Care_de_Bobo
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You might be right about Real and Bayern, but United is clearly a step up from Liverpool. If Alison did what Onana did against Wolves, for example, there's no way it dominates the discussion for a whole week and still gets brought up months later. Don't underestimate the pressure fans and the media can put on players and managers, even if our owners don't care about anything other than their own profits.Yes and no.
Yes, United generates more public interest. No, the pressure isn't higher. Look at what people consider to be successful seasons, scraping top four is usually enough to keep the job, sprinkle the occasional cup run on top and you are safe.
No one expects United to be an elite successful club any more, United simply is seen as entertainment, and that's how they fill all those inches. Klopp is excellent at playing the media, he would provide the entertainment factor and he would be safe because fans would love him and the board cares more about socia media interactions than about titles.
Fans expect a title challenge after a new manager spends multiple years and a billion pounds. That's not pressure. Pressure is at Real Madrid or Bayern Munich, where you might be fired for lingering around second place for to long or for failing to win the league despite winning the CL. It's the least pressure job at any club of that financial power because demanding immediate success simply doesn't happen at United.
The situation at Bayern isn't really comparable, by the way, because even a manager like Kovac can win the league with them. As bad as United have been over the past decade, they still would have been better competition for Bayern than the teams they've actually been up against most years.