The Red Devils dismissed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the end of November after a string of bad results, though by that time Conte had already joined Tottenham where he has gone undefeated in the Premier League in his first eight games in charge.
United instead appointed German coach Ralf Rangnick on an interim basis while they carry out a thorough search for a new permanent manager, who will be appointed in the summer.
Spurs are now two points off fourth place with two games in hand, with renewed optimism around the club, but defeat to Wolves has left United in seventh place in the Premier League table.
Many fans have now questioned whether the club made a mistake in overlooking serial title winner Conte when he was available.
It was initially reported that United’s board were worried about bringing in a manager as volatile and authoritarian as Conte and feared he would demand a massive overhaul of players in the transfer market.
But now the Daily Mail claim United’s board were actually worried about how his management style would fit the existing players, with concerns that his precision and micro-coaching would be unsuited to the current squad.
United’s hierarchy took a ‘long look’ at Conte and felt he was undoubtedly a great coach, but there was also a sense that his exacting standards and instructions would simply not mesh with the players.
The club felt Conte’s style relied too much on programming players to carry out specific instructions to minute details, whereas the United squad has more of an instinctive, off-the-cuff vibe to it.
In addition to concerns over how United’s players process and take on instructions, the board also fear that the club lack leaders in the dressing room and plan to address that issue in the summer window.
United’s board, meanwhile, are happy with their decision to bring in Rangnick despite the defeat to Wolves, though there is an acknowledgment that he can only exert a limited amount of authority over the players given that they know he will be replaced at the end of the season.
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