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Crane
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Franck
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Franck
Judging by the reaction of you guys I suppose the rumours might just not have been picked up by the English media. I'd wager that the general interest for FC Bayern in England would be pretty low, so it makes sense.
Telegram Sam
It's not so much that, but moreso that it was only yesterday that he declared his interest in managing in England.
bluemoon.
Franck
I doubt it.
First of all, Pep has been very consistent in saying that he does not want to be a manager, he'll prefer clubs that have an established structure with directors of sport, chairmen etc. sharing the responsibilities, letting him focus on coaching. FC Bayern is a prime example of such a club while United are pretty much the total antithesis.
Second of all, we have no idea if he actually has what it takes to be successful at a club other than Barca, What he did with Barcelona was very impressive, but Barca are not like any other club.
And finally, I think most people have realised by now that Fergie won't leave his post until his health gives in. That might be as far as 10-15 years away.
jumberto
The only people saying he was definitely coming to England were the English media.
Crane
Fantastic
SpinSwimScream
smurphptfc
It's more because they all reckon the EPL is the best league in the world by a considerable distance and cannot believe that Guardiola would want to go anywhere else bar England.
Telegram Sam
I can't see that. 10-15 years? The man's 71. He's clearly very capable of continuing for a while yet but I'm confident he'll have moved on in the next 2-3 years. If I had to put money on it I reckon he'll have handed the reigns over by the 2014-15 season.
Ninja
Maybe, I don't think so though.
Mostly for the reasons Franck listed. I don't see Fergie retiring yet, so maybe the chance of Mourinho will go if he joins you or Chelsea at the end of the season. In which case, Pep becomes more likely again.
Hibee
BBC Sport had a story about that earlier today, not surprisingly they've had to take it down.
Crane
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21039286
That one?
I have no doubts he will manage in England at some point in his career. He's still very, very young in managerial terms.
Hibee
Jonas
Fantastic
Short of bringing in Mourinho; Man Utd are going to have to implement a power sharing system involving sporting directors etc in order to counteract the inevitable downturn that Ferguson's departure will bring on.
Ninja
It's going to be interesting, I think the best thing is that we've already massively cocked up once when Busby left so we should be wise enough to avoid repeating the mistakes we allowed then.
I think it's Mourinho or a former player, Moyes is an interesting proposition but I think it's too much of a gamble.
I can see them both working, Mourinho has the ego to say that he's going to do things his way, a former player will ensure a type of dynastic succession hopefully ensuring what made us so good under Ferguson remains, I can only really see Solskjear in the frame at the minute but that may change.
There's a few other managers who could do alright, Jürgen Klopp is one of the more interesting suggestions but I think it all depends how they start, I'm not sure anyone apart from Mourinho or a former player could survive a poor start.
Jamieandhisego
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JCash3000
K3V0
He'll have funds available for new players and will inherit a very good squad that's capable of challenging the best. I'm excited to see how Pep will impact on Schweinsteigers game!!
Dutton
Franck
People have run nations well into their 80s, I don't doubt that a healthy Ferguson could do the same with a football club.
.verse
That said, I'm glad he's not coming to Chelsea. I'm not really convinced at all by his ability as a manager and without the highest order of players. So will be interesting to see how he really fares without the likes of Messi/Iniesta etc. An expensive bullet dodged me thinks.