EXCLUSIVE: Marco Silva targeted as Man Utd's next manager

Updated: 3 Oct 2024 18:29 BST
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Marco Silva remains an option for Manchester United as a replacement for Erik ten Hag.

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The Dutchman has had a poor start to the season, with the Red Devils finding themselves in 13th place in the Premier League table.

The club face Porto in the Europa League and then Aston Villa - it's thought that the club will have to come away with two good results for him to keep his job.

And Ineos are preparing for the worst. United are admirers of Fulham boss Silva, with the London club enjoying significant progress under the Portuguese boss.

The Cottagers are in a European spot in the Premier League - even if it is early days so far - and Silva has quietly been going about his business superbly well.

On the Transfer Podcast, expert Duncan Castles said: "I think you have got to look at whether they go for someone who is experienced from inside the Premier League. Maybe some unexpected candidates might come to the fore.

"I'm thinking of someone, for example, like Marco Silva, who now has close to 200 Premier League games of experience and has obviously done a very strong job getting Fulham back into the Premier League and keeping them there quite comfortably and currently has them six in the Premier League.

"I know Silva does not see Fulham the final step in his career, and it has been very

keen to the extent of turning down Champions League jobs and other

countries at bigger clubs.

"I think it's more than a coach. I think if you look at the squad now, it's difficult to pick out players who are absolute elite quality - there are a lot of, still a lot of bad signings in there, mostly driven by Ten Hag; Antony is the prime example of that.

"I think this summer they had a window to change the direction of the squad it required at least medium-term planning and it required a clearance of players, which I think they achieved fairly well."