According to reports, Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi will likely take Erik ten Hag’s position as the new Manchester Utd manager, as co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has opted to fire ten Hag.
In his first season at Old Trafford, Ten Hag led the Red Devils to an FA Cup final, League Cup glory, and a top-four Premier League finish in 2022–2023.
But things haven’t gone as planned this season; Man United finished last in their Champions League group and found it difficult to stay up with the top four teams in the Premier League.
Man United make decision over ten Hag
Furthermore, Ratcliffe “has decided to fire” Ten Hag, according to Spanish newspaper Nacional (via Football 365), and he “may interfere in Barca’s search for a new coach.”
Man Utd are negotiating for De Zerbi, the manager of Brighton, since the Italian is the name they have in mind to succeed Ten Hag at end of the season.
Deco, the sporting director of Barcelona, views the Brighton manager as his “favourite” choice to succeed Xavi when the season comes to an end.
However, the Red Devils will try to prevent him from ending up at Camp Nou in the summer, preferring to succeed Ten Hag.
What next for ten Hag?
The Dutch manager is under increasing pressure at Old Trafford and this latest report suggests that his days at the club are numbered.
The 54-year-old manager has been linked with a return to former club Ajax, who are looking for a new manager.
He won the Dutch title three times with Ajax and reached the Champions League semifinal with them.
The manager is highly respected for his services to the Eredivisie club and they would welcome him back with open arms.
I personally don’t think DeZerbi will be any better than ETH. Brighton are having a poor season and are below United. He probably cashed in on the good work done by Graham Potter.
Your right RDZ is rubbish 😉 to suggest we are having a poor season is garbage though, We are in fact arguably having a better season considering all of the factors this season.
Te Hag je dugoročan trener a ovo sto se desava u I oko Junajteda voleo bih da nije tako ni De Zerbi nije ekspert jedino da dovedu neke zvezde koje koštaju ekstra a onda bi mogli dovesti koga hoćeš ali sve to bez kompaktnosti tima nema dugoročnog resenja
If RDZ still had all of his players from the 2022/3 season plus the players brought in for the 2023/4 season we would be well above Man U. So many long term injuries to key player and the failure to replace 2/3 of our best players is the reason that BHA have not had a great season. He, De Zerbi is the creator of our great 2022/3 season, Graham Potter was still in transition and made many early mistakes, who knows how far he would have taken us. RDZ has the ability to make good players into better players. young and older players alike, it’s his style of play, his coaching and the players wanting to be better players that have made him such a great new coach who is in great demand
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