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>>> CRISTIANO RONALDO ALONG OUR TEAMMATE TIM HOWARD BACK IN DAY
BOTH JOINING MANCHESTER UNITED
IN 2003.
IN 2003.
IN 2003. TIM YOU WERE LIKE A CHILD.
SO YOUNG.
SO YOUNG.
SO YOUNG. >> A LONG TIME AGO.
>> RONALDO LOOKS ABOUT THE SAME.
THIS WAS 2003, RIGHT, SUMMER OF
2003.
2003.
2003. YOU'RE ALONGSIDE THE CURRENT
MANAGER OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER.
MANCHESTER UNITED GOING TO WEST
HAM A LITTLE BIT LATER ON AT
9:00 A.M. EASTERN HERE ON NBC
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SN. WE'D
SN. WE'D TAKE A MOMENT OR QUITE A
FEW MOMENTS TO REALLY GET SOME
DETAIL BECAUSE WE TALK, WE TALK
SO MANY TIMES ABOUT OLE GUNNAR
SOLKJAER, IS HE THE RIGHT MAN?
FOR YOU, BEAR IN MIND WHAT
HAPPENED MIDWEEK, HAS HE GOT
WHAT IT TAKES, IF SO WHY, IF
NOT, WHY NOT IN.
>> I THINK I'VE BEEN PRETTY
CONSISTENT WITH THIS, REBECCA,
NOT FOR A LACK OF RESPECT OR
APPRECIATION, AND HOW HE'S
DEVELOPED THIS TEAM AND HOW HE'S
RECRUITED REALLY WELL, BUT I
DON'T THINK HE HAS WHAT IT TAKES
TO THEM OVER THE FINAL RUN.
BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCE AS A
MANAGER, THAT HAS TO FACTOR INTO
MY OPINION AS WHETHER HE CAN
TAKE THIS TEAM OF STARS, A STAR
TEAM, CAN HE MAKE THEM INTO A
REAL TEAM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
I'M SEEING AT MOMENT, AND THIS
IS NOT JUST THIS EARLY PART OF
THE SEASON, LAST SEASON, AND THE
SEASON BEFORE THAT, WHERE TIMES
WHERE THEY LOOK BRILLIANT AND
THE TEAM HAS DEVELOPED,
ATTACKING PLAY TO BE MORE
MANCHESTER UNITED TEAM ON THE
FRONT FOOT ATTACKING, ATTACKS,
BUT YET IN BIG MOMENTS, IN BIG
GAMES, WE'VE SEEN MULTIPLE
SEMIFINALS.
SEMIFINALS. I'M SURE WE'LL GET INTO DETAILS,
REBECCA, MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE
REASONS FOR THAT, BUT MY INITIAL
THOUGHT IS THAT GREAT UP TO THIS
POINT, BETTER THAN I EXPECTED
BUT IS HE REALLY GOING TO BRING
THE TOP OF TROPHIES IN EUROPEAN
FOOTBALL TO OLD TRAFFORD.
I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAPPEN.
>> THAT'S WHAT'S INTERESTING,
WHAT IS HE MISSING AS A MANAGER
THAT THE OTHERS HAVE?
>> TIME AND EXPERIENCE WHICH WE
DON'T GET.
DON'T GET. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, FAILING AT
THE FINAL HURDLE, PEP HAS LOST A
FEW BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS, HE'S
WON THE TROPHIES.
HE HAS RONALDO NOW, EVERY
MANAGER NEEDS THAT ONE PLAYER
THAT'S FOR A LACK OF BETTER TERM
IS THEIR MATE, THE ONE THEY CAN
LEAN ON, HE HAS THIS
PRE-EXISTING RELATIONSHIP WITH
RONALDO, I BELIEVE HE'S GOING TO
COME IN AND ESSENTIALLY TAKE
OVER, THE DRESSING ROOM BECAUSE
HE'S LIKE, HE'S THIS GODLIKE
FIGURE ON AND OFF THE PITCH.
WHICH WILL HELP OLE GUNNAR
SOLSKJAER.
SOLSKJAER. WE LOOK AT PAUL, AS MUCH AS I
WAS CRITICAL ON HOW OLE HANDLED
THE SITUATION WITH PAUL LAST
YEAR, OLE HANDLED IT IN THE END
REALLY WELL BAUGZ HE'S BACK ON
SIDE PLAYING BRILLIANTLY AND
APPARENTLY HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE
THE CLUB WITHOUT QUESTION AND
NOW HE'S CONSIDERING SIGNING A
NEW CONTRACT.
NEW CONTRACT. IF OLE WASN'T THE RIGHT PERSON
FOR THE JOB NOT SURE HE WOULD BE
SAY SFWLG THE MANAGER SNAERL
THAN ONE OR MANY MORE OF THEIR
PLAYERS IF YOU LOOK AT THE
RONALDO/OLE DYNAMIC THAT TIM
TALKS ABOUT, HE BELIEVES THAT
RONALDO IS GOING TO COME IN AND
TAKE OVER THAT DRESSING ROOM AND
ULTIMATELY THAT'S GOOD FOR OLE
IF IT WORKS.
BUT SURELY THERE HAS TO BE A
HUGE DOWNSIDE TO THAT, TOO,
BECAUSE ULTIMATELY YOU'RE
UNDERMINING THE MANAGER.
>> IF I'M THE MANAGER I DON'T
WANT ANY PLAYER TAKING OVER, IF
I COULD GO BACK, TIM, WHAT HE'S
LACKING, MISSING IS GRAVITAS,
FEAR FACTOR, TIM, NOWADAYS THAT
SHOULDN'T REALLY BE IMPORTANT
BUT I THINK IT IS AND I THINK
DRIVE, DETERMINATION,
DRIVE, DETERMINATION, DESPERATION TO WIN, IF I LOOK AT
THOMAS, PEP, GOING BACK FURTHER,
CONET, MOURINHO, THESE GUYS HAVE
FIRE IN THEM, ONLY WHAT WE SEE
ON THE SIDELINES, IN INTERVIEWS,
I DON'T KNOW IF A DRESSING ROOM
FULL OF STAR PLAYERS THEY GOT TO
BE A LITTLE BIT FEARFUL OF WHAT
THE MANAGER THINKS, WHAT HE
SAYS, HOW HE BEHAVES, JUST KEEP
TOP PLAYERS ON THEIR TOES,
REBECCA, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN
THAT PLAYERS WILL TAKE A DAY
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. AGAIN, THE FEAR FACTOR.
>> AND I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A
MEAN STREAK, YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE TOP MANAGERS THERE, THEY ALL
SEEM TO HAVE A MEAN STREAK.
HE TOOK HUDSON PUT HIM ON AND
TOOK HIM OFF, I THOUGHT THAT WAS
CRAZY, HE CAME IN DAY ONE AND
LET EVERYONE KNOW I'M BOSS.
I DON'T THINK OLE HAS A MEAN
STREAK IN THERE.
IT COULD GET DANGEROUS IF
RONALDO COMES IN AND TAKES OVER.
IF THEY'RE HAVING MEETINGS --
>> WHY DOES HE HAVE TO ALIGN
HIMSELF WITH HIM?
>> BECAUSE HE'S THE MOST
POWERFUL PLAYER IN WORLD
FOOTBALL.
FOOTBALL.
FOOTBALL. >> ISN'T THAT MORE REASON THAT
HE SHOULD NOT DOMINATE HIM
BUT -- FE HE'S STRONG WITH
RONALDO WOULDN'T THAT REALLY
INSPIRE TEAMMATES A SIGN OF HIS
STRENGTH.
STRENGTH.
STRENGTH. >> I THINK HE CAN BE STRONG WITH
HIM AND HE CAN ALSO BRING HIM
INTO THE OFFICE AND TALK ABOUT
TACTICS AND TALK ABOUT WHO FITS
WHAT PIECE, I THINK WE'RE
GETTING BETTER CROSSES FROM THIS
PLAYER.
PLAYER.
PLAYER. DOES HE NOT DESERVE THAT POWER?
>> I DON'T THINK TALKING TACTIC
AND WHAT ABOUT WHERE WE GO WITH
MANCHESTER UNITED AND OLE GUNNAR
SOLSKJAER?
SOLSKJAER? IF HE BECAME AVAILABLE TOMORROW
HE'S NOT GOING TO ANY OTHER CLUB
IN THE TOP --
>> LEAGUE.
>> LEAGUE. >> MAYBE THE PREMIER LEAGUE,
HE'S NOT.
HE'S NOT.
HE'S NOT. IF HE'S NOT GOING TO WIN
TROPHIES AND ANYWHERE ELSE WHY
IS HE STILL IN A JOB IF.
>> WELL, THEY'VE GOTTEN TO A FEW
FINALS, THEY HAVE THIS UNBEATEN
STREAK, THEY SIGNED RONALDO,
PROGBA IS PLAYING BETTER.
THIS IS REALLY GOOD TEAM.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO, ALL THE TOOLS ARE IN
THE TOOL BOX NOW, SO MAYBE THIS
IS THE DEFINING MOMENT, DEFINING
SEASON.
SEASON.
SEASON. >> DO YOU THINK HE CAN GET THEM
OVER THE LINE?
>> I REAL WILL I DO.
>> IN WHICH COMPETITION IN.
>> I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GO
THE DISTANCE IN THE PREMIER
LEAGUE, THEY HAVE A REAL GOOD
CHANCE.
CHANCE.
CHANCE. >> YOU DON'T?
>> I JUST THINK -- NO.
I'M NOT -- I WANT TO GO AGAIN,
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEAM, THE
RECRUITMENT HAS BEEN GOOD TO GET
HIM ALL THE TOOLS.
I QUESTION WHETHER YOU NEED ALL
OF THESE ATTRIBUTES YOU JUST
TALKED ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW
WHETHER, HE MIGHT PROVE ME
WRONG.
WRONG.
WRONG. I
WRONG. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE ATTRIBUTES TO
GET MAN UNITED OVER THE LINE.
>> IF HE FAILS AGAIN THIS
SEASON, DO YOU THINK TIME IS UP?
>> DEFINITELY.
>> DEFINITELY. >> SUMMER IS CRUCIAL BASED ON
WHAT TROPHIES ARRIVE AT OLD
TRAFFORD.
TRAFFORD.
TRAFFORD. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. NOTHING WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS
SEASON.
SEASON.
SEASON. ASSUME HE'LL BE OKAY.
AT THE END OF THE SEASON WILL BE
AN ASSESSMENT.
AN ASSESSMENT. >> HE'S BEEN THERE NEARLY THREE
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. THAT