Manchester (AFP)
Five coaches are candidates to replace Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, after the latter was sacked by Manchester United following the harsh loss against the humble Watford 1-4 Saturday in the local league.
Over the course of nearly three years, Solskjaer failed to lead his team to any local or continental title. As for his best achievement at the helm of the technical staff of the Red Devils, it was his leadership to the European League final (European League) to lose to Villarreal of Spain on penalties last season. There are 5 candidates for solutions as alternatives to the Norwegian.
– Zinedine Zidane:
The ambitions were high this season regarding the possibility of Manchester United to compete for the local title, especially after the return of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo to his ranks and the conclusion of two important deals represented by obtaining the services of the English international wing Gaydon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund, and Spanish defender Raphael Varane, the 2018 champion from Spanish Real Madrid.
Ronaldo and Varane, in particular, scored three times with Real Madrid in the Champions League, when Zidane was coach of Real Madrid, and the latter does not occupy any position now, after he ended his second term with Real Madrid last May. Zidane has proven his ability to manage a star-studded team and has also managed to lead Real Madrid to two domestic titles.
It is the perfect choice for the ancient Manchester United because it has global stature, as it adopts an attacking style that has long characterized Manchester United’s style of play, especially under the supervision of its famous coach, Sir Alex Ferguson. According to some reports, Zidane is the preferred choice of the American Glazer family, owner of Manchester United club.
-Branden Rodgers:
The Northern Irish are almost the only local option. However, his past with Liverpool, the traditional rival of Manchester, when he supervised him between 2015 and 2018, may play against him, knowing that he had a successful experience after that with Celtic and led him to win seven local titles before supervising Leicester City.
Leicester City twice missed a fourth place in the Premier League in the last two seasons and qualified for the Champions League, despite their mediocre financial capabilities compared to the six major clubs in England, as Rogers led his team to beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final last season for the first time In the history of Leicester City.
However, the team is suffering this season and has only won twice in the last nine matches in the local league.
Eric Ten Hag:
Eric Ten Hag leads his Ajax Amsterdam team to achieve great performances this season, both locally and continentally, through an enjoyable attacking style, through which he succeeded in booking the ticket to the final round of the European Champions League. Ten Hag was associated with first-class European clubs when he led Ajax to the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2019 for the first time since 1997 without joining any of them.
The former Bayern Munich youth coach will be one of the coaches who embodies Manchester United’s attacking style if the choice falls on him.
– Luis Enrique:
The Spanish coach has great experience, which he gained through the many titles, which he achieved in the ranks of Barcelona as a coach, most notably the treble in 2015. He is perfectly fluent in English and did not hide his desire to supervise an English club during his training career. He led a young Spanish team to the European Nations League final and lost with difficulty. Against world champion France last month, he led La Roja to the European Cup semi-finals last summer.
Maurizio Pochettino:
The name of Mauricio Pochettino was repeated more than once to supervise Manchester United, but the club’s board of directors chose Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to replace Jose Mourinho. Even when the Norwegian position was in danger, the Argentine was a candidate for solutions, especially since he has remained without any club since his dismissal from Tottenham in 2019 before joining Paris Saint-Germain in the middle of last season.
Pochettino will not leave Saint-Germain in the middle of the season, but things may change at the end of the season, especially since his team is not performing well this season. It is noteworthy that Manchester United announced in the official dismissal statement that Solskjaer will appoint a temporary coach until the end of the season, and therefore the choice may be decided this time on the Argentine coach in the end.
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