In my opinion United is too big for 1 CEO to manage everything. Thus the business side and the football side need to be divided and tackled separately. By bringing Marotta in we'll be bringing someone whose been into football for quite some time and had grown into his role as CEO. He knows how much players are worth both in terms of salaries and fees, he's got plenty of contacts which are crucial both when getting rid of deadwood and when buying players and he'll certainly won't be taken for a ride in the same way Woody was taken in numerous occasions. However, even Marotta has his limits. He'll be coming into a new country, at a new club with zero idea of how good our staff is. It will take him to settle down and identify the problems + remove the deadwood. Thus bringing in Ribalta back would provide him with someone he can trust + someone who knows United well. I am not inventing stuff. In fact, one of the first things Marotta did when he signed with Juventus was to bring Paratici with him. The final step would be the manager. There's no way a serious CEO and sporting director would consider working with Mourinho. In matter of fact the guy had been hopping from one clown owner/CEO to another (Abramovich, Moratti, Abramovich again and Woodward). Those who dared questioning him ended up into a fight of epic proportions.
Both Zidane and Conte knows Juventus ethos well. They know what to expect and will trust /respect people who went at Juve and did well. TBF Conte had a fallout with Marotta which lead with him leaving. However after two very negative experiences (Italy and Chelsea) I am pretty sure that he'll relish working within a setup run by professional people again.
