Power n Glory wrote:How long will they give the manager? It looks a right mess. What have they been doing? That temp appointment of Ralf, what was the point?
It's been a highly entertaining saga. Apparently ETH was arrogant enough to not even have a call with Ragnick when he arrived; Ralf was supposed to brief him on the state of the squad before leaving Utd and joining the Austrian NT. There is also the feeling that Ralf was actually sacked by Utd before the decision to take the Austria job was public, so ETH didn't involve him at all.
Now, ETH's staff seem to be telling the press unofficially that Utd screwed him with lack of transfer activity; they're suspected to have leaked the news about Utd in for Arnautovic. And just today, the Mirror is reporting the club's side of the story, which is that ETH has fixated on signing de Jong, and in doing so has held up other transfer activity. TBH, ETH does seem obssessed with Eredeivisie players. He tried to sign Jurrien Timber and Antony for big money and failed. Only Lisandro Martinez and Malaccia joined, and the former seems incredibly unsuited for the PL. Thank Christ Utd overbid for him.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football ... r-27735589