Manchester United

Manchester United

"There is a very good video online where Bobby Charlton talks about what Man Utd is as a football club," Neville told Sky Sports News. "It's about adventurous, exciting football, playing young players, entertaining the crowd. Man Utd must take risks and be courageous in playing attacking football. Man Utd have got to appoint a manager that fits the DNA of their club."

Turns out he could survive losing against Grimsby. Survive losing a crucial European final against one of the worst Tottenham teams in living memory. He could survive losing at home against West Ham and Wolves, finishing 15th, the tactical inflexibility, laying waste to some of the club's best homegrown talent, the 32% win rate, calling his team the worst in Manchester United history.

Ole Gunnar Solskjr could make a shock return to Manchester United as interim manager, with Jason Wilcox, the director of football, considering him a prime candidate for the role. Solskjr is thought to be open to taking up the position at a club where he remains a huge fan favourite as a former successful player there. Senior players led by Bruno Fernandes and Harry Maguire would welcome his temporary appointment.

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford is currently on loan at Barcelona, and they have an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season. The 28-year-old has been exceptional since joining the Spanish club, and he has established himself as an important player for them. Rashford has seven goals and 11 assists in 25 matches for Barcelona. Barcelona will be able to sign him permanently for a fee of 26 million at the end of the season.

Ratcliffe has one standout favourite in mind to lead Man United forward and that is USMNT boss Mauricio Pochettino, according to journalist Rudy Galetti. The admiration is clear. Pochettino has long been viewed by United's hierarchy as a manager who embodies the club's traditional values, high-intensity football, youth development, tactical modernity and strong man-management. Mauricio Pochettino is respected by Man United His work at Tottenham, where he transformed a promising squad into consistent Premier League title challengers, remains highly respected inside Old Trafford.

United are likely to hire an interim coach until the end of the season and then appoint a permanent successor to Ruben Amorim in the summer. Carrick is among the names in the frame to take the reigns at Old Trafford and United are said to be ready to make an approach for their former midfielder. The i report that United are expected to approach Carrick in the coming days but it is unclear if he would be interested in the role.

It's tough to hire a new Manchester United manager. It has become an impossible job to fill the impossible job, and for the seventh time since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in May 2013, the Premier League's biggest club is in the market for a new coach following Ruben Amorim's dismissal on Monday morning. They say this inside Old Trafford every time the manager's office is cleared out for a new appointment, but they really need to get it right this time.

"I said what I said before the game, just because he was a bit arrogant," Matic tells FourFourTwo. "He said, We're way better than Lyon.' I don't think you say that before a quarter-final in the Europa League. "I wanted to put more pressure on him with my answer, and he made that mistake. I don't know if our second goal was his mistake or a half-mistake.

I would say yes, but they've had that before in the last 10 years. You know, we've had Jose Mourinho, Van Gaal. We've had experienced managers come in and they've not done the job either way. That's because they weren't given time. Maybe they were clashing with the board again and didn't get the resources and players they wanted. It seems to be a bit of a running theme at Old Trafford these days. So it really, really depends.

It has led Ferdinand, the former United defender, to draw up a four-man shortlist of managerial targets he feels would fit the bill. I would go for [Roberto] De Zerbi, [Thomas] Tuchel, Xavi or Darren Fletcher if he does well, the ex-England international wrote on X. It is a similar role to that of Fletcher's former team-mates Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick have undertaken while United search for a new boss.