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Manchester United Official Announcement: "Team Manager Pellegrini Dismissed."

Unlike previous team dismissal notifications, this news on Manchester United's official website is so brief, a typical headline-style news.

No review of Pellegrini's achievements during his tenure at Manchester United, no gratitude for his contributions to the team, and not even any blessings for his career after departure—just a single line, bidding farewell to the accomplished old manager at Manchester City and Real Madrid.

Some say this is too cruel for Pellegrini!

He came to Manchester United with a mindset for revenge, wanting to compete against Guardiola who replaced him, to see if he could surpass him in the Premier League.

But the result was crystal clear - no, he couldn't!

Many believe that Pellegrini's short tenure of one year at Manchester United was a total failure in his managerial career.

In the dressing room, the forward Icardi, brought in from Inter Milan at a cost of 110 million, was lost here.

After Pellegrini took on Manchester United's reins, not only did he fail to inspire more potential in this 24-year-old forward, advancing his career, he also responded to Icardi's downturn with cold treatment.

Moreover, the conflict between Icardi and De Bruyne was not well coordinated by the coach at this level.

In fact, upon Icardi's departure, Manchester United no longer had any forward capable of producing exquisite cooperation with De Bruyne up front.

The Belgian's scalpel-like passes seemed to have become a swan song, and Dun those numerous ground strike crosses he delivered, whether it was Rooney, Eevee, or Bony, they were always a fraction too slow, unable to keep up in terms of thought and pace.

External observers even think that Pellegrini's arrival further intensified the conflicts within Manchester United's dressing room!

This marks his failure as a manager.

For a head coach, especially one in the Premier League, possessing tactical skills alone is far from sufficient.

They are a manager, a director, a manager, not just a product manager who can only design products.

From this perspective, the smooth record at Manchester City to some extent masked Pellegrini's deficiencies in dressing room management—once at Manchester United, these deficits were infinitely magnified.

No wonder some say that whoever comes to Manchester United now is shouldering the blame, moreover, Pellegrini is not a world-class top manager, he can only do what is within the scope of his abilities.

The dressing room's out-of-control ultimately rebounded onto Manchester United's performance.

Champions League early exit.

In the Premier League they fell behind Manchester City by 20 points, especially in the last 10 rounds of the season, the team was exceptionally sluggish, even failing to make it into the league's top 4, having to settle in the UEFA Europa League.

Yet, looking at the entire Premier League's value ranking, Manchester United stands second only to Manchester City.

And in terms of player salaries, even higher slightly compared to Manchester City.

Of course, the board has reasons to be dissatisfied; CEO Woodward once strongly stated in the board's conference call:

"Yet another season devoid of any major titles, a total failure, someone must be held accountable for this, and that person can only be Pellegrini!"

As the higher management above the head coach, does Woodward not bear any responsibility for the failure?

Money was spent but achievements weren't earned; essentially, whether CEO, coach, or players, from top to bottom, every component of this club serves its own problems.

What exactly is the direction of the post-Ferguson era?

This question lingers in the minds of every Manchester United fan, without anyone knowing the answer.

Perhaps two years later they will awaken, or perhaps they will remain absorbed until another figure like Ferguson reappears to resurrect Manchester United's glory at Old Trafford, but how long will this day take?

Still no one knows the answer.

In fact, upon learning of Pellegrini's dismissal, especially when Tang Long informed them that Pellegrini was ending his over 30-year managerial career and returning to retire in his hometown in Chile, many players within Manchester City were shocked.

Although Pellegrini held a desire for revenge against Guardiola, aimed to utterly defeat him on the field to affirm his professional dignity throughout his years of coaching;

But, from Manchester City players' perspective, there wasn't much hatred for this former manager, rather it's filled with respect and sympathy for his dismissal.

This 63-year-old manager presided over Manchester City for three full seasons, during which he led the Blue Moon to win two league titles, establishing amicable relationships with many players, especially captain Kompany, once a steadfast supporter of Pellegrini.

Other players like Navas, Kolarov, Stones, Agüero also view Pellegrini as a wise leader they encountered during their player careers.

So, many upon seeing the news sent sympathetic texts to Pellegrini, even encouraging him to stay in Europe and continue in the top five leagues.

But after such a disastrous season, Pellegrini had made up his mind to leave.

He replied to each player who messaged him, without saying much, but offered every one wishes, wishing them well in Europe.