News: The 2018/19 Season Preview, Discussion & Review Thread [R]

Michael Zorc

 

Monchi would certainly appear to be a very good choice: the history of his moves a Sevilla particularly and now at Roma since he's been in charge, really speak for themselves.
Really would not be against going with the model of looking to hire ex players (like Bayern does for instance), as their knowledge and connection to the club can make them excellent candidates for the job.
But due to the fact that it will be a new position for the club, it's important to get it right and the best bet would be to go with one of the best who are currently (or have recently) fulfilled this position elsewhere.
The top candidates on my list would be: Michael Zorc from Dortmund, Monchi, Berta (for the job he used to do with Atleti) and Rangnick also. There likely are others, but that's where I'd start, if I were Woodward. Surely, the prospect of overseeing a new project at a club of United's stature would be appealing to one of those guys.

 

Bring back Levy as DOF

 

Berta, along with Zorc, have been personal favorites of mine for quite some time. Apparently, Mourinho wanted Berta (who has ties with Mendes apparently) to get the job when he first came to the club.
Don't know what his current status is, think he might be with PSG (not 100% on that however) and if that's the case, unless he's ready for a new challenge, it might not be easy prying him away from there.
Woodward does need to throw the big bucks though, to make this position appealing to the top candidates we'd be looking to target.

 

I dont know where, but didnt he just take a job recently at another big club?

 

Morata won't leave Juve. There are better choices available anyway. I'd take Berta ahead of him and probably RBL DOF ahead of him as well.

 

I think he said he'd leave when his contract is up in 2021. Doubt it though, he's been at the club his whole life.

 

I don't think it's Morata that Utd want from Juve. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Paratici

 

That's right, but Morata runs that ship. I'd be interested to see how much power Paratici actually has behind the scenes.

Morata was the DOF and was eventually elected CEO. He brought in Paratici as the head of scouting and eventually promotod him to DOF.

 

He (Berta) left Atleti, didn't he? Personally, I don't believe that he and Simeone are a package deal. They did great work together at the club, but Berta seems ready to try himself elsewhere, whereas Cholo appears to be deeply entrenched now at the club, after rumors of him possibly leaving last year.
Also believe that Mendes actually could be a big factor potentially in where Berta ends up. I also think the odds of being United's DoF would have been very high, if Woodward had signed on for the position when Mourinho signed with the club (he was lobbying hard for it, if rumors were true).
Would love it though, if he were the guy...

 

Lol....Simeone?

******** no. It's bad enough with Jose.

 

can we at least verify he's talking about the same Simeone that we are talking about? Because I had the same reaction when I read his post

 

Simeone at best, would be kind of like Mourinho, prior to his Real stint. Nowhere near what we would want at the club, or who we shoud shoot for. The only way he would be somewhat tolerable is because we know we might have a chance to win some trophies and titles. But we need to get off this mentality, as it's what got Mourinho at United in the first place.
He definitely should not be among our top options: not that it matters anyway. He's in a good situation at Atleti: new stadium, competitive team with players who love him, same goes for the fans. And if he ever leaves, it will probably be for Inter anyhow.
Just not what we want from a style point of view: would hope that we've learned our lesson with Mourinho...

 

Simeone's teams plays the same as Jose's, they just press higher up initially and have players more suited for their counter attacking style than our current United team.

 

Being a team that primarily play great defensive football is not what the club is about, nor what should be our primary aim.
We want to be good and solid defensively, but it's just as important that we effective and eye pleasing going forward.
That line of thinking is how Mourinho, for instance, is our manager. The goal is to be what we were from 2007 to 2010, from the mid 90s until early 2000s and so on. That is what United is about.

 

I'd be a better defensive coach than Jose too if I had better defenders at each position and 3 pacy technical forwards to mix and match and a stellar midfield as well.

 

What United must do to have a chance at contending.

www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/13/five-things-manchester-united-jose-mourinho


Pretty elementary and straightforward stuff really. And until those steps are taken, it's more and more likely we'll get left behind. It is what it is...

 

The DoF debate should be it's own thread, no? Just need it seconded and I will create it.

 

I was thinking the same thing. Go for it.

 

I don't think we need a DOF thread because I don't think we're getting one anytime soon.

 

Too late!

 

You grumpy old man.

 

What do you expect? He lives in Missouri. He’s miserable.

 

United in crisis: who's to blame?

www.espn.co.uk/football/club/manchester-united/360/blog/post/3604440/manchester-united-crisis-jose-mourinho-ed-woodward-glazers-players-among-culprits

 

Central Midfielders right on top of each other as well which makes it difficult to move the ball forward.