Guillemots Balague has echoed the report from Castles. Says there has been no contact since December when we spoke to his people. Says there's definitely no negotiations going on.
BBC: United hold talks with Mourinho
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Do you think that Nicky Butt promotion has anything to do with Giggs potentially being manager? I don't know what to think about it...
SteveJ, you are surrounded, you can't go nowhere! So gently put down that tinfoil.
Yeah, lets make the change.
That table shows just how ridiculously good Fergie was. To maintain that win percentage over 800 games is unreal. Wenger as well in fairness.
It's ridiculous that a manager like Pellegrini is number three on that list - he's not as good as some of the other, lower-ranked bosses.
I don't beleive it is, considering we first offered him the job last summer.
What I do think is that the reluctance to push ahead with Mourinho suggests. Either the club has decided Giggs will be the next manager or they have another manager in mind that they would like to speak to. The Sun had a report that the clubs first choice was Pochettino. Although I don't believe it, I wouldn't be surprised if the club saw Pochettino as a preferred candidate to Mourinho.
Maybe everything was agreed verbally and they have decided to not say anything until it is closer to the time.
Aye!
Fergie's average season (over 21 seasons!) was:
P 38
W 25
D 8
L 5
GF 71
GA 33
Points 83
INSANE.
Edit: The numbers are a bit skewed because of the 42-game seasons in the early nineties.
Its probably been posted on the previous page
He's managing a not so half bad squad, having spent gazillions of money. He should be up there.
This is just Mourinho/Mendes camp using their mouthpiece in a "come and get me" plea to United. So fecking take the bait now Woody!
Yeah, lets make the change.
Jesus Lord.. Mourinho has only lost 28 games in 212 matches!?
I think LvG has already lost that many this year, and it's only February
If we really wanted him as our manager,they won't need a "come and get me" plea. As I said a couple of weeks ago I feel Mourinho isn't our first or second option to replace LVG.
Who do you think is? Its entirely plausible this is already done.
Josè lost every 7,7 game, Fergie every 7,1 games. LVH loses every 5th game.
Then why would Castles write articles like that? He would know if it's done.
Just to mess with us and the rest of the media? I suppose that's plausible.
Listen of 'Arry says its a done deal, then it is.
The day any Utd fan takes what Castles is saying seriously is the day they need to go and boil their own head.
He's an idiot but he's in the know when it comes to Mourinho.
Castles' whole trolling United fans on Twitter shtick is going to be seriously undermined if Mourinho gets the job. Then again, perhaps he won't need to once Mendes gets what he wants and takes his hand out of Castles' arse.
I wouldn't hold too much weight with that. I know why you're saying that but I think in this case, he's got a different angle.
Undoubtedly. But being close to them means he'll also do their bidding for them. If they tell him something he'll print it.
I would say so, yeah. I would imagine what's in place is a broad oral agreement/understanding that Mourinho will get the job. Terms won't be an issue for either side. I imagine Mourinho is wary of the wind changing, or Giggs circling the wagons and managing to influence Ed before the deal is officially done and he wants it tied down now.
I think it was Rory Smith on the Game podcast who said something to the effect of "the more you hear noise from Mourinho's camp the more worried he is about not getting the job". This just looks like a shot across the bows to me.
Wenger is the proof that over that many games no-one will match SAF! He's had unbeaten seasons FFS but play that many games and even it out you're gonna end up under 2 – over 800 and that average games is nothing short of amazing!
Yeah, lets make the change.
Bit in bold - given the rumours of 2013 and the Moyes appointment I would think this is very much in his mind. My own interpretation of it is the club have reservations about him but feel there is no viable alternative and we are probably in somewhere in the middle of "don't accept any offers" and "what would the terms look like...". I've said on here before, but if it was going to be Giggs it would have happened already.
Yeah, lets make the change.
You know what's funny? That's his record until the defeat at Bournemouth on December 12th. Since then we played 10 more league games from which we won only three, drew another three and lost four. So, his record in 64 PL games is 31 wins, 18 draws and 15 defeats which makes us 1.73 points per game.
Hmm. Looking at this, that Louis van Gaal chap is not THAT bad. Let's give him another year.
Yeah, lets make the change.
Are you Ed Woodward in disguise?
I've done the math. 1,83 is 70 points per season. With that we shall maybe get 4th place.
I bet we were on the verge of appointing Mourinho, but the 0-0 draw with Chelsea convinced the board to offer Vangle a new contract.
Currently we will have 60 points at the end of the season, if we keep this up.
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So according to that, Jose only takes over if we don't make CL? Done deal lads.
Seriously though, more Mendes work I'd imagine trying to hurry along a deal. I can't see Jose sitting around to see if we get CL or not, then going to a club who may or may not have CL either.
Madness.
Seriously though, more Mendes work I'd imagine trying to hurry along a deal. I can't see Jose sitting around to see if we get CL or not, then going to a club who may or may not have CL either.
Madness.
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