After a long wave of screening and comparison, the United executives finally decided to appoint Tenhag as the team's official manager for the new season. Earlier, foreign media The Athletic exposed the details of Manchester United's coaching. From this, we can glimpse the twists and turns and dark battles in the process, fortunately, the Manchester United executives were able to eliminate many interference factors and finally reached an agreement.
As reported, pochettino was the first pick for the United hierarchy at the beginning of the coaching process. The factors are clear to everyone, that is, the impression accumulated before, we can clearly see that in the past few years, every time the Manchester United manager has fallen into a crisis of dismissal, Pochettino has entered the list of new managers without exception. And Pochettino's relationship with The Manchester United hierarchy is good, which gives him a natural advantage.
But why was it not him, but Tenhag, in the end? There are two main reasons for this.
The first is that Pochettino has a contract with Paris Grande. With Pochettino's results in leading the team this season, it is only natural that he will be fired. After being eliminated by Real Madrid in the Champions League, the paris hierarchy has the idea of changing the coach. But they have their own little calculations, they want Manchester United to pay the termination fee to take Pochettino away, rather than pay the termination fee themselves to let Pochettino join Manchester United freely.
Of course, the price is negotiable, but United understand that the cost is more than 10 million pounds, so they don't want to take the first step. And Pochettino was reluctant to step forward because he feared that doing so would cost him a loss of voice in future negotiations, and as a result, a three-way deadlock emerged.
Meanwhile, United are also interviewing other candidates, including Enrique and Lopetegui. But the former firmly stated that it would not leave the Spanish national team before the end of the World Cup, while the latter was eliminated for various reasons. But what really made The United hierarchy determined to exclude Pochettino was Tenhag.
Manchester United football director John Mertav, technical director Darren Fletcher and CEO Richard Arnold met with Tenhag in Amsterdam on 21 March after receiving permission from Ajax. In this meeting, Tenhag made no secret of his views, criticising United's operations over the past few years. At the same time, Tenhag also pointed out his own plan and specific implementation methods in detail, which finally impressed the United executives.
In addition, in the process of selecting the manager, we have also heard reports that Manchester United players prefer Pochettino to the post rather than Tenhag. From The Athletic's revelations, this rumor is real. But the club's top brass reacted lukewarmly, believing that if the players wanted the club to appoint Pochettino, the club should choose someone else. Some staff said that since the retirement of Sir François, the excessive voice of players has always been one of the problems of Manchester United. Therefore, in the process of selecting the coach, the United executives have not consulted the players.
This, combined with a recent series of personnel changes at the top of Manchester United, is enough to prove their determination to overhaul. In United's home closing match in the early hours of this morning, the players showed their scrappy momentum and played the smoothest offensive and defensive transition in the Lonnick era. It also illustrates a problem that Manchester United's players are not lacking in ability, but lack of attitude. In this regard, we can't help but look forward to the arrival of the Tenghag era.