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Manchester United’s disappointing season has left Erik ten Hag combating for his future at Outdated Trafford.
With the membership trying unlikely to qualify for subsequent season’s Champions League, the FA Cup seems to be Ten Hag’s solely lifeline to avoid wasting his place.
Nonetheless, given United’s poor marketing campaign, the hearsay mill has been in overdrive with names that would doubtlessly change the Dutchman on the Theatre of Goals.
Talking on the Overlap Youtube channel, Gary Neville has given his verdict on the main candidates to take over ought to United select to make a change.
England supervisor Gareth Southgate is reportedly the front-runner for the submit as issues stand with Wolves boss Gary O’Neil and ex-Chelsea and Brighton coach Graham Potter additionally touted.
Neville admitted he isn’t notably enamored by any of the aforementioned names regardless of sturdy performances of their respective present and former positions.
“In addition to Gareth has accomplished with England, I’ve by no means seen that as a match with Man United. I don’t see Graham Potter as a match and that’s been a robust hearsay too. I don’t see the match between Gary O’Neil and United.
“Instinctively as a fan you hear a reputation and you are feeling it otherwise you don’t really feel it. It’s not a sense I’ve had. I’ve not awakened and thought they appear to be a Manchester United supervisor,” he mentioned.
Neville mentioned that given the choices out there, he would stick to Ten Hag for an additional season a minimum of, notably given the very fact United might nonetheless finish their underwhelming marketing campaign with a trophy.
“I wish to see him keep within the sense that I’m not fairly positive for the time being who else is on the market. So for me I don’t like the concept of him leaving and United bringing within the sort of names which have been recommended. That doesn’t really feel proper.
“I might somewhat stick to Erik ten Hag and imagine in him. If he has one other season like this he clearly gained’t nonetheless be there however we might nonetheless win the FA Cup and we might sneak into the Champions League,” he said.
Neville additional believes that Ten Hag “must be higher” after his expertise this season with contrasting campaigns serving to him perceive his position higher.
Lastly, the previous United captain made a cheeky reference to at least one supervisor that might be out of labor in the summertime earlier than doubling down on his perception that INEOS ought to stick to the 54-year-old.
“If Jurgen Klopp was in the marketplace or you would get a world-class supervisor in it is likely to be totally different however once you take a look at the choices, we might find yourself with somebody who isn’t pretty much as good as Erik ten Hag and hasn’t received his pedigree,” he added.
United and Ten Hag might be determined to finish the season sturdy with the crew now again in Manchester for the run-in, after the final worldwide break concluded this week.
Ten Hag takes his troops to Brentford on Saturday evening in a bid to make up floor on Aston Villa and Tottenham who sit above them within the Premier League desk.
