Spanish Mundo ABC: Mourinho made a deal vith Manchester City

[hgblue]

I'm not interested in how well behaved the manager is, not in the slightest. Ferguson has behaved like a grade A twat for twenty years and there's not a United fan around that gives a shit. Why? Because he has brought success and that's precisely what Mourinho would do here. Bluemoon doesn't represent the majority of City fans on the issue, just as it didn't on the Tevez issue. I know Mancini is quite popular, but turning your noses up at the best in the business? Get real.

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Well Mancini has brought success also and probably will for the long term if we give him the opportunity and also he hasnt behaved like a grade A twat either. So yes I would turn my nose up at a manger with no respect for anyone and will probably be here for a couple of years, like at all his other clubs.

Continuity will bring this club success, not changing managers and this fanciful idea that Ronaldo will jet in also is equally laughable.

Im real mate we have a manager, first full year in charge won the FA cup, second year eight games to go competing for the championship. I am more than happy for that and would suggest its the ones who want to change this manager who need to get real.

Mancini hasn't delivered sufficient success to justify turning down the best manager in the world today. If we finish this season winning nothing, and Mourinho is available, it's a 'no brainer'. If he wants to bring Ronaldo with him that's fine by me. Why aren't City fans doing cartwheels at the prospect? Very strange.....

 

[robbieh]

The number one reason why Mourinho will never become United manager, but one that is never ever mentioned by the desperate hacks in London (oh how they'd love him there), or the anti Mourinho brigade on this forum, is that he's simply not a company man. He is the antithesis of Fergie and Wenger in that he would have no problem going straight to the papers and waging war with his own club if he didn't get enough money to buy a player, or enough power on any level. Hell, he's just done it at Real Madrid and got Valdano ousted. Does anyone truly believe that Ferguson, who is moving "upstairs" would countenance anything like that ? Not in a million years. Whoever comes in next at that club will be Fergie's woman.

Smart money on the next rags manager - David Moyes.

Do you think Sheik Mansour would want to hire someone like that?

 

[BlueAnorak]

U got the numbers for tomorrow's lotto as well please?

Yep. I have the 6 numbers in a bag...
...along with 43 others

 

[Anonymous]

The number one reason why Mourinho will never become United manager, but one that is never ever mentioned by the desperate hacks in London (oh how they'd love him there), or the anti Mourinho brigade on this forum, is that he's simply not a company man. He is the antithesis of Fergie and Wenger in that he would have no problem going straight to the papers and waging war with his own club if he didn't get enough money to buy a player, or enough power on any level. Hell, he's just done it at Real Madrid and got Valdano ousted. Does anyone truly believe that Ferguson, who is moving "upstairs" would countenance anything like that ? Not in a million years. Whoever comes in next at that club will be Fergie's woman.

Smart money on the next rags manager - David Moyes.

Do you think Sheik Mansour would want to hire someone like that?

He already has done.

 

[Anonymous]

i'm not sure, it sounds very very tempting but when you think long term then i'm not so sure.

if we've got mancini, mourinho or guadiola at the start of next season i'll be very happy.

 

[Seosa]

The number one reason why Mourinho will never become United manager, but one that is never ever mentioned by the desperate hacks in London (oh how they'd love him there), or the anti Mourinho brigade on this forum, is that he's simply not a company man. He is the antithesis of Fergie and Wenger in that he would have no problem going straight to the papers and waging war with his own club if he didn't get enough money to buy a player, or enough power on any level. Hell, he's just done it at Real Madrid and got Valdano ousted. Does anyone truly believe that Ferguson, who is moving "upstairs" would countenance anything like that ? Not in a million years. Whoever comes in next at that club will be Fergie's woman.

Smart money on the next rags manager - David Moyes.

Do you think Sheik Mansour would want to hire someone like that?

He already has done.

Have to agree, Bobby went to war with Inter it can't be forgotten.

 

[blueinsa]

Big yes from me.

The very best in the business and in the same way id swap any of our players for Messi, i would swap Bob for Mourinho.

Way too many are far too sentimental in their feelings for Bob and forget that he could decide to go at any point he wishes in the future, despite their longings for a "10" year dynasty.

Players and managers come and go and all we can do is try to have the best available at all times.

How is changing manager the same as changing a player. Every manager has different ideas on tactics, views on players, style of play. It will lead to an overhaul of players, players taking time to settle, changing technical staff etc etc.

Two complettely different scenarios

It will lead to us becoming one of the best football clubs in the world and that's all I care about.

The best players make the difference out on the pitch and the best managers make the difference both on and off it.

Some players would go and some would leave but it would be no different to how it was when Bob came in, that's the nature of football and is unavoidable.

 

[Danamy]

If he wins one of the two trophies this season, I suspect it will be enough to buy himself enough good faith to stay at the Bernabeu.

If he wins nowt...

His next move, to England, will see him lay down roots for the next five years at least, subject to him continuing his remarkable knack for winning.

It's the biggest decision of his career.

would have thought complete opposite; knock Barca off their perch in the league and/or win the CL, leave like he did with Inter on a high. Comes up short in the CL, stays until he gets that success.

Not if you think you can hold out for the United job at some stage.

He comes up short on both this season and he has a major problem.

The United job is not available yet and unless he's willing to take Spurs or A N Other, that ship will forever sail by coming to City.

And the City job is not one I believe is even yet on offer as the radio report suggests, certainly not an agreement.

He'll never manage the Rags as he wants to build a dynasty and not continue on the back of someone elses work.

He wants our job when he returns to England, that's the bottom line, his meetings with Spuds and stories being leaked like this one are the tricks and trade of his people to force our hand.

There'll be two outcomes here:

He'll get the phone call = he'll be in charge of us next season
He wont get the phone call = stays at Real

We hold the cards this time.........................

 

[chesterbells]

The idea that continuity in and of itself will bring success is an enormous myth. People always quote taggart and wenger, but they've stayed because of their success not vice versa. Real Madrid have swapped managers lots and won plenty.
If every club in the league kept their manager for 15 years would it mean they would all be successful? Too much emphasis gets placed on the long term, on continuity, in football. Teams progress can't be planned in a progression of improvement.
I can't see the problem with a team who brings in a coach who is successful for 4 years then leaves: so what? The club and it's wider structure continues intact.

 

[Anonymous]

Have to agree, Bobby went to war with Inter it can't be forgotten.

And Marwood and Cook last summer. Not to mention the interview in which he said he wanted the same power at City that Fergie and Wenger have at their respective clubs. Mourinho and Mancini are both highly political figures schooled in the art of sending messages via the media and via intermediaries when they are unhappy with something at their particular club. That is the antithesis of how Fergie runs the rags.