Manchester United, the English giant where the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot work, announced, this Thursday, the change of executive director with the departure of Ed Woodward, in charge nine years ago, having replaced, at the time, (May 2013), David Gill, who left along with the historic coach of the red devils, Alex Ferguson.
Ed Woodward’s successor, who will step down by the end of the month, will be Richard Arnold, Manchester United’s chief operating officer, taking over as chief executive from 1 February.
The 50-year-old Englishman was responsible for signing David Moyes for six seasons to succeed Alex Ferguson, but the now West Ham manager only lasted 34 games. Louis van Gaal, José Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer followed until, more recently, German Ralf Rangnick took over.
Woodward is, moreover, the pet hatred of a significant fringe of Manchester United fans who, given the powerful position he holds, blame him for almost a decade of drought, in which Manchester United failed to win a single title of champion of England. , in addition to several final classifications in the Premier League that are not in keeping with the enormous size, status and financial power of the Old Trafford emblem.
The English manager even admitted that Louis van Gaal (2014/16) was given too much freedom in making decisions, signings and managing the squad and that the club would be in a more favorable situation if he had hired Jurgen Klopp or Pep Guardiola, the Catalan signed by rivals Manchester City in 2016/17, ending the prestigious coach’s successful cycle at Bayern Munich.
At the same time (2016/17), Manchester United preferred the services of José Mourinho, who had been fired from Chelsea on December 17, 2015 (he had signed a contract for four seasons, that is, until 2018/ 19) for poor results, after nine defeats in 16 matches.
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