Media reports indicated that the Manchester United club management wants to dispense with coach Eric Ten Hag, and that the possible alternative to take over the coaching role for the Red Devils may be French coach Zinedine Zidane.
The team’s coach, Ten Hag, is under great pressure due to the decline in results, and his dismissal seems only a matter of time.
Last year, shortly after Ten Hag’s appointment, Zidane was linked with a move to the Red Devils and spoke openly about his willingness to consider such an opportunity.
“Never say never, especially when you are a coach these days,” he told L’Equipe in June 2022. “When I was a player, I could have chosen almost every club.”
But press reports revealed that former Real Madrid coach Zidane ruled out the idea of assuming responsibility for coaching Manchester United in the coming period, claiming that the prevailing work environment within the team is not suitable for assuming the task.
English reports confirmed that “Man United” is choosing from among many coaches after the recent nominations, such as Nagelsmann, the former coach of the German national team and Bayern Munich, and there is also talk of nominating Graham Potter, the former coach of Chelsea and Brighton, and Antonio Conte, the former coach of Juventus and Italy, in addition to Ola. Gunnar Solskjaer, former team coach.
Reports indicated that the greater odds are in favor of Zidane and Ruben Amorim, the Portuguese coach of Sporting Lisbon.
Man United suffered a terrible campaign under Ten Hag, losing five of their first 10 league matches, being defeated in each of their opening matches in the Champions League, and being eliminated from the League Cup by Newcastle on Wednesday evening.
Manchester United fell to eighth place in the English Premier League table with 15 points after 10 weeks of this season’s league competition.