not as high profile but still rather decent.
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Jose Mourinho to take over Manchester United
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Might as well add Bilic (West Ham) to that. Not as high profile but still rather decent.
Sun Bather
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They should have let LvG train a third year. Now you can say goodbye to the youngs talents...
And who would trust a trainer who sacks a woman like this?
He didn't sack her. She was told to report back to work and didn't. Jon Fearn, the other one who Mou went off on, did return and still very much works at Chelsea.
I don't know what got you that impression. The countless banners and songs still sung about Mourinho by Chelsea supporters? The outrage from the fans when he was fired, despite the club being in relegation danger? People have not forgotten. But I still think it was (sadly) necessary to fire him. If it was possible the players should have been fired instead, but sadly that is not nearly as easy.
Ape Gone Insane
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And we're done: Jose Mourinho is appointed as the new Manchester United manager
Audioboxer
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Infernostew
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Get in there! Exciting times ahead.
Deaf Spacker
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Jose Mourinho is the new United manager?
Wow! I did not see that one coming.
Wow! I did not see that one coming.
We're not done until it's on the club website
Going to Man Utd or any of the other top clubs is hardly a "challenge". They can buy a whole new team.
Whenever these managers go to these kind of clubs and talk about "challenge" it cracks me up.
Not convinced he'll make it to the end of those three years. Old money club valuing their employees being good representatives and role models for the brand, exciting football, and having youth development at the heart of their team? They're like the anti-Mourinho. If fans hated van Gaal for his tepid possession play, they haven't seen anything yet.
(I'm a Chelsea fan, btw)
(I'm a Chelsea fan, btw)
milanbaros
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I don't think this will work out for either party.
Malcolm9
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It's quite funny seeing United fans suddenly changing their opinion on Jose. When he was our manager he was dull, boring and parks the bus, now he's the next messiah.
I appreciate everything he done during his Chelsea tenure, but he is not the Jose of years back, his time in Spain aged him and dulled his personality and ways, I can't see him getting that back.
United have a good squad but he'll have to make some decent acquisitions to make them title winners or challenge the top four, we definitely won't be as bad as the season just gone and Liverpool will be on the up as well.
I appreciate everything he done during his Chelsea tenure, but he is not the Jose of years back, his time in Spain aged him and dulled his personality and ways, I can't see him getting that back.
United have a good squad but he'll have to make some decent acquisitions to make them title winners or challenge the top four, we definitely won't be as bad as the season just gone and Liverpool will be on the up as well.
True Savior
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Great choice for United. Should have always been their priority to substitute SAF.
Oh happy day! Get in! =D
Now get Zlatan signed up and we're on our way. Next, get that backline sorted, then solidify the midfield. Should have made this move three years ago, but at least they finally made the right choice. The true successor to Sir Alex is here. Good times are on the way, MUFC-GAF.
And lol, United haven't played exciting football since the Rooney-Ronaldo-Tevez trio up-front and that was almost a decade ago. Just win, baby.
Now get Zlatan signed up and we're on our way. Next, get that backline sorted, then solidify the midfield. Should have made this move three years ago, but at least they finally made the right choice. The true successor to Sir Alex is here. Good times are on the way, MUFC-GAF.
And lol, United haven't played exciting football since the Rooney-Ronaldo-Tevez trio up-front and that was almost a decade ago. Just win, baby.
Opus Angelorum
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As a United fan of 25 years, this is the first time I've been excited for the future since Alex left.
Mourinho has a lot of faults, but he is a proven winner and commands respect.
Mourinho has a lot of faults, but he is a proven winner and commands respect.
Simply Sami
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Nah, it's normal, just saying that cos they gave Moyes 6 years contract lol
Were you a Chelsea fan back in 04-06 too, when a Mourinho side featuring young English talent like Joe Cole (22), Shaun Wright-Phillips (22), John Terry (23) and Frank Lampard (25) combined with exciting foreign talent like Arjen Robben and Michael Essien to produce the sort of exciting, effective football that Man Utd fans crave?
This bullshit revisionist history being spouted about Mourinho has got to stop (but wont).
This is annoying. Even with my bias, I rate the first Chelsea side under Mourinho to be among the best ever in the PL.
He can do it. Hell, the first half of the 14/15 season was wonderful to watch.
EDIT: tbf though, Terry, Cole and Lampard were already at the club and brought in by Ranieri. Mou just took them to the next level. SWP was kinda bad.
As said previously. His years at Madrid have undermined that. Did he actually play excellent youngsters at his second tenure at Chelsea? He became an old grumpy man always blaming others for his faults.
Not am I saying he isn't a quality manager still, but being excited by him from his old days seems very optimistic.
Ok, now that it's finally official I have some things to say.
His style of play and not enough emphasis of young player are two negatives for the club.
But, if you look at interviews when he was at Porto, Chelsea, Real...he LOVES Man. United and that's a really good thing. Maybe he can change a bit for the club...
Oh and I really hope he won't leave with a destroyed dressing room like he did in the past.
How much time is he gonna stay anyway, according to his contract? (or that haven't been published yet)
His style of play and not enough emphasis of young player are two negatives for the club.
But, if you look at interviews when he was at Porto, Chelsea, Real...he LOVES Man. United and that's a really good thing. Maybe he can change a bit for the club...
Oh and I really hope he won't leave with a destroyed dressing room like he did in the past.
How much time is he gonna stay anyway, according to his contract? (or that haven't been published yet)
3 Years, but you know, call me crazy, but I can see him staying longer if everything goes well.
Thanks, and if he gets good results I too can see him staying longer. (although I would prefer that everything was a fairytale story and Giggs would become the next Alex Ferguson and stay forever lol)
It is a different type of challenge at top clubs, the expectations are sky high. You need to challenge for the league and UCL. Winning the UCL has to be one of the most difficult feats in football, no matter how stacked your side is.
Audioboxer
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Yeaaaah!
Either this will bring back winning ways or it will at least be a gloriously funny bitch fest. Quite honestly after LVG I'm excited for either.
When does Mou do his first press conference lol?
What a sexy man. Good times are coming
Not till July apparently!
mekes
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I credit the club for trying something different. Those making the decisions seemed a little too tied to a set way of doing things. Once SAF won a boat load of trophies, it became about winning. We didn't always play the best football, sometimes we depended on luck, like against Chelsea in the CL final or Barca in the semis. Counter attacking football against a good majority of talented sides.
('ve honestly no idea what to expect next season now. I'm not excited by this, but I do find it interesting. Its a big job, he's never had a bigger job than this one I don't think. He has a lot of work to do, the league will be very difficult next year. It will be a big job to get this side well into the top 4.
And most importantly, he looks evil in that picture holding the United shirt :S
('ve honestly no idea what to expect next season now. I'm not excited by this, but I do find it interesting. Its a big job, he's never had a bigger job than this one I don't think. He has a lot of work to do, the league will be very difficult next year. It will be a big job to get this side well into the top 4.
And most importantly, he looks evil in that picture holding the United shirt :S
Freewheelin'
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Bit rich coming from a supporter of a club that spent 80m this season - the second biggest net spend in the league - and got relegated.
onepiecefan
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That pic looks so wrong (speaking as a Chelsea fan).
Malcolm9
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Real Madrid was a bigger job for him.
milanbaros
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Real Madrid is the bigger job but agree this is more challenging.
Why? I keep hearing some champion for him to be signed but the dude is long past it.
Opus Angelorum
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It was clear Van Gal was going long before that.
Audioboxer
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Damn
2012–2016 Paris Saint-Germain 122 (113)
122 appearances, 113 goals. We don't need him running around, just banging in goals. He scored 2 in his last game for PSG. How many Man Utd players have scored 2 in a game this season? Very rare.
milanbaros
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I know. A striker who will be 35 next season is not a good move. He would be destroyed by the premier league.
Audioboxer
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Yay
Kill Your Masters
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Zlatan is like a fine wine, he gets better with age.
What? That's just not true. Age isn't everything. He's as good as he's ever been and was in ridiculous form for PSG this season. Strength+Intelligence+Technique don't just disappear once you turn 35/36. He'd be ace playing up top with Martial/Rashford/Depay and whoever else we sign setting him on on the flanks.
He's exactly the type of world class complete striker we've lacked in the squad. Can't wait till he signs on along with a gaggle of others.
MrS
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You don't watch much football, huh?
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