Ed Woodward is a top financier. 'Straight out of the corporate cookie jar' is how colleagues describe Manchester United's executive vice-chairman.
Now, he's facing the business decision of his life; does he respond to Pep's arrival at Manchester City by producing his own big beast, Jose Mourinho, or stick to the United way and give club legend Ryan Giggs the reins when Louis van Gaal goes.
There is one certainty – it is not an easy decision. Woodward will be fretting 24/7 over what to do. City's hijacking of transfer deadline day by announcing Guardiola is a sign of things to come and for a global concern like United, it's simply untenable to be considered less newsworthy than your rivals from across town.
On the face of it, there is only one figure who can match Guardiola for glamour, charisma and power. That's Mourinho. Their rivalry in Spain signalled the lowest point in relations between Barcelona and Real Madrid. He can have his Champions League outside the field. Fine.' retorted Guardiola to Mourinho's taunts.
City have upped the ante, so do United rip up their long-standing Giggs strategy and go for Mourinho, on the basis that if you can't beat them, join them? What do you think?
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