Julian Nagelsmann set for talks with Man United as two favourites emerge
Julian Nagelsmann set for talks with Man United as two favourites emerge Manchester United are planning to hold talks with Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann over becoming the club’s permanent manager, according to a bombshell new report. New Manager Bounce Falls Flat The Red Devils are facing the first moment of angst since Michael Carrick took the reins as interim boss after INEOS decided to axe Ruben Amorim in January. Under the 44-year-old Englishman, United had won five and drawn one of their first six games.
But this has been followed up with two losses, one draw and one win in the next four, including last night’s abject 2-1 defeat to Leeds – the Yorkshire rival’s first win at Old Trafford in 45 years. Champions League qualification is still firmly in grasp as their rivals for top four – or top five now thanks to the Premier League’s European coefficient – also dropped points this weekend. It does ramp up the pressure on this weekend’s trip to Stamford Bridge, however, with a potential defeat to Chelsea undoing much of the progress made during Carrick’s brief tenure.
There is an expectation that Carrick would be handed the job permanently this summer if he secures a return to Europe’s elite competition, given the state of the team when he took over after Christmas. But it increasingly feels like United may secure European football simply by being the best of a bad bunch, rather than by demonstrating they are an actually good team under the former midfielder. Furthermore, the lack of certainty over who will be in the dugout next season will undoubtedly be hindering, rather than helping, United’s plans in the transfer market.
Potential targets will want to know the coach, the system, and their role within it, when deciding to accept a move to M16 this summer. Pressure is mounting on INEOS to settle upon a long-term successor to Amorim, after having successfully navigated a short-term solution in the prickly Portuguese’s stead. And they now look ready to respond as plans are in motion to begin talks with external candidates.
Nagelsmann is a Leading Target GIVEMESPORT reveals United’s hierarchy are set to “begin outreach to Carrick alternatives this month” – with Nagelsmann understood to be a frontrunner. “Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann is one of the managers of interest who they are set to make a ‘formal’ approach to, with he and Carrick above someone like USA manager Mauricio Pochettino on the Red Devils’ shortlist, GMS understands. “Nagelsmann is open to taking a job back at a club side following the conclusion of the World Cup, and he wants to manage in the Premier League.
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