He's played exciting football in the past, so he clearly knows how to set up his team to do it. He's also capable of building a team over the short/medium term, so evidently has the acuity to spot talent. The fact he hasn't done either regularly is as much down to the clubs he's managed as anything else. All his posts have demanded instant success at all costs. At United, he'll be afforded time and be told to build with youth. I have no doubt he's capable of it. If it becomes his remit, I'm fairly certain he'll make it happen.
Above all, his record with youth is the only question mark left over his ability as a manager. His ego won't let that question go unanswered, and an appointment at United is by far his best chance in world football to prove his doubters wrong. He's too good at what he does to be incapable of managing the side slightly differently to how he's done it in the past.
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