Having endured their worst ever begin to a Premier League season, evidently the writing could also be on the wall for Erik ten Hag at Manchester United.
The Dutch supervisor has received two trophies throughout his tenure on the membership, nevertheless the Pink Devils’ league kind has been trigger for concern during the last 12 months and has proven no indicators of bettering regardless of the massive amount of cash forked out for brand spanking new gamers.
With Ten Hag seemingly operating out of time at Man Utd, we at 90min determined to take a look by the checklist of at present unemployed managers to see who the membership might appoint subsequent.
Manchester United at present have two main issues:
1. They do not rating sufficient objectives.
2. They concede too many objectives.
Whereas Massimiliano Allegri would not be a lot use at fixing the previous, he actually would repair the latter. The Italian supervisor is a notoriously good defensive strategist, making Juventus rattling close to impenetrable throughout his two spells on the membership (notably the primary).
The stats show as a lot. His groups have stored the second most clear sheets in Serie A historical past, and he loved two spells wherein Juve did not concede a single purpose for ten straight video games. Compared: Man Utd solely stored 9 clear sheets throughout the entireity of the 2023/24 Premier League season beneath Erik ten Hag.
And whereas his soccer is probably not fairly, the ten Serie A and Coppa Italia winners’ medals he has in his trophy cupboard are proof that it is efficient.
A reported favorite of Dan Ashworth, Gareth Southgate was linked with a possible transfer into membership administration with Man Utd on the tail finish of final season.
And whereas many English Man Utd followers maybe would not be too pleased with the appointment – given the quantity of stick Southgate’s techniques at worldwide stage obtained – the supervisor’s counter-attacking set-up would in all probability work at Previous Trafford.
As we have seen beforehand, the likes of Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes excel in a counter-attacking system, which might get probably the most out of United’s finest gamers – one thing Ten Hag has explicitly did not do during the last 18 months.
One other supervisor who has been closely linked with taking on Man Utd, Thomas Tuchel will surely be a high-profile appointment.
The German has managed a few of the high golf equipment on the earth in Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund, and has received trophies at each single one among them.
He could also be a bit prickly, however possibly that is precisely what the Man Utd squad want – a supervisor who will take a no-nonsense strategy.
The best appointment of the lot, Ruud van Nistelrooy is already on the membership and at present working as an assistant supervisor at Man Utd.
Having received the KNVB Cup as the top coach at PSV Eindhoven a couple of years again, Van Nistelrooy has proven promise as a supervisor previously.
He could possibly be one other Ole Gunnar Solskjaer-style stop-gap appointment for the membership which, given how properly the Norwegian did within the first few months of tenure, is probably not a foul factor.
