Ole Out! Who Is The Perfect Fit To Take Over At Manchester United?
26th October 2021
United’s historic 5-0 humiliation at the hands of Liverpool has left Solskjaer clinging to his job despite signing a new three-year deal just three months ago
- The talk of the town in all football circles is largely surrounded by the fact that many think it's time for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to leave his position as Manchester United manager
- Solskjaer has led United to two consecutive top-four finishes for the first time since Alex Ferguson’s retirement as manager in 2013, but his time looks to be running out
- Here we have a look at five of the candidates to replace the 48-year-old if and when he is shown the door at Old Trafford
The talk of the town in all football circles is largely surrounded by the fact that many think it's time for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to leave his position as Manchester United manager.
United’s historic 5-0 humiliation at the hands of Liverpool has left Solskjaer clinging to his job despite signing a new three-year deal just three months ago.
The Norwegian has not won any trophy since taking charge nearly three years ago and the hopes after finishing second in the Premier League last season have been blown away amid a run of five defeats in their last nine games.
Solskjaer has led United to two consecutive top-four finishes for the first time since Alex Ferguson’s retirement as manager in 2013, but his time looks to be running out.
Here we have a look at five of the candidates to replace the 48-year-old if and when he is shown the door at Old Trafford.
Antonio Conte
Conte turned a Chelsea side that had finished 10th the previous season into English Premier League winners in his debut campaign in England in 2016/17.
Conte went on to lead Italian side Inter Milan to their first Serie A title party in 11 years in May and has since been without a club.
Indeed, Conte does have a fierce temper and tendency to fall out with his superiors and that could be the reason that this job may just escape him.
Zinedine Zidane
United signed serial winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Raphael Varane, along with £73 million ($100 million) winger Jadon Sancho but all that seems to be in vain now.
Three of Ronaldo and Varane’s Champions League titles came under Zidane at Real Madrid and the Frenchman is also a free agent.
Zidane proved himself a master of moulding a star-studded squad into a team at Madrid, where he also won two La Liga titles.
Luis Enrique
The Spain coach is almost unmatched when it comes to getting the best out of a collection of talented individuals, after a treble-winning campaign with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
Fluent in English, Luis Enrique has never hidden his desire to one day coach in the Premier League.
His success with Spain this year at Euro 2020 and the Nations League finals shows he is also capable of producing an exciting side without the same quality of stars he had on offer at the Camp Nou.
Brendan Rodgers
The Northern Irishman’s past as a Liverpool manager may rule him out for many United fans, but after his exploits at Celtic, where he won a clean sweep of seven domestic trophies will change their minds.
In addition to a first Premier League title with Leicester City, they also won the FA Cup for the first time in the club’s history last season.
Erik Ten Hag
The Dutchman is responsible for arguably the form team in Europe right now with Ajax cruising towards the last 16 of the Champions League and another Eredivisie title after thrashing PSV Eindhoven 5-0 on Sunday.
Ten Haag was linked with a number of top jobs after leading the four-time European champions to the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 1997 two years ago.
But unlike many of his players from that run, he is yet to be poached by one of Europe’s top clubs.
The former Bayern Munich youth team coach would fit the attacking style demanded of a United manager, as exhibited by a 4-0 thrashing of Borussia Dortmund last week.