Do not get me wrong. The final of the Champions League final had intrigue, and I hope euros, much as the next person, provided that the person can find Gianni De Biasi and Lars Lagerbäck, Manager Albania and Iceland or on foot haven 't he touched the soil, because their teams qualified for the tournament. And I could not be happier that the America's Cup held in the US next month, just maybe not as enthusiastic as the man who wrote the official brochure of the tournament absurdly we suggest out "some of the best football played in the United States ".
As Brazil, Argentina or Chile could never ask of rival across the river 7-0 last weekend in New York City FC shades, the Red Bulls at Yankee Stadium. Find a killing of epic proportions that must be on the wrong side Arsenal, can be fun, but it is weak compared with sauce excitement that awaits around the corner in August, now a Chelsea rejects "Affinity Old Trafford" has the rights to his own face again.
Here are five burning questions that do not wait for an answer.
Is it acceptable to Manchester United to hate again?
Let's face it: The States are not a manager deserves our contempt for Sir Alex Ferguson Old Trafford had riding. It is not enough for Sir Alex pretended the Premier League win was the birth of the right of countries; He instilled a sense of entitlement in the fan base that she. The gold standard for the intolerable vanity
But not only the neutral countries revile against them because of the arrogance of its director; They wanted his team often won before they come out of the tunnel, while the opponents were intimidated by the will of States. But this fear faded and finally disappeared when Fergie retired, and in the last three seasons, States was another team with more money than sense. It is a time that has bad sat with loyal states, and it was only a matter of time before the flight path of Manchester Airport with a propeller plane stopped pulling a banner that announced her feelings: [insert name of the current manager] Out.
Therefore boasted after last season of stagnation and disorders player opened United Old Trafford the door and led to an explosion recycled air. Welcome, Jose Mourinho. And as with the signing of Portuguese Man, United was a threat again.
But a threat to whom? With Mourinho you never know what you get, but a winner proved the ability with rival owners to reduce players, officials, coaches (and particularly ugly in one case, the doctor and physiotherapist Kit) for each club. It is safe to say that Mourinho is also likely to lead United to European glory back as to leave Old Trafford in flaming ruin. But it is a bet that the States had to do.
Even if Louis van Gaal won the FA Cup, a second trophy levels for an ambitious club that United, who has done more harm than good. His greatest crime was to overthrow the glorious tradition of the Red Devils attack, football daring and make it an exercise in possession eye bleeding. a regulated structure that suffocates a world-class player who felt they decided inculcated one year to learn French arrival to lose most of their investment of $ 100 million Angel Di Maria has managed. While PSG has won a formidable striker, United scored a whopping 49 goals in the league this season, the lowest total in 26 years. They have also lead the league in wins 1-0.
It's not like Mourinho a walking advertisement for attractive, expansive football is, but at least consider risking their approach aversion as performance art and has the charisma to make it look entertaining. And entertaining, I mean mind games, theatrics - oh, and celebrations over-the-top, if you win the league.
Much made a deal with the devil Iberian? all the adrenaline at Old Trafford eventually flows poisonous? Although the answer to both questions is a resounding "yes", what we have to celebrate the return of an old habit really. They made it very easy United hatred.
Manchester is big enough for both Mourinho and Guardiola?
Pep Guardiola revolution is coming. Almost.
We are still more than a month before it officially from heaven Bayern takes the blue half of Manchester to help and with his friend in the league, Mourinho renew hostilities, what appears in the limits an uphill battle for supremacy to be , the city, not to mention the League.
In Spain, the rivalry between their teams, Barcelona, Guardiola and Real Madrid Mourinho, often took on the appearance of a character with Mourinho holes image Barca determined so good and pure important to drill because. Instead, he was mischievous Guardiola assistant Tito Vilanova in the eye poking, postclassical an ugly battle caused. Now they will meet again in the Premier League with two managers responsible for the reactivation of dormant fortunes of his club.
A city, Guardiola inherited a grab bag Player List A (Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne), ridiculously expensive and low defense power plants (Eliakim Mangala, Nicolas Otamendi, Martin Demichelis) attacker ridiculously expensive and underperforming (Raheem Sterling, Jesus Navas, Wilfried Bony) , aging and full-back hard (Pablo Zabaleta, Aleksandar Kolarov), once set the center of the field, but now dulled pivots (Yaya Touré, David Silva), and a captain destroyed injuries on the ground and only defensive colossus (Vincent Kompany) and Samir Nasri ,
If you listen carefully, you can use the high-pitched whistle of the lopper is heard sharp and judging by the number of former players who have entered their balls with feet while beating her eyelashes towards Guardiola, you are no shortage find top-level -Replacement. Only this time, must work harder when he followed with Bayern Munich, where he had the opportunity, Jupp Heynckes, who left a stacked squad that won the first national championship, Cup and Champions League treble history club.
After the rest of the Bundesliga swallows (with the possible exception of Borussia Dortmund) in each of his three years at the helm, Guardiola understands that serious competition now has more than a glance of his rod to beat him out. United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs are all expected this summer to calculate, and then the defending champion was Leicester City.
Finally, it is the ego plan forces the city led a lot of time and money to spend courting Guardiola. Sheikh Mansour has set his eyes on the big prize: a title of Champions. City tantalizingly close this year as manager of undead, Manuel Pellegrini, the Sky Blues led to the semi-finals before capitulated meekly on one side of Real Madrid to defeat. However, the city has about Guardiola, whose personality is much more intense than mine and Mr. Steel Pellegrini, the club to push in the last two obstacles, where a curious fact argumentation three teams Bayern Guardiola all crushed in the penultimate lap and they were far superior to Manchester City considered.
I am less concerned about the vagaries of European football, as I with the ability'm Guardiola mishmash aspect Prem adapt. Welcome to Stoke and West Brom, Pep. You will love this type of equipment to play, almost as much as you enjoy your next daily dose of banter Jose.
Jürgen Klopp can itself to remain faithful?
In the six months with a referee-baiting, Arsene Wenger bashing whine exquisite League football and unceasing a former coach of Chelsea, which was pleasing to the eye of the increased Kop Klopp.
Liverpool manager, filled charisma effortlessly be the emptiness of the Premier League, the undisputed star of his own story, even without reality show that it, charmingly, the media and fans alike with his spirit accompanies playful antics and swirl tape. He also took a spin in 15 games for Liverpool Europa League, a journey that was reduced just 45 minutes of fame, as the Reds failed to bring in place in the second half against Sevilla.
While the end is silent, who can the highlights such as the view of the German Washed running naked on the winning side to forget the 95th minute Liverpool celebrate against Norwich, tipped the glasses on the pile of his own players get He followed dog?
Now that both the meeting room and the fan base are clearly Kloppo maniacs, you can expect to be completely printed style pressure hard and relentless in the race from Liverpool with the same success that has done electrifying in Dortmund. It is a license that is virtually certain that the end of mismatched pieces like Dejan Lovren, Martin Skrtel, Alberto Moreno, and protective flap happy Simon Mignolet defined.
During the second half of the merger in Basel, Switzerland, no European football at Anfield means next season, we will, however, have the privilege of another compelling kind of theater to enjoy: the band without Klopp of deuxs with Pep and Jose.
It is a miracle summer in the Emirates?
No, nothing to gain crazy as the league or even the defeat of Mourinho led the team; However, this will be the year that Wenger finally stripped of his self-imposed budgetary discipline chains and go "Full Monty" in the transfer market?
With all its traditional rivals bitter seasons bear the way for the Gunners to their first Premier League title since 2004-2005 seemed completely free of minefields. Even with the significant increase in Leicester, Arsenal was still at the top of the table at the end of the year. The team began its inexorable loss to then obscures the fact that the seeds of the collapse were planted last summer when Arsenal the only club in the major European leagues no gardener was buy despite money to burn. Wenger has blown and the fans turned against him without mercy; at some point, in the hope of a demonstration in the Emirates pure management success in the club's history was derailed.
What all these discontented followers, there are to be understood has failed that Wenger was won in the single scorecard that shows the owner of Arsenal account, "Silence" Stan Kroenke, an Arsenal leads the league in turnover.
Since all black ink, you might think that Wenger would be less dependent Pixie-ish, magazine Tiger beat idols (I just see you Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey), but I think the French never studied theory Einstein insanity. Arsenio fiercely held belief that we can do the same, and expect the same results has proved even more difficult than usual. Arsenal did not win the FA Cup later this year.
Therefore, the news last week that Wenger had her swollen coffers $ 40,000,000 ransacked the so-called good, hard man Granit Xhaka Swiss is to land a good news. Since the days of Emmanuel Frimpong Arsenal been able rather deploy assets, causing the fear and see red (won Xhaka the second largest number of concessions in five European leagues to send in the past three years), but hey, is a transfer Real Player who have heard some people, and begin to start early.
Of course, we have recently been through than last season, when the acquisition of Petr Cech appeared to announce a newfound attitude Wenger to increase the quality of players in the team. then Cech was followed after much discussion, it was no other players out there that the team gunners, proves once again that it is simply the world and Arsenio who would update to live for at least another season.
It is Leicester City has a chance to repeat as champion?
No.
David Hirshey is a columnist for ESPN FC. Football caps for over 30 years and wrote the New York Times and Clarin.
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