Would be curious to know what stipulations if any there are in his contract. Think it was mentioned if he gets us top 4, he gets a bonus but what about the other way? If he doesn't make it and say falls a fair bit short, would it be beyond the realms of possibility there could some sort of break clause in there allowing us to look at someone else who may be more 'gettable' in the summer?
If there was something like that, unlikely Levy would heavily back him this window. Also worth noting World Cup qualifying starts later this year and I do wonder whether leading Portugal to Qatar is something that will appeal to him. Who knows, their current manager has a contact that runs until July of this year so he may well be a situation where he leaves after the Euros and they are on the lookout for a new manager.
Also if we don't make top 4/win the CL and Mourinho is still at the helm in the summer, it probably somewhat limits the players we can target without CL. Mourinho usually likes to target a name or two and without CL that becomes very difficult as we are not a Utd who can throw big money at a target to convince them to sign without CL, so good chance he'll need to be flexible on targets, something I don't really associate with him. This is where it would get potentially tricky having him at the club imo.
If there was something like that, unlikely Levy would heavily back him this window. Also worth noting World Cup qualifying starts later this year and I do wonder whether leading Portugal to Qatar is something that will appeal to him. Who knows, their current manager has a contact that runs until July of this year so he may well be a situation where he leaves after the Euros and they are on the lookout for a new manager.
Also if we don't make top 4/win the CL and Mourinho is still at the helm in the summer, it probably somewhat limits the players we can target without CL. Mourinho usually likes to target a name or two and without CL that becomes very difficult as we are not a Utd who can throw big money at a target to convince them to sign without CL, so good chance he'll need to be flexible on targets, something I don't really associate with him. This is where it would get potentially tricky having him at the club imo.