Men's Soccer (Football) Thread [Archived] Soccer • Page 146

I'm so happy Mourinho is coming back. He says the funniest shit in the world. I hope his first press conference is full of blasphemous and ridiculous jargon like "I will make the greatest United team of all time" and how he will face Chelsea, Arsenal, City, Liverpool, Leicester, and whoever else. Hoping for another crazy season.

 

A lot of great coaches/managers in the EPL right now (and Pellegrini reportedly talking with Everton). As others have said, should provide us with some exciting matchups for upcoming seasons.

 

Yeah, Van Gaal brought a little bit of that at the start, but Mou will make United the bastards again. I can't wait for everyone to start hating us. Bet the media are all over Guadiola all season too - they're rock hard for him already

 

I really hope you guys win as its been ages since you guys were in it, plus I'd hate to see hull back in the prem, they're such a boring side.

 

Thanks. I'm so nervous now and it's only Monday. The rest of the week will be unbearable.

Really have a feeling that we might just win this one. It'll be good to finally be back.

 

Louis Van Gaal's time at United has officially come to an end.

Nice statement from him

LOUIS VAN GAAL STATEMENT
Louis van Gaal issued the following statement at 20:30 BST this evening (Monday 23 May)...

It has been an honour to manage such a magnificent club as Manchester United FC, and in doing so, I have fulfilled a long-held ambition.

I am immensely proud to have helped United win the FA Cup for the 12th time in the club's history. I have been privileged during my management career to have won 20 trophies but winning the FA Cup, which is steeped in so much history, will always be one of the most special achievements of my career.

I am very disappointed to be unable to complete our intended three-year plan. I believe that the foundations are firmly in place to enable the club to move forward and achieve even greater success.

I hope that winning the FA Cup will give the club a platform to build upon next season to restore the success that this passionate set of fans desire.

Having managed in Holland, Spain and Germany, I had always hoped for the opportunity to manage in English football and be part of English culture. Both of these experiences have lived up to expectations and been fantastic.

I thank my players and wish them well for next season. It has been a pleasure to work with them and it has been particularly rewarding to see so many young players take their chance to break into the first team and excel. I look forward to watching the continued development of these young players next season.

Thank you to the owners and board of Manchester United for giving me the opportunity to manage this great club.

I would also like to express my gratitude to the amazing United supporters. They are truly the best fans in the world.

I am indebted to my support and coaching staff, who have given me their all during their time at the club.

I am deeply grateful to each and every member of the club’s staff - the sports science team, the medical team, the kit and laundry department, club administration, the press office, the manager's team, the Academy team, ground staff and the catering team, both at Old Trafford stadium and Carrington training ground, all of whom have given me their unwavering support in my time at United. Never in my 25 years as a manager have I been so well supported in my role.

Finally, my special thanks go to Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton for always making me and my family feel so welcome throughout my time as Manchester United manager.

 

Always been a class act through his time with us. Good statement. Glad its officially out, even if it has taken 12 hours or so...

 

He should try to get the job at FC United of Manchester

 

really can't get behind this idea of mourinho as some sort of entertaining hero or whatever, the man's a smug scumbag

 

Honestly hope the title challenge consists of as many teams as possible, for as long as possible. I think the managerial strength of next year will work wonders for the quality of the sides at the top of the table.

 

An entertaining smug scumbag

 

That LVG statement was so clearly written without any input from him haha.

 

They asked for his input but he really didn't know how to attack it.

 

I don't recall anyone calling Jose a hero

 

Personally, I'm looking forward to more of this

 

poking people in the eye and calling working class people uneducated isn't my idea of education but good to know you fake everton fan and fake commie!!

 

I, for one, am glad United will be tearing the thread apart again.

 

You're tearing me apart!

 

If we sign Zlatan, I'll genuinely be speechless. He's been my favorite non United player all 12 years I've been watching the sport. I can still remember being a bored kid turning on the Sweden - Italy game from Euro 04.

 

Zlatan is glorious and will be more glorious if United sign him

 

well, united have already had the best swedish striker there was so i suppose it's right to get the second best

 

Zlatan's obviously coming to that yellow team in central Ohio, y'all. It is known.

 

Freddie Ljungberg never played for United

 

If Zlatan went to RBNY, I'd mostly want to be there to witness Ed's reaction to finding out the news.

 

I already want him to buy the team, appoint himself as captain and rename them "New York Zlatans" or "Zlatan New York".