Manchester United legend Eric Cantona insists that the club should have hired Pep Guardiola instead of Jose Mourinho, as they are widely expected to do after the sacking of Louis van Gaal.
Cantona, 50, is one of the best players to have ever passed through Old Trafford and won four Premier League titles and two FA Cups after signing from Leeds United in 1992. However, the Frenchman told the Guardian that he did not believe that former Chelsea boss Mourinho was the right person to take the club forward.
"I love Jose Mourinho, but in terms of the type of football he plays I don't think he is Manchester United," Cantona said. "I love his personality, I love the passion he has for the game, his humour. He is very intelligent, he demands 100 percent of his players. And of course he wins things.
"But I don't think it's the type of football that the fans of Manchester United will love, even if they win. He can win with Manchester United. But do they expect that type of football, even if they win? I don't think so."
Cantona even went as far as to suggest that United should have hired the man who will take over from Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City this summer.
"Guardiola was the one to take. He is the spiritual son of Johan Cruyff," he added. "I would have loved to have seen Guardiola in Manchester [United]. He is the only one to change Manchester. He is in Manchester, but at the wrong one."