A ogle at clubs such as Manchester United after Sir Matt Busby and Dynamo Kyiv after Valeriy Lobanovskyi shows that it can often take more than a decade to recover from the departure of extraordinarily successful managersThe question isn’t even “whether”. It isn’t even really “when” any longer: it’s who comes next. Perhaps an FA Cup defeat at Shrewsbury on Monday would possess ended Louis van Gaal’s reign at Old Trafford this week; perhaps a Europa League exit against Midtjylland on Thursday night will. But nobody really thinks Van Gaal will still be Manchester United manager next season.
Even whether there is face-saving silverware in the FA Cup or the Europa League,even whether United put an unlikely run together and drag themselves into fourth and Champions League qualification, this will possess been three inglorious seasons since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson. The sample is not unfamiliar, and either in football or more generally: replacing a long-term leader is never straightforward.
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Source: theguardian.com