Zinedine Zidane and Antonio Conte are reportedly leading the way to replace under-pressure Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
United are in disarray after
a 5-0 mauling at the hands of fierce rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford on
Sunday, with Solskjaer's tenure hanging by a thread.
And according to the Sun, the
club have drawn up a four-man shortlist of potential successors including the
out-of-work pair, as well as Leicester's Brendan Rodgers and Ajax' Erik ten
Hag.
Although the Red Devils remain reluctant to sack the Norwegian, having signed a three-year contract extension in July, but the Liverpool capitulation was probably the nadir of his reign and could force the club's hand
A vast and immediate
improvement in performances and results may extend his stay of execution, but
after another lavish summer of spending to bring in Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon
Sancho and Raphael Varane expectations are understandably higher.
Former Liverpool boss Rodgers
has impressed with Leicester, introducing a free-flowing style of play and
almost eclipsing several bigger names to qualify for the Champions League two
seasons running, only to narrowly miss out twice.
Conte won the Premier League
with Chelsea in 2016-17, while Zidane secured a record three consecutive
Champions League titles in 2018; ten Hag has won nearly three-quarters of his
181 Ajax games since joining in December 2017.
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