Next manager discussion (poll reset 21/05/2016)

[Librarian]

it's gonna be Jose, can feel it in me bone

 

[Wat Tyler]

How can you possibly read that?!?

Start of third paragraph when you zoom in

 

[MartSlinger]

United is a massive global 'name'. It would be Mourinho's first choice without a shadow of a doubt. I think we all understand that.

100%.

But for people, mainly our fans to label it 'impossible' is ridiculous. If United eventually say no to him, he's ours, guaranteed.

 

[markDee]

There are factions at Utd that do not want Jose at the club, led by Fergie & Charlton. That's why he never joined Utd earlier in the season when LVG seemed on the brink. There is so much politics behind the scenes at Utd that Jose would have to battle, plus the pressure/spotlight on him would be huge.

I'm sure he'd love that last bit, but at the same time, EFC are a major project that he can mould & create from the ground floor up. He can cement himself as one of the all time greats at EFC, whereas at Utd he will have to put up with the shadow of Fergie - how would that sit with his ego? Plus if they're not in the CL but in the Europa, that's an added hassle that many would see as not ideal.

I think when you look at it, we do have a chance & it's not cut and dried, especially if Moshiri is throwing the major cash around. Mourinho could even be allowed to name his own Director of Football at Everton, something he couldn't do at Utd.

In the bbc documentary on Ferguson, he blatantly says he wanted Mourinho to succeed him but knew Jose wanted to return to Chelsea, so I think the story of fergie not wanting him is nonsense. I hope to Jesus we get him tho!

 

[Coffee and TV]

Got the article http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/public/everton-sound-out-jose-as-united-dither-csrrkgp7p

Everton sound out Jose as United dither
Duncan Castles and Jonathan Northcroft


May 15 2016, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

Waiting in expectation: Jose Mourinho remains hopeful of succeeding Louis Van Gaal at Old TraffordEDGAR SU
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Everton have approached Jose Mourinho in an ambitious move to gauge the three-times Premier League winning manager’s interest in leading the club. Mourinho is top of a list of candidates to succeed Roberto Martinez alongside Southampton’s Ronald Koeman.

Aware that the Portuguese’s preference is to resume his trophy-laden career at an English club, Everton have sought to exploit Manchester United’s hesitation in securing him as replacement for Louis van Gaal. P hone calls have been made both to Mourinho’s representative and directly to the coach to propose Everton as an alternative place of work.

According to close friends, Mourinho is unlikely to accept Everton’s offer. United’s executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, has asked him to wait until the end of the domestic season to begin formal talks about succeeding Van Gaal, and Mourinho remains confident that he will be offered that position.

Koeman will also be hard for Everton to recruit. The Dutchman, who could lead Southampton to the heady heights of a fifth-placed finish should results go his way today, is happy on the South Coast where the club are keen to extend his contract, which expires in 2017. He rebuffed an approach by a key intermediary acting for Everton with the message that he wasn’t interested in even considering his own future until after Southampton’s final Premier League game against Crystal Palace today.

Appreciative of the backing he has received from his employers at St Mary’s and enjoying a good relationship with the head of football development, Les Reed, Koeman is unlikely to be enticed away by a club of similar standing. Only if Everton, under their new majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri, could present themselves as a club ready to invest sufficiently to challenge the biggest clubs might his interest be piqued. That leaves Koeman’s compatriot Frank de Boer, who recently left Ajax and whose representatives held talks with Everton officials on Friday. David Moyes, Celtic’s preference to succeed Ronny Deila, would be open to a return and Roberto Di Matteo also has admirers within the hierarchy there.

Mourinho regards the Old Trafford job as the one that offers the greatest potential of success on a domestic and European stage.Van Gaal enters today’s league fixture with an outside chance of securing a Champions League play-off berth. Woodward has repeatedly assured the Dutchman that the club has been satisfied with his work as manager, and that they expect him to see out the third and final year of his contract.

 

[Librarian]

careful what you wish for, unless your wishes are boss, in which case, wish on

 

[BoysInBlue]

United is a massive global 'name'. It would be Mourinho's first choice without a shadow of a doubt. I think we all understand that.

Utd aren't the powerhouse in terms of internal infrastructure that they once was. The ghost of Christmas past continually looms over the club in Fergie. Jose likes being the main man, yet both Fergie & Charlton (each with a named stand after them) are hugely powerful figures at Utd.

 

[scratchnsurf]

In the bbc documentary on Ferguson, he blatantly says he wanted Mourinho to succeed him but knew Jose wanted to return to Chelsea, so I think the story of fergie not wanting him is nonsense. I hope to Jesus we get him tho!

And there I was, hoping to Mourinho that we got Jesus.

 

[ToffeeTim]

The eternal bearer of bad news Greg O Keefe hasn't denied the rumour yet interestingly lol

 

[BoysInBlue]

Got the article http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/public/everton-sound-out-jose-as-united-dither-csrrkgp7p

United’s executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, has asked him to wait until the end of the domestic season to begin formal talks about succeeding Van Gaal, and Mourinho remains confident that he will be offered that position.

Then later on in the same article...

Woodward has repeatedly assured the Dutchman that the club has been satisfied with his work as manager, and that they expect him to see out the third and final year of his contract.

Holy contradiction Batman.

 

[tadpole]

According to close friends, Mourinho is unlikely to accept Everton’s offer.

Mourinho has friends ?? Sorry, that's too much for me to swallow.

 

[Toffeenick123]

He had to beat Villa to have a chance let that sink in he had to beat VILLA

Even Roberto beat Villa

 

[jaycee]

Even Roberto beat Villa

Twice

 

[Librarian]

This is much better than the last manager hunt.

David Moyes annointing David Weir, Team Armband, the Finch Farm Cone Layers, Alan Stubbs Wife's Hairdresser, Dave Whelan

 

[Matty_j1878]

If he comes, first game of next season i'll be sprinkling Columbia's finest off the top off Goodison, singing Kum Ba Yah.