Omar Berrada | Man Utd CEO

Im not totally behind this just yet, City can offer way more money and challenging for trophies every season, have they lost staff that influential leave without a fight, to me it doesnt seem right, hope it does obviously

I reckon in the corporate world a job at United is still seen as a lot more prestigious than City, despite the lack of on-pitch success.

And that's before you factor in the fact he's levelling up to CEO, as well.
 
I reckon in the corporate world a job at United is still seen as a lot more prestigious than City, despite the lack of on-pitch success.

And that's before you factor in the fact he's levelling up to CEO, as well.

Yeah there is no doubt he will be under the microscope much more now he's at Utd
 
God knows how many potentially great operators we could have had over the years if it weren’t for the Glazers and their passive, money motivated outlook who never seemingly networked with the football world and stuck with the bankers who helped their takeover in the first place.

I imagine there’s a score of elite level people who would be tempted to join us now that Sir Jim and his conglomerate are running things.
 
If that’s true, what a stupid thing to say and has clearly hurt him, guardiola always has come across as a little childish when things aren’t quite going his way.

Yeah we are no threat so why are you being off with journos when asked about Berrada
 
Bizarre comments from a manager about executive staff. Even if he was asked. Weird guy. Must have been rolling off of a strong 8ball
 
If that’s true, what a stupid thing to say and has clearly hurt him, guardiola always has come across as a little childish when things aren’t quite going his way.

I always get the impression that Pep is well aware, and a little bit bothered, by the fact that City will never be respected like United.

He often shows us a lot of respect and I feel he'd have loved to manage here. He knows that if we get things right, City will pale in comparison to our stature. Arrogant man is worried
 
I always get the impression that Pep is well aware, and a little bit bothered, by the fact that City will never be respected like United.

He often shows us a lot of respect and I feel he'd have loved to manage here. He knows that if we get things right, City will pale in comparison to our stature. Arrogant man is worried

He was devastated when he found out that Julia Roberts was a United fan.
 
I always get the impression that Pep is well aware, and a little bit bothered, by the fact that City will never be respected like United.

He often shows us a lot of respect and I feel he'd have loved to manage here. He knows that if we get things right, City will pale in comparison to our stature. Arrogant man is worried

Yeah his legacy would have been so much bigger if Fergie approached him quicker. So annoying that Klopp never managed Utd either which was down to Toy Story puppet
 
He mad as feck :lol: Now I do get the feeling this really didn’t go down well at the Bertie office over the weekend.

 
Possibly joking but honestly it's crossed my mind. History has proven when we have 'beaten' City to someone they've gone on to either be awful, a massive waste of money or downright disastrous.
  • Sanchez
  • Ronaldo
  • Maguire
  • Fred
  • Pogba
I'm sure there are others
Ronaldo is probably the worst of all :lol: we got baited because he was seen as United legend which he ruined in the end anyway. But it seems like it didnt take too long until baldy spoke about Omar once more and because this time he seems butthurt, it's a good sign. Because for players he used to say 'City can't afford it', 'the fees dont make sense' after we signed them, sat on his high horse because he knew his bait worked. But now he's sitting with cactus up his arse. Good to see.
 
Pep has always been extremely insecure about United. He knows we're the bigger club by miles even while we're shite and he's got that rabble on top.
 
Angry Pep always resorts to sarcasm. I’ve seen it on lots of his post match interviews.

This has clearly got to him. It’s a loss to City, I’d guess both to their immediate and long term planing as he was likely pencilled in to be next CEO some day.
 
I always get the impression that Pep is well aware, and a little bit bothered, by the fact that City will never be respected like United.

He often shows us a lot of respect and I feel he'd have loved to manage here. He knows that if we get things right, City will pale in comparison to our stature. Arrogant man is worried

Prior to getting the job at City he said that he could see himself managing at OT.

He has obviously done wonders for City and elevated them, but he knows and resents all the asterisks attached. It slips via passive-aggressiveness from time to time.
 
He mad as feck :lol: Now I do get the feeling this really didn’t go down well at the Bertie office over the weekend.


This is good. It’s clearly gotten under his skin. He’s lucky that a well run United never took him on in the past decade. I hope he stays a few more years so that we can come at him with the full might of our financial strength and with a proper footballing operation giving us elite players that fit the vision.

Stay there Pep! Give us couple of years please. If INEOS follow through with the revolution, we’re coming for the crown.
 
These decisions are only successful in hindsight, doesn’t make sense to be patting ourselves on the back before he’s even started working for us. Same thing for Ronaldo, no one was saying it was an elite move when a spotty 18 year old one trick pony first arrived.
Yeah but Berrada is not some spotty rookie. He is an executive that has earned the rank. He also will not work in isolation, he will constantly consult with Blanc and Brailsford as fellow board members.

United fans are celebrating the recreation of an elite footballing structure. We understand that FINALLY, football men will steer the club. That is the celebration. His effectiveness can be judged after. What we do know for an absolute fact is that he will not be Ed Woodward or some other wanker banker. Football first. That’s the celebration. It can only get better no matter how bad he turns out to be! Which is unlikely given his track record.
 
Some very weird takes on this..

1. You only get rid when there is better alternatives, - you get rid when results are not improving. Or it becomes untenable to be with. How comes we can bin Ronaldo mid season for bad behavior without alternatives but for a coach we need alternatives before deciding otherwise.

2. ETH hasn't become bad manager over night - - - Question should be When did ETH become a good coach? When? In Holland? Even De Boer won the league there. One champions league semi final run then eliminations in R16 is what makes one a good coach. Even Ralf Rangnick was Schalke O4 coach when they reached Semi in 2011. Even Spurs reached CL final.

ETH is 53 years old. Same age as Pep.
ETH has managed only once in a Champions League Semi-final game in HIS LIFE.
Pep has had 9 ( NINE) champions league appearances. Klopp has 4 (FOUR) Final appearances.

Good and better managers compete for big trophies consistently.
Ferguson had 3 finals in 4 year period (2008,2009,2011 finals)
Klopp has had 3 finals in 4 year period in Liverpool (2018,2019, 2022)
Pep is on a 2 Finals in 3 year period for City (2021,2023)

3. Given time, a better structure he will do better - another very weird take I have seen it on this forum.

If ETH had total control, who to sign, how to play, who to bin off, how to train etc and he was unable to imprint his method to the team he had total control over what makes you think he will do better when all or some of those powers he had are taken away from him.

In that, you had power to do what you wanted to achieve success you're unable, but now you will achieve success when the powers you had will be taken away from you.

Then how comes, United is the only team with 'bad structure'. You mean Manchester United is the only team which complains of bad structure in the whole world.

Manchester United has incompetent employees not bad structures. From management to manager to players competent employees at Man United are few.




In my own assessment ETH is like Antony. A player he signed. Looked very good from Netherlands but EPL is a step steep ahead of him. Nothing to do with excuses, but or if's. It's just Antony is not cut for EPL.

Same ETH is not cut for EPL. Nothing to do with ETH as a human being it's just the League competition demands and quality is abit to much for him.
ETH is in the bracket of Poch, Arteta as a coach. Who will never beat Pep or Klopp consistently and who by 95% chance will never win a league title as long as Pep or Klopp are around.

Sad but true.

Agreed on many points but replacing him mid season solves nothing if we don't have appropriate successor in mind. Pep, Klopp and Carlo are taken. There are not any standout candidates, season is a write-off. Get a new quality football management structure in place first, identify way of playing, clean deadwood, identify players we want to get and identify manager who will complement that style of play.
 
Prior to getting the job at City he said that he could see himself managing at OT.

He has obviously done wonders for City and elevated them, but he knows and resents all the asterisks attached. It slips via passive-aggressiveness from time to time.
This 100%

Pep is so insecure about the asterisk that goes with every City accomplishment. I don’t think he recovers mentally once the punishment for the charges is brought on.
 
If that’s true, what a stupid thing to say and has clearly hurt him, guardiola always has come across as a little childish when things aren’t quite going his way.
a little?
passive aggressiveness is his jam
 
Something must be happening behind the scene. They know those 100+ charges will feck them over at some point. His latest comments about Omar seems to be coming from 'used to be a friend' who is now abandoned to join a rival who's bigger.
 
What a clown Pep is. Wouldn’t look out of place on Bluemoon spouting that nonsense. You know we’ve got ourselves a good one when even the managers being a bitter cnut about it. :drool:
 
Agreed on many points but replacing him mid season solves nothing if we don't have appropriate successor in mind. Pep, Klopp and Carlo are taken. There are not any standout candidates, season is a write-off. Get a new quality football management structure in place first, identify way of playing, clean deadwood, identify players we want to get and identify manager who will complement that style of play.
This idea that Erik is such a brilliant coach that we need Pep or Klopp to even possibly improve is an idea i have a hard time understanding. What absolute miracles did he pull off at Ajax to deserve this status?

Brighton picked this Di Zerbi guy out of their asses, he wasn`t talked about as one of the big names.
Tottenham picked Postecoglou, not one of the big names.
Villa gave Emery another chance in the PL, not one of the highest rated managers after a less successful stint at Arsenal.

We have Ruben Amorim doing well for Sporting for a while now for example, they are sitting top of the league scoring 2,53 goals per game this season. Could certainly be worth a shot on a bigger stage.

Sebastian Hoeness have Stuttgart sitting at third place in BL, scoring over 2 goals per game, could be interesting for a bigger club.

Simone Inzaghi is not doing to shabby with Inter, they have a mindfecking GD of +39 after 21 games this season.

And there are of course a lot more of these interesting managers out there.

Changing manager mid season could do nothing to improve us. Or, it could actually improve us. We would actually have a chance of improving and climbing up the table.Just seems so unnecessarily sad to just give up now with a lot of the season left.
 
Yeah we are no threat so why are you being off with journos when asked about Berrada
This has clearly not gone down well at city, a standard boring answer like “nice fella, good luck to him for the future ” should of been the way to go.
 
City will never be a big club in terms of attitude and mindset. And Pep proves it again
 
I always get the impression that Pep is well aware, and a little bit bothered, by the fact that City will never be respected like United.

He often shows us a lot of respect and I feel he'd have loved to manage here. He knows that if we get things right, City will pale in comparison to our stature. Arrogant man is worried
I’m not entirely sure about that, didn’t fergie approach him about taking over the reigns and he blew us out? But if city are found guilty of these 115 charges it’ll certainly taint his career.
 
I’m not entirely sure about that, didn’t fergie approach him about taking over the reigns and he blew us out? But if city are found guilty of these 115 charges it’ll certainly taint his career.
We didn’t get him because Pep didn’t understand SAF. He didn’t know he was being offered a job.