Ronald de Boer Talks Jose Mourinho, Louis van Gaal, Manchester United and More

Ronald de Boer has warned that Jose Mourinho is likely to opt for experience over youth when he is finally appointed as Manchester United manager and said the Portuguese’s appointment “will be not so good” for the Red Devils’ young players.

Per BBC Sport, Mourinho is widely expected to be installed as United boss very soon following Louis van Gaal’s sacking on Monday after the Dutchman failed to secure UEFA Champions League football for next season.

Van Gaal did win the FA Cup, though, and brought through some exciting youth-team players like Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard.

However, De Boer—who played under his compatriot at Ajax and Barcelona—is concerned United’s youngsters will be sidelined under Mourinho, per Riath Al-Samarrai in the Daily Mail:

Mourinho is a manager who goes straight for “arrived” players, experienced players, who can directly fulfil that job. For some young players that will be not so good.

Rashford now showed he will get a chance and he is with the national team. He will get a chance for sure. But maybe Mourinho will think, “OK, Rashford, nice, but I need an experienced one also with him”. And then the experienced one will play and Rashford won’t play.

That will be critical, of course, for his career, and he must make it so difficult not to drop him. For some youngsters, it will be interesting.

Rashford only made his first-team debut back in February and subsequently went on to net eight goals in 18 matches in all competitions, per WhoScored.com.

He has earned a call-up to Roy Hodgson’s provisional England squad for Euro 2016, and he is likely to be given a chance to prove himself under Mourinho given that he has already shown he can perform to a high level.

However, there is still some scepticism as to how Rashford will fare, per ESPN FC’s Iain Macintosh:

Poor Rashford. …

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