Manchester United consider hiring Premier League boss to replace Erik ten Hag

Manchester United person held ‘secret talks’ with a fig of managers and are considering hiring a Premier League brag to regenerate Erik 10 Hag.

Ten Hag remains connected the brink astatine Old Trafford contempt last weekend’s much-needed comeback triumph implicit Brentford and an acceptable gully against Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce successful midweek.

Manchester United, the astir palmy squad successful British football, are successful the bottom-half of the Premier League array up of Sunday’s clash with West Ham.

If having to play successful the Europa League alternatively than the Champions League was not atrocious enough, United person besides failed to triumph immoderate of their archetypal 3 games successful the competition.

Ten Hag has repeatedly insisted helium has the backing of the Old Trafford owners but it is good known that they spoke to respective managers astir perchance replacing the Dutchman past summer.

Ten Hag, who was appointed successful 2022, often points to the information helium has won trophies successful each play helium has been astatine the club, but Manchester United finished conscionable eighth successful the Premier League past play and look acceptable to conflict erstwhile again this term.

The Daily Mail accidental United proceed to clasp talks with aggregate managers aft it was reported that Barcelona fable Xavi had emerged arsenic a people for the Red Devils.

Other targets reportedly see Sporting Lisbon brag Ruben Amorim, ex-Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic and existent Premier League brag Thomas Frank.

Xavi, considered 1 of the champion midfielders of each time, has been out of enactment since leaving the Nou Camp successful the summer. His stance connected taking implicit astatine Manchester United is unclear.

Amorim is besides believed to beryllium a fig of involvement wrong Old Trafford, though helium has long been tipped to regenerate Pep Guardiola astatine Manchester City erstwhile the legendary manager decides to permission the Etihad Stadium.

Terzic won galore admirers by taking Dortmund to the Champions League last conscionable a fewer months ago. The 41-year-old surprisingly decided to permission the German club aft the decision to Real Madrid.

Frank, meanwhile, is rated arsenic 1 of the champion coaches successful the Premier League and is said to person impressed United chiefs astatine the Theatre of Dreams past play adjacent though his Brentford broadside were beaten 2-1.

The Daily Mail accidental Manchester United spoke to Frank – and chap Premier League manager Marco Silva – implicit the summer, arsenic good arsenic new England brag Thomas Tuchel.

A short-term solution would beryllium to promote Ten Hag’s adjunct Ruud van Nistelrooy, who worked arsenic a manager earlier returning to Manchester United to beryllium portion of Ten Hag’s coaching staff.

Speaking up of United’s travel to eastbound London to look West Ham, Ten Hag said his squad were being ‘held back’ by wounded problems.

Manchester United suffered 45 injuries past season, much than immoderate different Premier League side, and were without 9 first-team players for Thursday’s clash successful Turkey.

‘Yes, it holds america backmost successful our levels and besides successful our presumption successful the league,’ said Ten Hag. ‘When you don’t person the players available, you can’t enactment up the champion team.

“We request much players disposable often,” helium said. “We each person to enactment unneurotic connected this constituent – the players, the coaching unit and each the different staff.

‘We person to bash amended astatine that due to the fact that we cognize erstwhile we person them we are a truly pugnacious squad to play and we tin beryllium truly successful.’

Manchester United’s adjacent opponents West Ham person besides endured a mediocre commencement to the season and beryllium 15th successful the Premier League up of this weekend’s fixtures.

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