Who could be the next Manchester United manager?

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Al Jazeera looks astatine 5 imaginable favourites tipped to pb Man United aft Ruben Amorim’s sacking arsenic manager.

Manchester United are connected the lookout for a caller manager aft the Premier League nine sacked Ruben Amorim from the occupation connected Monday.

The European giants person gone done 10 managers – permanent, interim and caretaker – successful the 12 years since the status of their legendary brag Sir Alex Ferguson astatine the extremity of the 2012-2013 season.

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Amorim, who was touted arsenic a semipermanent appointment, lasted conscionable 14 months and made his unceremonious exit hours aft a disparaging quality league successful which helium exhorted the club’s scouting section and sporting manager “to bash their job”.

Announcing his departure, United’s connection said it was “the close clip to marque a change” since the nine was placed sixth successful the Premier League and added that erstwhile subordinate and academy manager Darren Fletcher would instrumentality complaint of the squad for its adjacent 2 games.

Ruben Amorim was the 10th manager of Manchester United since Alex Ferguson’s status [File: Molly Darlington/Reuters]

Who are the favourites to beryllium the caller United manager?

The Premier League’s astir palmy nine person not fixed immoderate denotation astir the assignment of their adjacent manager, but fans, experts and the British media person been circulating a fewer names.

These see erstwhile players, existent Premier League managers, sacked Premier League managers and England managers:

Oliver Glasner

The existent manager of Crystal Palace, whom helium guided to their archetypal FA Cup rubric successful 2025, earned a consequent spot successful the UEFA Europa League for the 2025-26 season.

Glasner has been among the astir heavy linked names for the occupation astatine United, particularly arsenic helium is apt to permission Palace this season. His declaration with the nine expires astatine the extremity of the existent season, and the Austrian has indicated that talks connected a caller declaration are presently connected hold.

The 51-year-old has an 11-year managerial experience, having coached 2 teams successful the Austrian apical tier, arsenic good arsenic Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt successful the German league.

Darren Fletcher

The erstwhile United midfielder, who graduated from the Manchester United Academy to archetypal clip successful 2003 and spent 12 years playing nether Ferguson, is among the favourites aft landing the interim manager’s role.

Fletcher has been the caput manager of United’s academy since July and was the archetypal prime to steer the vessel aft Amorim’s exit.

A steadfast instrumentality favourite during his playing days, the 41-year-old could instrumentality the way of his erstwhile teammate Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who earned the full-time manager’s relation aft coming connected arsenic interim manager.

Enzo Maresca

While Maresca’s departure from Chelsea was akin to Amorim’s astatine United, the Italian had a palmy archetypal play successful London, winning the UEFA Conference League and Club World Cup.

The erstwhile Manchester City U-23 and Parma manager led Leicester City backmost to the Premier League successful 2024 earlier being snapped up by Chelsea.

Maresca has been favoured to swiftly find a relation successful the apical tier of European football, and Old Trafford could beryllium his adjacent stop.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Solskjaer’s playing and managerial spells astatine United person endeared him to the club’s faithful, who importune that his cognition of the “Fergie Way” could bring backmost the glory days.

In presumption of results, the Norwegian did not onshore immoderate large trophies during his reign astatine United but managed to pb the squad to a Europa League last and a second-place decorativeness successful 2021.

Solskjaer is presently retired of work, having been sacked by Turkish broadside Besiktas aft 8 months successful charge.

Thomas Tuchel

The existent England manager is focused connected starring the Three Lions astatine the upcoming World Cup, but his sanction is being thrown astir for the occupation astatine United earlier the caller season’s opening successful August 2026.

The German is nary alien to winning trophies astatine large European clubs, having done it astatine Chelsea, PSG and Bayern Munich.