Chelsea icon Frank Lampard believes that former
coach Jose Mourinho would rise to the challenge at Manchester United should the
club turn to him to revive their flagging fortunes.
The Portuguese has long
been the front-runner to replace former mentor Louis van Gaal since ending his
second spell at Stamford Bridge in December with the Blues languishing in the
bottom half of the table.
Lampard, who won two
leagues titles and three domestic trophies in Mourinho’s first spell in charge
at Chelsea between 2004 and 2007, is convinced that the unemployed coach would
be a success at Old Trafford should United decide to part company with Van Gaal
at the end of the 2015-16 season.
“I think Mourinho can
manage anywhere in the world,” the New York City FC midfielder, who was in
attendance at the FIFA Interactive World Cup finals, told Goal when asked if Mourinho could return
United to their former glory.
“I think he’s shown it
with his record and whether it’s with Porto, a so-called smaller team in
Europe; Chelsea, the success he had there; Inter, again taking a team that’s
hardly won the Champions League to go and win it; Real Madrid.
“No job will be too
much for him. [Manchester United is] not an easy job, similar with Antonio
Conte with Chelsea [the Italian is expected to take over in the summer], but he
certainly has the attributes to do it.”
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