Would make sense - so what time would that be?
United linked with van Gaal in the meeja
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Would make sense - so what time would that be?
Though not exactly sticking their neck out on this one
Time before that...Thiago was coming
No doubt it's happening ,it's whether it as been confirmed today.
Arsenals Defense is far stronger and midfield options are laughable compared to ours. Up front they are weak. I assume they'd be the team you think we'd so easily replace.
Giggs is staying
They only open at 9.30am apparently and it's 4.30am there now so 5 hours time. However in my experience with LSE and AIM listed stocks, which open at 8am, they release the information earlier. Normally around 7am.
should announce it on Saturday so that no one will give a shit about City winning the title on Sunday. Makes sense!
They have a habit of jumping the gun and going with a exclusive just so if its proven correct they can say "we told you so!" if not it will be forgotten about.
Earlier this season they broke news that Rooney would be signing a new long term contract in the next 24 hours, people in the media had known that he would sign and did about 2 months after the exclusive...
No one will care anyway, apart from L/Pool & JT
That said, arsenal are making a habit of finishing in the top 4 thanks to the incompetence of the teams below them, rather than off their own good performances. I can't see how they'd continue the trend next season as well. I'm sure they'll fall out of the top 4 next season.
lol. i meant the media mainly. Can see the rage from the City fans when they win the league on Sunday but the first 15 minutes of sky sports news is Van Gaal's first interview for United
Today's the day.
http://talksport.com/football/exclu...ome-new-manager-manchester-united-14050790132
Looks to be set for an announcement very, very soon. Guessing it's just waiting on the NYSE being told first.
Looks to be set for an announcement very, very soon. Guessing it's just waiting on the NYSE being told first.
Or the other view is they always finish top 4! They had many midfield injuries as well which impacts them more than most as its those same midfielders they relied on for goals. A top striker and their challengers for me next year.
SkySportsNew will do a special on LVG the same day Shitty win the league.lol. i meant the media mainly. Can see the rage from the City fans when they win the league on Sunday but the first 15 minutes of sky sports news is Van Gaal's first interview for United
"Top story: LVG becomes manager of Manchester United"
**Many minutes later, after all the other footy stories, golf, cricket, extreme ironing etc.**
"In other news: Manchester City win (buy) the league again"
Personally I am glad, he seems like the kind of manager that wouldnt shake things up too much and thats what we really need.
I don't intend being anywhere near a TVlol. i meant the media mainly. Can see the rage from the City fans when they win the league on Sunday but the first 15 minutes of sky sports news is Van Gaal's first interview for United
Agreed. He would have been perfect coming in after SAF and just adding a couple of top quality midfielders, a LB and we would have been up there but after the Moyes farce, a good few players have been found wanting. We need a manager who can come in and crack the whip. LVG is perfect for the job.
Fair point. Will be intensely competitive for sure!
I don't believe Talksport for a moment.
I just hope that Ed Woodward isn't trying to play clever buggers trying to use van Gaal as bait to get someone else which may all blow up in his face an we'll end up with someone second rate.
I just hope that Ed Woodward isn't trying to play clever buggers trying to use van Gaal as bait to get someone else which may all blow up in his face an we'll end up with someone second rate.
Best thing Van Gaal did was avoid being the man after the man. It wouldn't have been easy.
I don't know you know. I think a lot of that is now marred by Moyes' incompetence and to a degree perhaps his insecurities. I don't think a manager like van Gaal or Mourinho would give two shits about being the man after the man. They'd probably relish it like a dog relishes the taste of its own arse.
This Woodward talk is getting ridiculous.
Not today then, Ogden has spoken!
No it isn't. We've been told for a while now by reliable journalists that it'll be van Gaal. The delay just seems strange, especially when various names keep getting thrown up such as Guardiola and Ancelotti. The consensus among the decent journos seemed to be he was waiting to see if Ancelotti lost the semi-final, then rumours we were waiting if there as a backlash against Guardiola. I don't think speculating on whether we're delaying the completing of the deal on the outcome of some other external circumstance is at all unreasonable.
The appointment of Moyes seems ever more bizarre the more you hear about the managers we are after.
Dan Roan has said pretty much the same just before Oggy.
Or just wait until leagues end (the German is about to) and maybe something happens, like Bayern making a shock decision. But I can't see it happening.
Must say, I hate the wait.
Same now on the BBC Sportsday website:
A Manchester United spokesman has told BBC Sport that no announcement will be made regarding the position of manager this week.
A Manchester United spokesman has told BBC Sport that no announcement will be made regarding the position of manager this week.
Getting? I think that ship sailed a long time ago.
Oh god he is isnt he, hes trying to get Guardiola and hes gonna offer him that 18m a year.....LVG will piss off
It does seem odd though. The fact we've got a vacancy isn't a secret. The fact he's leaving the Dutch job after the World Cup isn't a secret. I just don't know what the purpose behind all these delays are. I accept that negotiations are complex and take time but it's been a 'done deal' according to those quite reliable for some time now. The fact that they've now pushed it back into next week seems strange. What can happen/change between now and next week? When next week why not push it back another week?
I'm worried if it means we're trying to see who else is out there and could end up being told to piss off by van Gaal or that our apparent reluctant to get it closed down will see him snapped up by another top club. We're not the only big job that'll be available soon. He says he wants to manage in England but who knows if he won't be tempted to elsewhere if the right offer came his way.
When everything relies solely on us, arbitrarily pushing the deal back makes me suspicious.
Agreed but if Pep came available the majority of the football community would be screaming "school-boy error" regardless of the factual legitimacy of that. Including a majority of our own fans and thats not the foundations a new manager needs at all.
We're getting flippin' Ryan Giggs aren't we?
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