Undercurrents rise at MU, revealing Mourinho's replacement coach
The arrival of new signing Alexis Sanchez has created negative reactions in the MU dressing room. The Red Devils' bosses are targeting Pochettino as the coach to replace Mourinho in the future... are the latest football news on the morning of February 3.
Arriving at Old Trafford, Alexis Sanchez surpassed Paul Pogba to become MU's highest-paid player (350,000 pounds/week). Moreover, the presence of the Chilean star in the attack made Mourinho struggle with tactical solutions.
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Pogba argued with Mourinho. |
Not to mention, even in the 0-2 defeat against Tottenham, observers began to detect dissatisfaction from a few players, especially Paul Pogba, Lingard and Anthony Martial.
Alexis Sanchez was favored by Mourinho to start on the left wing. That forced Martial to move to the right, the left wing. Throughout the 90 minutes at Wembley, the young French talent played very individually, rarely coordinating with his teammates, making Mourinho angry.
Pogba refused to retreat to support Matic in the center of midfield for more than an hour on the field. Mourinho called him out to the sidelines to remind him but he ignored him. In the end, the Portuguese coach decided to replace his favorite student with Fellaini.
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Lingard threw his shirt after being substituted. |
As for Lingard, when he was taken off, he clearly showed his displeasure. The 25-year-old midfielder also had an offensive action when he threw his jacket in the technical area.
Before the match against Huddersfield today, Mourinho needs to do a lot of things, from stabilizing the players' mentality, suppressing the seeds of rebellion, to arranging personnel and tactics appropriately when having new player Alexis Sanchez.
Arsenal compete with PSG for Oblak
After the upheavals in the attack during the winter transfer window, coach Wenger is planning to recruit a quality goalkeeper to replace Petr Cech next summer.
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Oblak in Arsenal's sights. |
Cech is 35 years old this year and it is difficult to maintain his peak form. Most recently, the Czech goalkeeper made a regrettable mistake that led to a loss against Swansea.
According to a source from the London Evening Standard, the French "professor" admires Jan Oblak so much that he may spend a lot of money to bring the Slovenian goalkeeper to the Emirates Stadium, despite fierce competition from PSG.
In addition, Arsenal also "ordered" Bordeaux's Malcom. This "strange" left-sided midfielder is currently valued at around 45 million pounds and is quite excited about the prospect of playing in the Premier League.
MU boss aims for Pochettino to replace Mourinho
Although he has just given the "special one" a new contract until 2020, the top figures at Old Trafford still closely follow Mauricio Pochettino's every move.
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Pochettino has the potential to replace Mourinho in the future. |
Tottenham's victory over MU last week further enhanced Pochettino's image. The Argentine coach has been quite successful in building a young, beautiful and ambitious team.
In addition to interest from MU, the Royal Madrid team also plans to invite Pochettino if Zidane cannot revive Real this season.
In a recent speech, Pochettino affirmed that he is happy at Tottenham. However, he did not rule out the possibility of moving to a new environment if he felt it was suitable.