This has been touched upon in the transfers thread a few times and given Dave Whelan's comments today (which just seem to be speculation) I thought it might make an interesting thread.
As it will be something decided in the next 3 years or so, the manager will be someone who is obviously quite well known at the moment.
The two 'big name' candidates seem to be Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho.
I like both, but if I had to pick I'd have to side with Mourinho. Pep is fairly new to management in comparison and has only proven himself with arguably the most talented club side in the history of football. Despite playing scintillating football, he's made a lot of mistakes when it comes to improving and managing the Barcelona defence which has cost them on more than one occasion.
Mourinho on the other hand, he knows the league and just seems a better fit as his style is closer to that of Sir Alex (which the squad will be familiar with). I know he's recently signed a contract extension but that doesn't necessarily mean much as it runs roughly to the end of Ferguson's expected tenure.
Obviously someone like Solskjær would be a dream appointment but given that he will have to prove himself at a club bigger than Molde I just don't think it's a realistic goal at the moment.
Your thoughts?
As it will be something decided in the next 3 years or so, the manager will be someone who is obviously quite well known at the moment.
The two 'big name' candidates seem to be Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho.
I like both, but if I had to pick I'd have to side with Mourinho. Pep is fairly new to management in comparison and has only proven himself with arguably the most talented club side in the history of football. Despite playing scintillating football, he's made a lot of mistakes when it comes to improving and managing the Barcelona defence which has cost them on more than one occasion.
Mourinho on the other hand, he knows the league and just seems a better fit as his style is closer to that of Sir Alex (which the squad will be familiar with). I know he's recently signed a contract extension but that doesn't necessarily mean much as it runs roughly to the end of Ferguson's expected tenure.
Obviously someone like Solskjær would be a dream appointment but given that he will have to prove himself at a club bigger than Molde I just don't think it's a realistic goal at the moment.
Your thoughts?
