Mike Phelan DOF?

Like anything with those owners, IF, it's done properly and the technical directors findings are implemented and funded properly then it's long overdue. It should have been done the moment Fergie and Gill stepped aside and made way for the fuckwit waffle-farts.

Now they've tanked the club to a dangerous level and realised they know absolutely fuck all about football or the running of. Whodafuckinthunkit!? So here we are 6 years on and no further down the line with a tired looking stadium and they're not prepared to sell to anyone who's not offering moonbeam-unicorn prices, they still want the cash-cow in their portfolio. So they look around and see what all the big boy clubs do around Europe and think we've ruined everything else, options are thin, so maybe give that one a go.

Mike's been around long enough to know all aspects of the game and long enough in the tooth to know what the Glazers are about. He'd be a great fit for the job not least because he knows all the other people involved in the club (past and present) directors included. I've seen it argued both ways about an external appointment being more autonomous and robust and willing to stand up to the Glazers 'budgeting' but I'm not sure about that. The fact it's taken this long to organise sounds like he's nailed the job description down legally, meaning he walks away if anything is reneged on.

A proper technical / sporting director is a well paid position and considerably loftier than being Ole's right hand man, certainly a lot better paying. Look, if it's done properly and whole heartedly, it's long overdue and should work a treat. You could even promote Carrick AND bring in Rene to the coaching staff if Mike takes the role. That's a formidable team right there.

Just needs the Glazers to take a back seat and fund it properly...

You raise a good point about the nature of the job and it's description, which we have bugger all idea about yet. As always the devil will be in the detail, have to wait and see. Mike's no mug so he won't be signing up to any old shit.

Hmm, read some reports saying it was unlikely to be him also read about us bringing back Fletch

www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/04/24/manchester-united-consider-darren-fletcher-new-role-part-revamped/

And former Ireland manager Brian Kerr has claimed he has talked with Phelan about the current situation, with the United assistant stating ‘the picture is always changing.’

"Even Mike Phelan said to me there [yesterday] - the picture changes from week to week,” he said.

“I was asking him if he's going to take the role of the technical director and he said 'I don't know, they haven't spoken to me.

“‘The picture changes'."


www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-utd-technical-director-phelan-16234092

Mike Phelan announced as assistant manager

John Murtagh highly touted now and actually fits the bill tbf. Him and Fletch would be a good a solid team for the board to ignore.

Yet more shuffling of the deckchairs on the titanic.

This time they've pinned the tail on the donkey and gone with (drum roll)..