London (AFP) - Faithful lieutenant
Rui Faria will be Jose Mourinho's
assistant manager at Manchester
United a role that club icon Ryan
Giggs had hoped in vain to retain for
the upcoming season.
Faria, who has followed Mourinho
from Barcelona when the 'special
one' was the late Bobby Robson's
interpreter in 1996 to all his
subsequent clubs, is joined by
others who have experience of
working with the United boss.
Coaches Silvino Louro, who has been
with Mourinho for more than a
decade having started out as his
goalkeeping coach, Ricardo
Formosinho and Carlos Lalin -- who
also have previous experience
working with the Portuguese -- and
Emilio Alvarez have all been
confirmed as members of the
coaching staff along with analyst
Giovanni Cerra.
Mourinho, who will be hoping to
make United title contenders again
after losing their way in the past
three seasons under firstly David
Moyes and then Louis van Gaal,
claimed contentiously on Tuesday
Giggs had left the club after 29 years
of service as a player and then
assistant manager because he
wanted his job.
However, it is widely believed it was
only when the 44-year-old Wales
great learnt he would not be assistant
manager that he decided to end his
association with the only club he
ever served.