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Jose Mourinho’s inability to develop young
players into first-team regulars will cost him the chance of replacing Louisvan Gaal as Manchester United manager at the expense of Ryan Giggs, the former
Chelsea boss is believed to have accepted.
Van Gaal has been under enormous pressure this season to improve
results at Old Trafford after over £250m of transfer spending in just two
seasons, with United still in danger of missing out on the top four and a place
in next season’s Champions League.
With Mourinho available having been sacked by Chelsea in
December, many fans called for the Portuguese to replace Van Gaal throughout
the season, only for the club’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward to keep
faith with Van Gaal and show a clear determination to stick with the Dutchman
until the end of the season at least.
Initial expectations were that Mourinho would
replace Van Gaal in the summer, regardless of where they finish, but the Sunday
Mirror claims that Mourinho himself has accepted that the club will stick with
their original plan of succession to appoint former midfielder Giggs as manager
after Van Gaals’s contract expires at the end of the 2016/17 season.
The apparent “Manchester United way” has seen the club develop a
preference to bringing young talent through from their academy into the first
team, with the famed “Class of 92” which
featured Giggs along with the likes of David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt
and the Neville brothers Gary and Phil a mantra for how the club should be
managed today.
Van Gaal has spoken of his happiness to give
chances to young players, with Marcus Rashford the latest academy starlet to
make his mark on the first team after scoring four goals in his first two
appearances.
With Mourinho’s track record going against him the only youth
player given a chance this season was midfielder Ruben Loftus Cheek only to be
told that he failed to impress it’s believed that the Old Trafford job will
evade the former Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Porto manager once again.
Developing youth is known to be a big factor for Woodward, with
Van Gaal revealing they spoke about it in his initial job interview when he
succeeded David Moyes in 2014.
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Jose Mourinho and
Louis van Gaal are
said to be good friends
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“We discussed young players in my interview,”
Van Gaal said this week. “We had two conversations, first with Ed Woodward and
later with the owners.
“They said what the culture of Manchester United is and why they
wanted me. One of the reasons was that I give young players a chance, as we are
seeing.
“When you have me as a manager, you have a lot of chances.”
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