Less than 24 hours after Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat to West Ham in the Premier League, the club issued a statement confirming the sacking of their first team coach, Erik Ten Hag, after two years at the club.
In the interim, Manchester United legend and now assistant coach Ruud van Nistelrooy has been appointed caretaker coach while the club works to appoint a new first-team coach.
The early name that has popped up is the 39-year-old Ruben Amorim, the head coach of Sporting Lisbon lead, the frontrunner to replace Erik Ten Hag at Old Trafford. News broke out suggesting that Manchester United has agreed on a deal in principle with Ruben Amorim and is now left with negotiation with Sporting Lisbon.
Other names discussed in the media are Thomas Frank of Brentford, Graham Potter and Massimiliano Allegri.
However, former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes believes the likes of Thomas Frank, Graham Potter, and Ruben Amorim are all on the same level as Erik Ten Hag and Manchester United should consider coaches with top-level club experience like Xavi and Zinedine Zidane.
Who are the coaches Paul Scholes wants Manchester United to consider?
Paul Scholes told TNT Sport: “I felt United had missed out on him, Tuchel.
“I think it was documented that they had conversations with him, as and when I’m not too sure.
“Xavi is more recent. Manchester United are the biggest club in the world, so they need the best of the best. If they think Xavi is that man, then it’s a risky one.
“But he’s managed at an elite level with a club very similar to Manchester United in Spain with Barcelona. They won the league against Carlo Ancelotti’s [Real Madrid] team in difficult circumstances, so I wouldn’t be against that.
“There’s Zinedine Zidane who was very successful at Real Madrid. Whether he wants to come to England, I very much doubt. He’s another name, and then you think about Ruben Amorim at Sporting Lisbon.
“Again, that’s a similar one to Ten Hag, doing well in a league that isn’t as well known or of the same stature as other leagues in Europe, but has done very well.
“Then you look at the likes of Thomas Frank, but then the expectations at Brentford are less than at Manchester United.
“Thomas Tuchel would have been my man, but that’s now gone. However, there are still people out there who have a chance to make the team successful.”
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery is another name trending in social media as a possible replacement for Erik Ten Hag. Is it just speculation, or is something concrete going on? We will update you with all the latest news on who will replace Erik Ten Hag at Manchester United.
