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Actually you compare Xavi with Erik Ten Hag or Xavi with Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique? if compared these two coaches indeed Xavi is below them but Pep and Luis' experience is more than Xavi is it fair to compare a young coach who only has a little experience with a coach who has many achievements and experiences, but if compared Erik Ten Hag of course Xavi is better and if you think Xavi is only able to win 2 trophies but one of them is the main La Liga trophy while Erik Ten Hag has not won the main EPL trophy at all so clearly Xavi is better at managing the team moreover Xavi will not have difficulty in building players if supported by good finances so that they can recruit the players needed but if you want to be better indeed Man United must recruit a coach who is really good and wins many achievements.

No, because there are also some young coaches who prefer to leave on their own and decide to take break for some time, like last season we could see some coach who were not too old choosing to leave the team.
But if Ancelotti himself decides to leave and retire, it could happen and the Real Madrid team management will not be able to do anything except convince him to stay, all decisions are in Ancelotti hands.

But there are many rumors about Manchester City extending Pep contract and anything can happen in football, but I prefer when Zinedine Zidane replaces Ancelotti.

Erik ten Hag is really a big disappointment. And not just for Manchester United fans, but for everyone. But Arteta also had very bad results in his first two seasons at Arsenal. Manchester United have been patient with him to find stability. We all know what he achieved with Ajax. I think Manchester United are doing the right thing lately, they are choosing stability, not Erik ten Hag. I think it is not easy and it is the right thing no doubt.

What a genius finding that is that you politely present us with here. You found out that if a coach sucks hard, the club now came to the conclusion that they will sack the coach.

Why don't you provide a source for those reports that you read? And since when are these findings worth sharing that when a coach performs bad, he loses his job?

By the way, I found that when Mbappe breaks both of his legs, the club concluded that he will not play for some time.

From the reports I've read so far, I think the management of Manchester United have now concluded plans to sack Erik ten Hag of he continues to deliver poor results for the club. What I'm not sure of is who they actually want to use sign as his replacement but if it's about sacking him, I think his days at Old Trafford are numbered. The club is one of big traditional European clubs and at such, they need a manager who will help revive their poor form again as well as improve the quality of the team. Erik ten Hag is definitely not the best man for that job so the earlier they relieve him of his duties at the club the better for the growth of Manchester United.

Sadly he won't be gone for now. The noise we are all hearing are from fans who lacks patience, they should ball know that Manchester United are trying to rebuild the sqaud and that will not just happen immediately, letting players who you think are no longer better for the squad and the long term plans of the sqaud should be allowed to leave and sold out completely. I'm certain as the league goes on, Manchester United players will definitely improve. They have to do all they can to get back a natural left foot back who can attack and at the same time defend for Manchester United.

It seemed to me that United played poorly against Fenerbahce, they had two periods where it seemed to me that they sat in defense and just endured. It seems that this is not the level of one of the tournament favorites. The most serious problem of Ten Hag's first and second seasons is that with players he did not choose, he achieved a much better result than with those he chose.
And in general I can say that my strong rejection of United's results is based (maybe wrongly) on the assumption that United is a top club that should return to its level. If we evaluate United as an average club that wants to grow, then of course we can wait for something, even 5 years.

According to reports in the Turkish press, Manchester City want to compensate for Kevin De Bruyne's possible departure with the transfer of Arda Güler. Kevin De Bruyne has suffered a lot of injuries in recent times, he is not in prime form and he is responding to the interest of Arab teams. If he chooses to earn more money in the last years of his career, Arda Güler could turn out to be a good transfer move for Manchester City... Arda Güler did great things when he got minutes at Real Madrid, but this season he is not getting enough minutes. I think this chain of transfer rumors would maximize everyone's interests...

I am sure they are looking for other managers, that part can't be just a gossip or rumour, but something they must be doing on the backend. This isn't even just true for United but any team, like even City must be looking for alternatives for when Pep leaves, or even other teams, the only one I can see right now is Slot that is not getting any replacements checked, and maybe Arteta but even he is not getting great results.

Just because United is looking for a replacement, doesn't mean they are going to fire ETH tomorrow, they could keep him for another month or two or even until January or even until end of the season, doesn't mean they can't talk with managers. They can talk with them about how they want to meet up on summer and get them after the season ends, that still works very well for them.

I have heard too many names and I wouldn't be shocked to learn they had a meeting with all of them, just to see if they would be willing and how much money they would want for it. Zidane is the only one that made me a little hyped about the potential, while others are fine too, I have been wanting to see Zidane get back on the job for many many years, and he rejected every offer, I just wish he would come back, to any team.

If this happens, perhaps Wayne Rooney could be one of the best options. He has become a very important player for Manchester United in the past. He is one of the symbolic players for the club. He also has enough tactical knowledge to have a very successful technical career. Wayne Rooney could be an option for the transition period, but he is currently managing Plymouth. I think Xavi could be one of the best options as the main manager.

Is this just a discussion, or is there an issue that reports this rumor. If we try to link Pep who will replace Don Carlo at Santiago Bernabeu, for me it is very unlikely, although in football sometimes anything can happen. But considering Pep's statement, he once said he wanted to return to Barcelona but as club president. After that, Pep also expressed his desire to coach a national team. If it's Xavi Alonso, I'm sure this young coach will coach Real Madrid someday. With what he said before, the probability for that is high. However, I don't know when it will be resolved. Because, before that Xabi seems to want to prepare himself first with Leverkusen to become a coach who has a lot of experience. After that, it seems that Alonso will be ready to handle Real Madrid. Well, by the way, is there a statement from Don Carlo that this season is his last season. Because, I don't focus on information about the transfer market. Whether it's players or coaches. In fact, I doubt that Alonso or Pep will leave the team they are handling next season.

So, are you comparing Xavi and Ten Hag based on how many trophies were acquired by them? It doesn't even make sense. There are so many things that really give a huge impact to their coaching careers. And look at that from the financial perspective, i do believe Xavi was in a worse situation compared to Ten Hag.

Barcelona could not buy the player he demanded. They had to use an academy player due to the financial crisis. Ten Hag was funded with 400 million or even more. Yet, he only won minor trophies.

Xavi and Ten Hag were totally different.

Plus Pep Guardiola has a pretty dark history in the past when he played against Real Madrid and there is indeed no correlation that fits to combine Pep with Madrid. The club that Pep Guardiola loves the most is Barcelona as he said whenever Barcelona needs him he will be happy to fulfill the call. Xabi Alonso with Leverkusen has reached an agreement that gives the coach full freedom to go to any club and in this case Real Madrid is his home as well as a bright future to build a better career. But the big question is: will Madrid quickly take or make an offer to Xabi?

Barcelona is a second home for Guardiola, besides being successful as a player, he is also successful as a coach and he has become one of Barcelona's living legends. He would not hurt all the fans and parties involved with Barcelona, ​​it is very unlikely that he will be Ancelotti successor because of his very close relationship with the club. Xabi Alonso's experience is still very minimal, but his quality as a coach is unquestionable. Previously, Real Madrid also gave him a chance when they appointed him as the main coach, maybe if Alonso is given a chance, he can achieve success with Real Madrid.

A good comparison about the trophy acquisition between Xavi, Enrique and Guardiola, I personally will not dispute the comparison you said considering that Guardiola and Enrique are indeed much better than Xavi in terms of trophy acquisition, but you should also think about the condition and squad that Barcelona had when Xavi, Enrique and Guardiola coached at that time,  Isn't there a significant difference in the quality of players owned by Guardiola and Enrique than xavi era?
Guardiola and Enrique handled Barcelona when they had a perfect squad and also became the best team in Europe, while when Xavi coached, precisly Barcelona performance was in a difficult financial condition, but he was still able to win a prestigious championship, while Ten Hag at Manchester United actually got quite a lot of funds in building the squad but only won 2 minor trophies, But out of nowhere you say Xavi and Ten Hag are on the same level?  

People who think Xavi is better replacement for Ten Hag should check this, Xavi was been managing Barcelona for 3 years, but he only contribute 2 trophies. That's really bad compared to Pep and Enrique. Other coach who only gave 1 trophy gets fired, Barcelona already give a chance to Xavi, but he didn't give a big contribution.

From this data, I see Xavi is nothing different to Ten Hag, changing Ten Hag with Xavi is like changing garbage with another garbage.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FC_Barcelona_managers

More than one truth can exist. Ten Hag is a bad manager, the players are not good enough, and the Manchester United board is not doing a good job. All these things are true. Manchester United has not had a good manager for a while, and the people in charge of recruiting players have not done a good job either.
Identifying players that are needed by a team is a huge part of building a club and that is what has made Manchester City successful recently. If you have those players and you don't have the right environment for those players, no manager will succeed there. I understand all these and I know that Ten Hag alone is not to blame for the issues of United, but he's not a good coach.

Have you listened to Ten Hag talk about the team and what they want? He doesn't inspire confidence. Hes happy with 3 draws in 3 matches. He talks about hoe they kept a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw. Thats absurd. Arne Slot for Liverpool is talking about how you need to be the best to win the league. You have to win in difficult stadiums as well and you have Ten Hag always talking about how they're the club that has won the most trophies after Man City. That's too poor.

I agree though, the heirachy of Mnachester United is too shit because in any serious club, Ten Hag would have been sacked a long time ago.

Previously Manchester United was linked with Tuchel but Tuchel prefers to coach the current England national team, then we also hear speculation if Thomas Frank (Brentford) is one of the alternatives to replace Ten Hag later but reportedly he also refuses to leave Brenford at this time, to be honest I dont heard that there is interest in Manchester United towards Xavi,  but if the news is true then I think Xavi is the right choice to be able to restore Manchester United form, although he is still very young but he have quite good experience from coaching, even Xavi is able to bring Barcelona to the championship with a bad squad and finances during his coaching, and Xavi dismissal is not because of his inability to coach but the dismissal is only because he is too honest about Barcelona current finances in crisis and it was not liked by Laporta as the club president.

In Barcelona, ​​Xavi's performance was actually good, but his not-so-good relationship with management made him have to be sidelined to continue coaching Barcelona. If we look at his performance, I think he still deserves a chance at that time, even though now Barcelona's new coach can also bring good changes to Barcelona. Now if he is wanted by Manchester United, then there is a hope that Xavi might be able to bring. However, I can't be sure that he can bring very good changes or not. Because the problem faced by Manchester United is not only the coach, but also the management.

Guardiola definitely is one of the best, and I do wonder what he has in his mind to do next, many people are saying that he may consider a national team position, but Spain is doing great so far and England just hired Tuchel so I am not sure where he will go.

Plus, I wouldn't want a talent like Guardiola to be wasted at a national team, national teams play only a few games each season, which isn't nearly fun and that means we are going to miss him at some club that will play 50+ games a year. He already did amazing stuff at la liga, and he did amazing stuff at premier league as well, he didn't do much at bundesliga but he was there and won it too, the only thing left right now would be serie A and Ligue 1 as far as I know.

Would he consider some top team at serie a, like maybe Milan isn't looking great so he may go there? Not going to have too much financial help this time, or would he prefer to go to PSG where he would have the reigns and a ton of money to play with as well. I am not sure where he will go next, but as long as it's a decent club team I am fine with it, because national teams would be like a semi-retirement for a person like him, he doesn't deserve to be there, he deserves more.