Like most posters in this thread, I am a fan of Yacob’s.
My heart wanted him to be the same player he was when he arrived, but “time and tide wait for no manâ€. As a consequence, my head tells me it was the right time for him to go.
Their are many attributes that a good Manager / Head Coach should posses, a winner, tactical awareness, man management, spotting talent, the list goes on. But I suspect one attribute that many may overlook is the ability to know when to let a player go and that is, IMO, the hallmark of SAF tenure at United, which set him above the rest.
Just think back to some of the great players he let go, for various reasons agreed, but he also knew when “Father Time†was creeping up on a player, players he had nurtured as kids and who he was very fond of.
So, I think the decision to part with Yacob, painful though it is, is the right one.
Thank you Claudio for everything you gave to our club, you will always be remembered and held in the highest esteem and good luck in the future, wherever life takes you.