If we had a repeat of the Berbatov/Keane thing, then absolutely. If the manager came out and said anything negative about the chairman, then yes.
The thing is, though, that certain things have to be 'in character'. To determine a character, you need (without doubt) to take a least a moment to consider that character. I've not heard anything from anyone at the club, not a current or ex-player, that justifies any of the perception some have of the guy.
By all accounts, he loves signing players - but he also loves his business, and I imagine he gets a right old kick off selling the likes of Wimmer for as much as he did. He'll also rightfully look at the likes of Barkley and say "OK Mauricio, we can look at Ross Barkley, but do you really want to use all of the Walker money to sign a player who I think we can get for much less if we wait it out" or "OK Mauricio, but do you really want another Lamela - a player that can be so important, but you can't plan for because he's (potentially) going to have fitness concerns?". I just don't see why it's taken as implausible that Mauricio might sit down with Levy and say "If this club sign this player, they might be willing to let this other player of theirs leave", and so he might well be implicit in the waiting game...
To summarise, to direct some valid criticism, all I'd need is some validity to it - but it has to actually be plausible, not any of the myths and rumours that are taken as fact.
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