*** NEW MANAGER? *** (from my earlier post on similar titled subject)
Considering we can afford the money to get anyone we want, including giving them the transfer budget to do whatever they wanted, I would target one of two poeple in an ideal world:
Johan Cruyff or Frank Rijkaard; both from the Dutch 'Michels' influence of total football.
My reasoning is thus - both favour attacking mobile football, and Cruyff would be my number one target, as he especially has the tactical know-how, experience, and football savvy to build a team and play a style of football with the kind of fluidity that could truly make our football salivating. He was afterall the most successful manager Barcelona ever had.
I wouldn't be after Mourinho because of the style of football he pursues, and why should we settle? Not that he isn't a master manager and capable of building winning teams, but look at the bigger picture... what we have at City now is an opportunity to create something special, and I would be more ambitious and try to get 'Mr Total Football' out of his sworn retirement. In an ideal world, he would be my first pick, with Rijkaard (who should be available at the moment) behind him.
IF we were to replace Hughes, I think it would have to be with someone like one of the above.
Can you imagine what a team in the mould of Cruyff's vision would be like? Now that would be an exciting prospect, and something worth paying to see!
