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There wasn't one available that would join either. If Moyes had turned down United I dread to think what the back up plan was?
You are first class in wild guessing
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You have no idea IF SAF had chosen differently whether a big name would have come in
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He would have probably asked scholes lol
More like Scholes turned him down so Fergie was left with no other option
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Funnily enough no one can ever name anyone, apart from Mourinho and he was never going to join. He would never have risked his reputation on that squad and transfer budget following Fergie.
He used United a bargaining tool to get what he wanted at Chelsea. If either party where really interested he would be United manager right now.
So come on name this top drawer "mega European name" that would have come to United in the summer. Give me a laugh. I'm sure they would follow Moyes now, but not Fergie.
Funny how you are allowed speculation and wild guessing until it's something you don't agree with. That's all 99% of this section is so lets not get bent out of shape with a little more.
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So we have to name all these managers that would have joined...but you claiming you know the minds of all the top managers in Europe is perfectly fine? Sure. 
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I can't stand the "you didn't name anyone therefore you're talking poo" brigade, be it players or managers. We aren't in the position to know everyone someone at the top of a footballing organisation would know about. For all we know Mourinho would happily have joined UTd, just needed to be asked, maybe Guardiola would have if they got to him 6 months ago, maybe Henyckes, Ancelloti, Hiddink, Rodgers, batman.
Players who you don't know are available, but a club makes an offer and the club agree to let them go. Uwe Rosler wasn't looking to leave Brentford but Wigan made the approach and he decided to go. Managers are no different, it's happened many times that a manager has been tapped up for another job and they've left. Who knows who Utd approached on the quiet, who knows who would have said yes if they did. Utd are one of the biggest teams in the world and titles aren't the only measure of football managers.
Southampton have yet to win a title but the manager and the chairman in particularly are being regarded as incredibly successful so far.
Nothing stopping a new manager coming in, saying the squad isn't up to crap and the league won't be a walk over like the previous season and he came in to entirely change the team. If after 3 years they have entirely changed the team and are challenging for titles, that would still be successful. As a manager it would be a bigger and more fun task(and likely more rewarding... not talking financially) to take a team, rebuild it and take it back to the top.
People will fawn all over Guardiola for winning the league this year... but my dad could have taken over that team, told them to change nothing and seen them win it. Taking Southampton and winning the league or even coming 5th would be hugely more impressive than taking Bayern and winning the league again.
There were probably 100 managers who would take the UTD job, some for financial reasons, some for the challenge, some for the experience. Moyes was the only one who really proved over a decade that he didn't have the mentality for the job.
Guardiola had a little experience with the Barca B team, maybe Utd should have been teaching a replacement how to be the next manager, may have made a mistake not doing that.
Players who you don't know are available, but a club makes an offer and the club agree to let them go. Uwe Rosler wasn't looking to leave Brentford but Wigan made the approach and he decided to go. Managers are no different, it's happened many times that a manager has been tapped up for another job and they've left. Who knows who Utd approached on the quiet, who knows who would have said yes if they did. Utd are one of the biggest teams in the world and titles aren't the only measure of football managers.
Southampton have yet to win a title but the manager and the chairman in particularly are being regarded as incredibly successful so far.
Nothing stopping a new manager coming in, saying the squad isn't up to crap and the league won't be a walk over like the previous season and he came in to entirely change the team. If after 3 years they have entirely changed the team and are challenging for titles, that would still be successful. As a manager it would be a bigger and more fun task(and likely more rewarding... not talking financially) to take a team, rebuild it and take it back to the top.
People will fawn all over Guardiola for winning the league this year... but my dad could have taken over that team, told them to change nothing and seen them win it. Taking Southampton and winning the league or even coming 5th would be hugely more impressive than taking Bayern and winning the league again.
There were probably 100 managers who would take the UTD job, some for financial reasons, some for the challenge, some for the experience. Moyes was the only one who really proved over a decade that he didn't have the mentality for the job.
Guardiola had a little experience with the Barca B team, maybe Utd should have been teaching a replacement how to be the next manager, may have made a mistake not doing that.
didn't he cry being overlooked?
http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1562234/jose-mourinho-saddened-miss-manchester-united-job
but be honest if he was offered I seriously doubt he would have turned it down utd are a bigger club and especially him being fergies friend and all but iirc bobby charlton didn't like him
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...-for-manchester-united-target-everton-ribeiro
To YouTube! This guy is meant to be really good. Hope it's us bidding, not really seen him linked with anyone else.
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Hope Gundogan chooses United over RM. Joins Kagawa and then they can attack through the middle.
Feel for Klopp though, losing his best players every year and it's showing. Riberio and Gundogan would do nicely. At least these two have said they want to come but Gundogan said it whilst Fergie was in charge. Time for Kagawa to convince him to join us.
Feel for Klopp though, losing his best players every year and it's showing. Riberio and Gundogan would do nicely. At least these two have said they want to come but Gundogan said it whilst Fergie was in charge. Time for Kagawa to convince him to join us.
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There were reports Ancelotti was approached first but he declined as he already had an agreement with RM.
1stly - despite what he is saying now, he was desperate to follow SAF (as many quotes directly from him will prove before last summer).
2ndly - If reports are to be believed (and we will only know in the summer) United have between £150 -£200m for Moyes to spend (not including the £30m on Fellaini of course) , so yes that would MORE than enough to get a good start on renewing the current squad.
Believe it or not that wouldnt have just been raised in the 13/14 season. Even without considering the possibility that the Glazers may have been willing to give a more experienced manager even more money than is available to Moyes.
Any chance of linking to any of those many quotes directly from him that will prove he was desperate to manage Man.U?
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