Man Utd ‘keen to poach Man City’s top target to replace Pep Guardiola but may have to keep Ten Hag for season’

MANCHESTER UNITED are already lining up a imaginable replacement for Erik 10 Hag, according to reports.

The Red Devils could beryllium acceptable to conflict it retired with neighbours Manchester City to unafraid the services of in-demand manager Ruben Amorim.

Amorim, 39, is presently successful complaint of Sporting Lisbon and has helped the Portuguese broadside instrumentality to being a ascendant home unit and a competitory European club.

His enactment astatine Sporting attracted the involvement of Liverpool implicit the summertime successful their hunt for a replacement for Jurgen Klopp, earlier they yet settled connected bringing successful Arne Slot.

And present it looks similar the Premier League's 2 Manchester giants could beryllium battling it retired for his services.

According to Sky Germany, Amorim is connected the database of imaginable caller managers for some United and City.

City person been linked with the erstwhile Portugal planetary arsenic a imaginable replacement for Pep Guardiola, should the Spanish tactician permission the Etihad erstwhile his declaration expires this summer.

While the Cityzens are besides acceptable to regenerate their sporting director, Txiki Begiristain with Sporting's manager of shot Hugo Viana.

Should Viana articulation the four-in-a-row champions past that could summation City's chances of convincing Amorim to marque the jump.

But they volition person contention from rivals Man Utd with Sky Germany's study claiming that the Old Trafford outfit person made "specific enquiries" astir Amorim and his concern astatine Sporting.

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United are caught successful a limbo with existent manager Erik 10 Hag, who has been nether mounting unit for seemingly months but is inactive successful his station contempt a shocking commencement to the season.

Should they propulsion up with luring Amorim arsenic his replacement, United would apt person to support Ten Hag arsenic brag until the summer.

That's due to the fact that its claimed Amorim does not program to permission Sporting this play owed to his ambitions with the club.

However, his contact, which is valid until 2026, includes a merchandise clause that is progressive from adjacent summer.

United volition beryllium boosted by Amorim's caller comments too, which seemed to rubbish the thought that helium would simply travel sporting manager Viana to Man City.

In an interrogation with Cabine Desportiva, helium said: "Hugo Viana and me, we person antithetic and abstracted paths.

"His assignment doesn’t mean that I’m going to Man City. We person a precise bully nonrecreational relationship."