DBasia.news – Jose Mourinho is entering his last contract with Manchester United. The Special One had his third season after presenting the Europa League and League Cup titles in the first season, before failing to achieve any trophy last season. The failure gave pressure to the Portuguese manager.
Mourinho demanded to reach the Premier League title this season, though the fact the high-officials of the club won’t grant his request of the new players. During the summer transfer market, Mourinho just got 3 new players: Lee Grant, Diogo Dalot, and Fred, until he felt frustrated and upset.
Mourinho once said, the manager in English football should be replaced with head coach because the high-officials of the club are more dominant in recruiting new players, whereas the manager should be involved.
Mourinho’s relationship with the board of directors was also distant, especially with Ed Woodward, the executive vice-chairman, following the critics that he showed during the preseason tour.
Jose Mourinho
Added by the fact that some United players can’t stand to play under Mourinho, the former manager of Chelsea, Inter Milan, and Real Madrid is speculated to enter his last season with The Red Devils. The club are looking for Mourinho’s successor.
The surprising news came from France famous media, L’Equipe, who claimed Zinedine Zidane as the strong candidate to replace Mourinho next season. Currently, Zidane isn’t coaching any club after resigning from Real Madrid last season, after presenting the Champions League titles in 3 consecutive times to his former club.
The 3 Champions League titles strengthened by the LaLiga trophy, Spain Super Cup, 2 UEFA Cup trophies, and 2 trophies of Interclub World Cup. For your information, Zidane got the achievements within only 2 years of coaching Madrid, replacing Rafael Benitez.
Zidane, 46, was related to the France national team. But the issue faded away since the success story of France national team to win the 2018 World Cup. Les Bleus coach Didier Deschamps will keep on coaching France until 2020. As a result, Zidane isn’t coaching any club until now.
Zidane’s experience in coaching isn’t as big as Mourinho. His curriculum vitae also different in terms of the trophy. However, Zidane is respected and charismatic in the locker room due to his status as Europe football icon, who successfully played for France, Juventus, and Madrid.