The former famed Premier League manager has been speaking recently in regards to who Man United fans could see replace former head coach Ruben Amorim, suggesting to INEOS that there is only one man right for the job.
With the recent sacking of former Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim, making him become the latest to join the long list of failed managers since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson, this has further made fans question how long it will take for United to finally make the right appointment.
With United now seemingly having tried almost every type of managerial appointment there is to make, and none of them being able to achieve the success and standards expected of Manchester United, it opens the question as to what type of manager INEOS, Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox must look to appoint next.
When recently speaking, however, former Premier League manager Sam Allardyce has provided a suggestion for who should be next in line for the Old Trafford hot seat; perhaps INEOS should take notes
Allardyce names Ruben Amorim successor
When speaking on a recent episode of the No Tippy Tappy Football Podcast, Allardyce named Carlo Ancelotti as the only suitable replacement for Ruben Amorim.
“For me, there’s only one man who can do it, I think. He’s the manager of Brazil,”
After being asked if Ancelotti came before or after Allardyce’s time at Everton, he went on to speak on his own personal experiences with the Italian.
“I was before him. He came after me. I met him several times, and I knew how good he was like but I didn’t know how good he was as a human being.
“Obviously, Dunc [Duncan Ferguson] worked with him. Big Dunc was, and Big Dunc told me about how great he was, and I knew how great he was as a manager, but he can spread magic on Manchester United because of his man-management skills, not his coaching.
“I think he’d I think he’d come and jump at the chance of Man United. I think he likes this country.”
It is yet to be seen if Ancelotti will be available following his World Cup campaign with Brazil in the summer; however, the opportunity to manage United is one most managers would be unable to pass up on.
Who should United be targeting as their next manager?
With INEOS’s plan for the remainder of the season seeming to be bringing a caretaker in, with Ole Gunnar Solskjær heavily rumored to make a temporary return to the Old Trafford dugout, it appears the board will likely wait till the summer to make a permanent appointment.
By doing this, it should, in theory, further allow United to have a wider pool of options for the role, with not many managers willing to take jobs mid-season, as well as jump on potential opportunities that could arise in the manager market this summer.
Some potential examples of this would be Carlo Ancelotti and Thomas Tuchel, as both are currently set to go ahead as head coaches of both Brazil and England ahead of the 2026 World Cup in America, they could be tempted by the proposition of Old Trafford come the end of the tournament.
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Another potential opportunity United would need to pounce on if possible, would be the potential departure of Luis Enrique from PSG in the summer.
With the Spaniard not having signed a new contract, and rumoured to be in search of a new challenge, United must do everything in their power to attract and bring arguably the current best manager in the world to Manchester.
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