Man Utd choose Erik ten Hag replacement

Carlo Garganese

4 Sept 2024 10:00 BST
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Erik ten Hag, Man Utd, 2023/24 — © IMAGO

Manchester United bosses have chosen Thomas Tuchel as their preferred replacement for Erik ten Hag should the Dutchman be sacked.

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Tuchel is currently out of work after leaving Bayern Munich at the end of last season.

United held discussions with Tuchel during the summer as they deliberated on whether to sack Ten Hag.

However, in the end, United’s minority owners INEOS opted to stick with Ten Hag.

With Ten Hag’s position very much at risk again after a bad start to the season, the Daily Mirror reports that INEOS have chosen Ten Hag as the man they want to replace the Dutchman should they be forced to sack him.

Britain’s bookmakers expect Erik ten Hag to be sacked sooner rather than later, with the Manchester United boss the red-hot favourite to be the next Premier League manager to be sacked.

All of Britain’s bookmakers have Ten Hag as the favourite to be the next coach to get the chop in England, with his odds plummeting after the heavy 3-0 defeat to Liverpool at home on Sunday.

That result means that United have made another dismal start to a season, losing two of their first three Premier League matches - with their only positive result a fortuitous late win at home to Fulham. United also lost the Community Shield on penalties to Man City.

Ten Hag to be sacked?

Earlier this week Man Utd CEO Omar Berrada gave his “full backing” to Ten Hag and says the club will “continue to work very closely with him to help him get the best results out of the team.”

But if results don’t improve fast, then Ten Hag is expected to be sacked.

© IMAGO - Erik ten Hag had been expected to be sacked

Ten Hag had been expected to be sacked this summer after a generally miserable 2023-24 campaign in which - despite winning the FA Cup - Man Utd finished eighth in the Premier League and were dumped out of Europe at the Champions League group stage.

United held an internal review on Ten Hag’s future and even spoke to a number of potential managerial replacements, including Tuchel, but in a shock development decided that the Dutchman would be staying at Old Trafford.

That decision appears to only be a short stay of execution as the bookmakers believe that Ten Hag’s days are numbered.