With Conte steadily improving, a wave of unbeaten league has become the number one contender for 4th place in the Premier League. Lonnick, who replaced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, did not bring more light to the United, the team's play style was chaotic, the players played sluggishly, and even the locker room contradictions that were not seen during the Solskjaer era began to be passed. In contrast, the red devils fans' sense of loss spread irrepressibly.
Earlier, Conte's words to the media not only increased this sense of loss, but also made people feel good.
"I don't need a long appointment to make sure I work for a club. I'm willing to improve the current situation at Tottenham, I can offer my opinion, my vision, a short-term contract is not a problem for me at all. The club has to appreciate my work and then renew my contract, but only if I can prove it to the club with my performance. ”
"I'm not a coach who wants to sign a multi-year contract. In addition, it is also unfair. Because I know very well that I am a top coach and the salary they give me is very important to the club. I don't want the club to commit to me for many years because I understand that the salary paid by the club is important and I have to be worthy of this contract. ”
Conte's words reflect his strong self-confidence. He doesn't need a long contract to make sure he can stay at the club long enough, but he will use his coaching performance to get the club to take the initiative to renew his contract. In fact, he did the same.
When he changed managers last summer, Conte was a target for Tottenham. Club superintendent Palatic also came out on his own, trying to use his personal connections to persuade Conte to join the team. However, the two sides failed to reach an agreement at that time, and finally chose Nuno. But the inexperienced Nuno was unable to hold the star-studded Tottenham Hotspur and ended up halfway through the class. This time, Levi finally made up his mind to hire Conte, and the two sides eventually signed a one-and-a-half-year contract that lasted until the summer of 2023, plus an extended option.
Such a contract can minimize the risk for Tottenham, because you have to change managers in the middle of the season, and you can't give a championship-level manager like Conte a temporary contract for half a year like Manchester United hired Lonnick. Even if it is given 1 and a half years, it is difficult for many world-class coaches to accept. Because it is difficult to build the lineup you want in such a short period of time, and there is not much guarantee on the economic level. But Conte is so personal that he accepts, not because he is "hungry", but because of his strong self-confidence - "I know very well that I am a top coach".
For this reason, it is all the more incomprehensible for United to abandon Conte at the top. Although Lonnick hangs the name of "the godfather of German football", a good teacher of the coach is not the same as a good teacher of the player, and he has not had any coaching experience of the giants before this, and has been away from the coaching position for a while. At a time when a manager is most needed to lead the team to grab points, the Manchester United executives have chosen a manager who has no theory but has not been tested in the giants, which is a bit too dramatic.
In fact, judging from Lonnick's past 5 league games in charge, he has not played the football he wants at all. This further shows that theory is only a theory, and in the end it must be tested back to practice. Success in other teams doesn't mean much, like Moyes and Nuno, who have performed well in the middle and lower teams, but the waters of the giants are too deep to cope with without experience.
Therefore, Conte is obviously the better choice. He has a lot of experience in the giants, and has led Juve (3 consecutive champions), Chelsea, Inter to win the league title, and is a proper champions coach. Moreover, Conte also has the characteristics of a "civil war insider". Manchester United could have signed Conte on a short contract and then decided whether to renew it depending on the situation. As for Lonnick, United could have hired him directly as a club consultant this summer, without the need to take him for half a year. This also has a certain impact on the psychology of the players, such a manager who will leave after half a year will not have much prestige in the dressing room.
It can only be said that it is a pity that United missed Conte. Now we can only watch Tottenham Rush to the top 4, and what awaits them is likely to be a season without Champions League qualification. Even if you enter the transfer market with confidence, the attractiveness will be reduced.