Guardiola, not Mourinho, the man for Manchester United, says legend Cantona
Former star says Spanish boss is in wrong side of Manchester
As Jose Mourinho is expected to be named as Manchester United’s new manager, club great Eric Cantona says incoming Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola would have been a better choice.
Mourinho’s agent Jorge Mendes was in talks with United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward in London on Tuesday after Louis van Gaal’s troubled two-year reign at Old Trafford ended with his sacking a day earlier.
Former Chelsea boss Mourinho is reported to have been offered a three-year deal worth £15 million (HK$170 million) per season and would be given a transfer war-chest of around £200 million (HK#2.2 billion) to revive the troubled Premier League club.
United are believed to have made their interest in Mourinho known to his camp several months ago and the contract negotiations should go smoothly, with the only obstacles believed to be image rights and potential clauses in his severance package at Chelsea.
The deal could be finalised as soon as Wednesday, but Cantona, whose goals helped fire United to four Premier League titles in the 1990s, said the defensive-minded Portuguese was the wrong man for the job.
