[Albion] Would De Zerbi take the Man U job if offered?

[5Ways Gull]

If he does it will be for the money. I am convinced that if every club in the Premier league had equal funds available we would be the best Job in the league.

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Stunned that so many people have voted no. Chelsea, I get. But this is Man Utd, the only bigger club in world football is Real Madrid. If you get offered that job, you take it. You don’t say ‘I don’t think the owners are right for me, I’ll wait until I get asked again in a few years time’. Succeed at Man Utd and literally any job in world football is yours if you want it. And he would succeed there.

He’d be absolutely mental not to take it, if it were offered.

Yes yes, but have you considered the fact that our beloved RDZ IS absolutely mental?

 

[Brovion]

No. He loves us and wants to stay to see his project through. He knows he's building something really special here in an incredibly supportive environment and he won't risk it all by jumping into the high-pressure environment of a big club where the demand will be for instant success. Plus. he won't leave mid-season.

Mind you, I thought all that about Graham Potter .....

(Except for the 'love' bit obvs).

 

[Muzzman]

Because of the way RDZ talks. He always going on about loyalty. And he stayed in Ukraine until bombs started coming down. Completely different character to spineless potty.

We'll have to see wont we, I'm not Swansman so I'm not about to trawl through the internet to cherry-pick all the honourable things Potter has done in his career to argue the point, you maybe right, but I wouldn't be putting RDZ on a pedestal just yet.

 

[dazzer6666]

 

[Justice]

It’s irrelevant as they won’t sack ETH at this point, and as others have stated, he has a contract which states that he can’t leave during the season.
I actually think that Potter would be a good fit for United.

I would love to know your thinking behind that Potter to Man Utd

 

[Horses Arse]

Thought I read that his contract has a release clause (or similar mechanism but not one of them cos Brighton dont do that etc etc etc yada yada yada) that means he can only go between seasons, not during a season. Unless they want to persuade us to waive that with big wads of cash, and this isn't Chelsea we're talking about.'

 

[dwayne]

We'll have to see wont we, I'm not Swansman so I'm not about to trawl through the internet to cherry-pick all the honourable things Potter has done in his career to argue the point, you maybe right, but I wouldn't be putting RDZ on a pedestal just yet.

Agree that's why I have him as 50/50. I do think RDZ has a clever marketing team behind him. The semi cringe soundbites about teams taking our players but not our soul and that 'leaked' voice note, cases in point.

 

[dwayne]

In all seriousness, you think leaving Albion for a pay rise running into millions and the chance to manage a team that expects to challenge in the Champions League makes him "spineless"?

I think you're misreading the room if you think that's the widely held view. Most people's gripe with Potter is the way he ransacked half the backroom team (beyond his own people). I can't really accuse him of being spineless, there's no evidence of that.

Yer that's fair, in the context of that decision he wasn't spineless. But I didn't like the disrespect potter had for the fans when he was here. And the nasty comments about us being an 'easy' club to manage afterwards. But tbf that didn't paint him as spinless either. More like a gut feeling that he's a weak man.

Saying all that, if RDZ left tomorrow , potty boy would be one of the faves for the Albion job.

 

[TottonSeagull]

Maybe in a couple of seasons time but as good as he is, he is still learning!

 

[Simster]

Yer that's fair, in the context of that decision he wasn't spineless. But I didn't like the disrespect potter had for the fans when he was here. And the nasty comments about us being an 'easy' club to manage afterwards. But tbf that didn't paint him as spinless either. More like a gut feeling that he's a weak man.

Saying all that, if RDZ left tomorrow , potty boy would be one of the faves for the Albion job.

I wouldn't disagree with any of that. His comments on being an easy club to manage and needing a history lesson stuck in the craw based on the fact our fan base was ridiculously patient with him during a run of 2 home league wins in a 11 months as it was at one point.

As such, I'm really not sure I'd want him back even if I do think he was a decent coach. It would be interesting to know Tony Bloom's opinion of him.

 

[jakarta]

Stunned that so many people have voted no. Chelsea, I get. But this is Man Utd, the only bigger club in world football is Real Madrid. If you get offered that job, you take it. You don’t say ‘I don’t think the owners are right for me, I’ll wait until I get asked again in a few years time’. Succeed at Man Utd and literally any job in world football is yours if you want it. And he would succeed there.

He’d be absolutely mental not to take it, if it were offered.

USED to be one of the only clubs in world football, many more bigger and better these days.

Toxic with a falling apart stadium and horrid entitled players, yes I would take it on in a heartbeat.

 

[seagull_si]

I think I would be more worried about losing my manager if I was a Villa fan, to be honest. Doing just as well and has won in Europe.

 

[The Hermit Kingdom]

Stunned that so many people have voted no. Chelsea, I get. But this is Man Utd, the only bigger club in world football is Real Madrid. If you get offered that job, you take it. You don’t say ‘I don’t think the owners are right for me, I’ll wait until I get asked again in a few years time’. Succeed at Man Utd and literally any job in world football is yours if you want it. And he would succeed there.

He’d be absolutely mental not to take it, if it were offered.

Pretty one-dimensional view imho. There are so many reasons not to go there and Barcelona are bigger than Man U, Bayern are as big a club. Players have turned them down because they were wanting London clubs. Not everyone views Man U as a gig ‘you’d be stupid to turn down’

 

[dwayne]

I think I would be more worried about losing my manager if I was a Villa fan, to be honest. Doing just as well and has won in Europe.

Yer that's a good shout. Emery is one of the best in the world at the moment, and has soundly beaten RDZ a few times now. As much as we love RDZ , emery is a better manager as it stands.

But villa would pay him similar to man u I would suspect.

 

[dazzer6666]

USED to be one of the only clubs in world football, many more bigger and better these days.

Toxic with a falling apart stadium and horrid entitled players, yes I would take it on in a heartbeat.

£10m a year might influence your decision

 

[Right Back]

RDZ is far too smart to go to Man U at the moment.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Football fans love to squabble about hypothetical situations for which no detail is available. There is no chance of ETH leaving ManU in the near future so this is a pointless question and a pointless discussion.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Man Utd or Brighton? He'd be off like a shot I'm afraid.

 

[dwayne]

Football fans love to squabble about hypothetical situations for which no detail is available. There is no chance of ETH leaving ManU in the near future so this is a pointless question and a pointless discussion.

Why no chance ? If he keeps getting soundly beaten, he's gone ! Sooner rather than later.