After losing 3-1 to rival Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, United basically bid farewell to next season's Champions League. But as the saying goes: "Everything has its pros and cons". Losing the Champions League is certainly a blow to United's economy, but it is a rare respite at the competitive level. Missing the Champions League allows Manchester United executives to face up to the club's current problems and see where the club is. In addition, it can also give Tenghag more room for fault tolerance and open the reconstruction with a lower posture.
Rebuilding means cleaning up and reinforcements, and people have not yet arrived, but rumors are already flying. Of course, we don't know Tenghag's specific goals at the moment, but a huge positive is that according to Miguel Delaney, a reporter for the British newspaper "Independent", Longnick and Tenhag have reached a consensus on the rebuilding of Manchester United in their recent meetings.
Why is this a huge positive? The reason is simple, because these 2 are managers who are good at building teams. Needless to say, although he lacks enough persuasion in coaching, he is definitely an industry leader in building a team and digging up young players.
Tenhag built a championship team in a short period of time at Ajax, and after a number of main players such as De Jong, De Ligt, Neres, Ziyech and so on left, he once again created a new championship squad through discovery and promotion. If they win the Eredivisie title again this season, it will be Ajax's fourth consecutive league topping. This ability to continue to build a team is very rare, and it is another major reason why the United top management looks at Tenhag.
When talking about The Problems at United earlier, Lonnick's director attribute was instantly activated. He believes that the Manchester United dressing room is full of instability such as "selfishness, bloat, lack of ability and strength, lack of professionalism". In addition, he believes that Manchester United's small repairs are not enough to succeed, and the current situation of Manchester United needs heart surgery, so there are many things that need to be changed. If everyone realizes that this has to happen and everyone else wants to cooperate, then it makes sense.
"It also matters how Tenhag sees this, does he like to talk to people like me?" How closely does he want to work together? These are things we haven't discussed yet. So I'm not worried at all, it doesn't matter what agreements have been made or what will happen in the next 2 years. I'm 64 years old and I'm more focused on the reality that Tenhag and the Manchester United board really want to know how much I think and how much I experience. ”
To put it bluntly, with Lonnick's professionalism, he can't fail to see United's problems today. He is also confident of helping United solve these problems, but he has also expressed his position that it all needs to make sense for "others to want to work together". This "other" is undoubtedly the new coach Tenhag and the Manchester United top brass.
In Lonnick's view, it doesn't take 2 to 3 years to change Manchester United, and it could happen in 1 year. While other clubs have shown that it doesn't take 2, 3 or 4 years, 1, 2 or even 3 transfer windows are possible.
In his meeting with United executives, Tenhag talked about a 5-year plan. To be honest, once the pressure on the results is too great, it is difficult for the United executives to convince themselves to give Foot Tenhag 5 years. Therefore, it would be better if the reconstruction could be completed ahead of schedule. Now that Lonnick is confident of completing the rebuild ahead of schedule, it will take Tenghag to work with Ronnick, who has switched to an advisory role. Now that the two have reached an agreement, this is definitely a big positive. If the United top brass let go of their hands and let these 2 reconstruction masters go to the table, there is hope for a revival.