Which current United player could have a career as a manager?

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Eriksen the nerdy tactician?
Bruno, Amorim 2.0?
Casemiro?
Or maybe Mainoo
 
Could see Rashford becoming the first English manager to win the PL.
 
Pretty sure Dalot has said he would consider going into coaching when retired?
 
One would get the impression that the managerial profession skews towards midfielders followed by defenders.

So I supposed Bruno, Erickson and case are the most likely candidate.

Could see dalot and Martinez trying their hand at it as well.
 
Can see Antony being popular with linos and 4th officials if he was a manager.
 
Evans seems to command respect without a lot of posturing, he's been at the top level but down in the trenches as well. I could see him in charge of Northern Ireland at the very least.
 
Antony he's spent a lot of time on the sidelines watching football the last 2 years.
 
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Good managers usually come from poor players. Antony is nailed on to be the next SAF!
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I know you're joking but you do see this idea bandied about and it's not really true anymore is it? If it ever was

of course it depends on your definition of "good/poor" player but like. Pep, Alonso, Ancelotti, Inzaghi, Simeone, Arteta, Conte, Motta, Enrique. Clearly all good players, I think apart from Arteta they all played for their national teams (and he only didn't because of how ridiculous Spain's midfield was)

anyway, I would guess Bruno will have a crack at it. He seems to have a proper passion for football, plus a very competitive streak
 
Red the Bear said:
One would get the impression that the managerial profession skews towards midfielders followed by defenders.

So I supposed Bruno, Erickson and case are the most likely candidate.

Could see dalot and Martinez trying their hand at it as well.
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Sir Alex Ferguson played as a striker.

Ole didn't do too bad at our club and his club in Norway. Ruud seemed to be have it in him as well to be a decent manager.
 
It’s a hard question. I wouldn’t have guessed Rooney, as much as I liked him as a player, would become a manager and be half decent. On the contrary, I thought G Nev would be a successful manager back in his playing days.

I’ll guess Dalot. He’s outspoken, confident, pretty fluent in English and I think also speaks enough Spanish (and obviously Portuguese).
 
Red Comet said:
Sir Alex Ferguson played as a striker.

Ole didn't do too bad at our club and his club in Norway. Ruud seemed to be have it in him as well to be a decent manager.
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Outliers obviously exist and will continue to do so but I'm inclined to belive that were you to complie a list of the top percentile managers most would turn out to have been midfielders.

That's the case with the current top 4 in the prem for example.
 
Red the Bear said:
Outliers obviously exist and will continue to do so but I'm inclined to belive that were you to complie a list of the top percentile managers most would turn out to have been midfielders.

That's the case with the current top 4 in the prem for example.
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Traditionally teams would have more defenders and midfielders than you would have strikers. For a team playing standard 4-4-2, that's only 2 strikers out of 10 outfield players. A team playing 4-2-3-1 has only 1 out-and-out striker.

Is it any wonder that if players do pursue a coaching/managerial career after hanging up their boots, statically it is more likely you have managers who used to be defenders and midfielders rather than strikers or goalkeepers because there is simply a much larger pool of players from those 2 positions to begin with?

Again, if you look at the list of stikers-turn-managers the list is pretty illustrious, which should put to bed any notion that other roles require more tactical nouns:
  • Sir Alex Ferguson
  • Sir Matt Busby (inside forward)
  • Mark Hughes (not a very good manager though)
  • Kenny Dalglish
  • Brain Clough
  • Johan Cryuff
  • Rinus Michels
  • Jupp Heynckes
  • Jurgen Klopp (though he did get converted to centre back halfway through his playing career; mind you he wasn't great at either)
  • Pipo Inzaghi
  • Roberto Mancini
  • Vincenzo Montella
I'm sure there's a lot more than I can recall off the top of my head right now. For the life of me I can't recall any French strikers-turn-managers.
 
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TBH I think there are a lot

Onana, Martinez, De ligt, Maquire, Case, Eriksen, Evans, Bruno

In the fullness of time others might show something

Right now I would say 100% would not transition into coaching, Rashford, Antony
 
Another question - given the huge rise in wages over the last 10 years, do you think that many footballers that retire, will want to become a manager? In times gone by, a footballer will have retired and most will have needed to keep working and so management was a natural thing but given most top tier footballers now earn so much money, will a number now just go and live on an island somewhere as opposed to working?
 
Surprised to see little to no mention of Harry Maguire. A captain and leader with a very strong head on his shoulders that doesn't cave under pressure.

I think Harry could be excellent from a people management point of view and has the mental resolve to handle the pressure of management. Tactically is where he could be lacking but with the right backroom team I think he could and will make an excellent manager.
 
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Probably Dalot. Looks like the curious kind who's going to get his badges the moment he retires.
 
I cannot understand the Bruno reasoning. Half the Caf don't even think he should be captain yet we think he'll be a good manager?

All his negative traits as player won't translate to management. Impulsive, soft, lack of control, giving up and whinging when things aren't going his way.

Can't see it at all.
 
Red Comet said:
Traditionally teams would have more defenders and midfielders than you would have strikers. For a team playing standard 4-4-2, that's only 2 strikers out of 10 outfield players. A team playing 4-2-3-1 has only 1 out-and-out striker.

Is it any wonder that if players do pursue a coaching/managerial career after hanging up their boots, statically it is more likely you have managers who used to be defenders and midfielders rather than strikers or goalkeepers because there is simply a much larger pool of players from those 2 positions to begin with?

Again, if you look at the list of stikers-turn-managers the list is pretty illustrious, which should put to bed any notion that other roles require more tactical nouns:
  • Sir Alex Ferguson
  • Sir Matt Busby (inside forward)
  • Mark Hughes (not a very good manager though)
  • Kenny Dalglish
  • Brain Clough
  • Johan Cryuff
  • Rinus Michels
  • Jupp Heynckes
  • Jurgen Klopp (though he did get converted to centre back halfway through his playing career; mind you he wasn't great at either)
  • Pipo Inzaghi
  • Roberto Mancini
  • Vincenzo Montella
I'm sure there's a lot more than I can recall off the top of my head right now. For the life of me I can't recall any French strikers-turn-managers.
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You make a great point in regards to the available positional pool for managers although the discrepancy must have somewhat diminished in recent years as most teams play in the 433.

In a somewhat related note can't help but notice how your striker manager list skews much older, it would be interesting to know how the positions have fluctuated throughout the years if at all.
 
Jonny Evans
Lisandro Martinez
Bruno Fernandes
Tom Heaton
Casemiro

Possibly
Kobbie Mainoo
Leny Yoro

Edit: Matthijs de Ligt
 
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