I fear people are going to say this even though its not true. Moyes was sacked for finishing 7th with the League champions, Van Gaal will probably be sacked for spending a few hundred million, playing boring football and most likely finishing outside the top 4. Moyes and Van Gaal would have been sacked a long time before they actually were if we were a sacking club.
BBC: United hold talks with Mourinho
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I fear people are going to say this even though its not true. Moyes was sacked for finishing 7th with the League champions, Van Gaal will probably be sacked for spending a few hundred million, playing boring football and most likely finishing outside the top 4. Moyes and Van Gaal would have been sacked a long time before they actually were if we were a sacking club.
There's talk (albeit on Twatter) that his severance package stipulated that he couldn't manage in the EPL this season.
Never known any business, never mind football club, not to plan for succession besides United. Look at Munich or Barcelona. It guarantees stability. Just look how the lack of post-Fergie plan has wrecked us.
Maybe that's why Bobby Charlton doesn't want Mourinho.
Obviously likes to be big daddy combover and doesn't want any competition.
Ferguson was tapped up by Charlton at the 86 World Cup before Atkinson was binned in November of that year. All the time.
I always fail to understand how a severance package can stipulate that you cannot work somewhere for a period of time. It's a breach of human rights, he's free to do whatever he wants while he's no longer employed be someone, albeit at an expense to payment maybe.
Anyway, if Van Gaal knows the writing is on the wall, it would also give him the opportunity to step down from his final job with dignity and hand it over with a blessing (of sorts).
Either way, after today something will have to be said.
Gardening leave is pretty common, so are non competition agreements.
EDIT: Considering technically he wasn't actually sacked, then its plausible.
Tapping up Ronaldo to come and coach our strikers
Yup, he left 'by mutual consent' which means there would almost certainly be constraints on what he can do for the remainder of the season whilst he got a nice pay off.
It's become the 'Jose Mourinho does stuff' thread.
He wasn't sacked though. He did nothing to warrant having his contract terminated.
He was relieved of first team duties and at that point it's in his interest to agree terms with Chelsea to get as much money as possible and leave himself free to find another club.
It's not beyond belief that one of Chelsea's conditions might be that he doesn't join a rival club this season.
When you consider that any rival club that would want him this season would highly likely want him because they are not doing very well themselves and are by default likely to be competition for Chelsea for a Europa League spot or by some miracle a Chamoions League spot (remembering he was sacked 2 months ago with a lot of games to play). So it's not beyond belief that he's contractually blocked from signing for us.
I think it's 99% certain that Chelsea have enforced a 'Gardening Leave' clause. They'd have been mad not to.
A sacking club would make unreasonable demands like winning the league year year out. Getting to top 4 is reasonable
It's the fact, that they don't want him, but are shit scared if he goes somewhere else.
Even if he wasn't leaving end of season, his contract is at a stage the club should be talking to replacements now.
He is already mentioned something similar in that interview with the journalist. Due to type of relationship he has with the higher up he'd expect them to tell him its happening. Though I don't know the facts but I believe he was approached by United to take the job, so would assume his relationship/contract with the bosses has detail is a lot more different to what most of us are assuming.
You can just imagine these gardening leave managers on an allotment somewhere digging over their potatoes and carrots.
I think Van Gaal knows, he's just either been told to keep it quiet (perhaps because the club want to avoid a media circus over it mid-season, perhaps because we'd have to inform the stock exchange first).
I think he's been offered good terms on his severance pay himself in the summer if he stays til the summer rather than quitting and getting nothing.
Well, whether this means he's coming or not, I suspect it'll help Van Gaal as the support will be less upset on Monday now.
Why is he tagging us when Bedy said he's not going back anyway
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Why is he posting a picture from the 2010 CL final?
Duncan Castles is like Paul Daniels pre-brain tumour sympathy.
That's the picture am getting as well.
Castles is like Ogden, was great when Moyes was here but the second he left his information dried up.
I hate the bald cnut with passion.
Godfather: A true 70's porn kind of man.
'Castles' reputation in ruins'.
"Castles' hairline in ruins".
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ffsDuncan Castles: I cant say I like the cnut, but I love his hairline tbf.
Does the guy know anything? I doubt it.
Does the guy know anything? I doubt it.
This, sadly, is very likely to happen.
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