Former Manchester United captain Ashley Young has urged caution over any attempt to bring in Antonio Conte as a replacement for Michael Carrick, branding such a move a \u201cdisaster.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conte is available after leaving Napoli by mutual consent in May, and his trophy record is as strong as any. The Italian won five Serie A championships as a player with Juventus, then added five more as a manager with Juventus, Inter Milan and Napoli, while also guiding Chelsea to the Premier League title.<\/p>\n
Young, who spent just shy of nine years at Old Trafford before 18 months working under Conte at Inter, believes the fit would be wrong for Manchester United at this point. His view comes as pressure continues to build around Carrick, even if the hierarchy are still thought to support him.<\/p>\n
Wednesday night\u2019s defeat to Como was another heavy blow. It was Manchester United\u2019s second-worst loss in the Champions League era and extended a winless run to seven matches, a sequence that sits awkwardly alongside the strong finish Carrick produced in his interim spell last season. On that run, the team collected more points from their final 17 games than champions Arsenal.<\/p>\n
After the final whistle in northern Italy, Carrick walked straight to the corner of the stadium where the travelling supporters were gathered and apologised for what had taken place. He then turned his attention to the players and did not spare them, saying: \u201cIf you don\u2019t run and you don\u2019t run forward and you don\u2019t run back, you ain\u2019t going to win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Young\u2019s doubts about Conte are rooted in the demands of his methods. Speaking on The Overlap Daily show, he said: \u201cHe is crazy,\u201d and then described the intensity that often comes with the Italian\u2019s approach.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Conte] is a bit like Diego Simeone on the sidelines. You hear him non-stop,\u201d Young said. \u201cTraining is intense, there\u2019s a lot of running. There was a lot that he did. The training sessions were a lot of 11 vs. 11, at times a little bit boring.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeetings were long. If we lost a game, we could go into a meeting and stop literally everything [else]. You could be in there three or four hours. I think that\u2019s one of the reasons why he doesn\u2019t last long at places because, not just the players, the board he tries to test mentally. I think people get annoyed at him and they\u2019re like, no it\u2019s time for you to go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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