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Man Utd news: Jose Mourinho SLAMMED by Eric Cantona - ‘No fun, no creativity’
MANCHESTER UNITED hero Eric Cantona has slammed Jose Mourinho and wants Pep Guardiola managing the club.
Nemanja Matic discusses Jose Mourinho's management style
Mourinho has come under increasing pressure at Manchester United this season with the club losing two of their opening four Premier League games.
Meanwhile, Guardiola’s Manchester City have won three of their games while United’s arch-rivals Liverpool sit top of the table with four victories from four.
There have been rumours that Zinedine Zidane is being lined up to replace Mourinho having guided Real Madrid to three Champions League titles in succession.
But for Cantona, who won four Premier League titles with United, Guardiola should be the man with Mourinho’s style criticised by the Frenchman.
“Well, no — not so good,” Cantona told the Mail on Sunday when talking about the current campaign. “But it is early in the season... too early to tell.
“Manchester United is a great club and will always be great. They will win things, I know they will.
“But the way they play? Not good. The manager has them playing the wrong way for the fans.
“No fun, no creativity.
“I like Mourinho. He has a good personality but not for United — they should have [Pep] Guardiola as coach.
“He should be there, but he is doing magic with that other club. The club I cannot name.
“Listen. I joke about Manchester City but they are playing great football. It's just that I think Guardiola should be at United
“He is the spiritual child of Johan Cruyff — he played under Cruyff at Barcelona and learned everything from him.
“He's the only person who should be at United.”
But Cantona also had another solution for who should manage Manchester United.
“Well, except for me,' the 52-year-old added. “I would like to coach.
“If they called me, I would go; I would enjoy it. They know where I am. Then we would play creative football once again.
“It would be great for the fans, like it was with Alex Ferguson — he allowed players to be creative, treated them as individuals.
“We all felt special with him. All felt loved. He was always praising. A good man. A good leader.”