"I may have to apologize to Mourinho," Manchester United star Leo Ferdinand lamented on the Vibe with FIVE YouTube show.
"I think Mourinho's remarks have been fulfilled and personally, I may apologise to him in some way in terms of the way I look at him. I still think there are flaws in some of the way he handles people and things, but in terms of behind-the-scenes observations, his remarks about leading Manchester United to Second place in the Premier League in 2019 have been well answered. ”
This is not the first time Ferdinand has publicly apologized to Mourinho, who has previously expressed similar views during his visit to Sky Sports.
After Mourinho left Manchester United, he once said in an interview that "leading Manchester United to no. 2 in the league is my greatest achievement", which was questioned by the outside world, believing that he exaggerated his words and excused himself. But we can clearly see that today's Manchester United want to get a no.2 is almost delusional, and even the top 6 can't be saved.
And that's what United have achieved after several waves of reinforcements, and the squad has long been more neat and strong than when Jose Mourinho left. At that time, Mourinho first led Manchester United to three titles, and then helped the team achieve the highest league ranking in the post-Ferguson era.
But in the summer window after the end of that season, Mourinho's desired reinforcement failed to do so, and finally came Fred, whom he did not want. As a result, after the start of the new season, the team's defense was full of loopholes, and the performance declined, which in turn bred contradictions within the team. At that time, Mourinho had a premonition of the seriousness of the problem, he knew that if he wanted to lead The United revival, he would have to clean up those "problem players", but in the end, the Manchester United executives chose to keep the players and fired Mourinho.
On this point, Ferdinand said with hindsight: "We could see something wrong going on behind the scenes, but at the time we didn't know how serious it was, and obviously Mourinho knew it well. He wants to purge a lot of players in the team, he also wants to bring in certain players, but it's clear that the club has paid some players a huge salary and signed a long-term contract, and Mourinho is thinking: 'Wow, wow, wow, what's going on?' ’”
Now we all know that this is the fundamental problem for Manchester United. The head coach has no final say in the construction of the team, and for the sake of profit, the top management led by Sandoko uses the thinking of a businessman to deal with professional problems. In order to preserve the value of the players, they give marginal players long-term contracts and salary increases. In the end, these players became a burden, destroying the atmosphere in the team and seriously restricting the pace of reconstruction.
Now Lonnick also sees this problem, he believes That United need to sell at least 10 players, but this is obviously unrealistic. Fortunately, this time, the United top brass showed their determination to rebuild, and they gave Tenghag the right to bring in reinforcements. After that, there were personnel changes in a number of key positions, and a new management structure will assist Tenhag in starting a new round of reconstruction.