Former Burnley and Everton boss has been tipped as a surprise replacement for Ruben Amorim after Manchester United’s embarrassing Carabao Cup second round exit.
After League Two team Grimsby Town eliminated United from the League Cup on penalties after leading 2-0 with 15 minutes left, the Portuguese manager is under increasing pressure.
Harry Maguire and Bryan Mbeumo’s goals helped United rally to force penalties, but they lost 12–11 on spot-kicks.
Grimsby won a spectacular match when Mbeumo, who had previously scored once from the penalty spot, was unable to convert the 26th when it went to sudden death.
Amorim appeared mentally broken as he sat and refused to watch penalties before giving an odd post-match interview that many believed was the final straw for him. United remains winless this season.
Charlie Austin, a former striker for Southampton, is certain that Amorim’s term should finish early and has even made some suggestions on who United should try to sign.
He put his former coach Sean Dyche in the running for the Old Trafford hotseat, while naming Zinedine Zidane as his top objective.
In an interview with Stick to Football, Dyche, who has been unemployed since Everton fired him in January, stated that he would love to work for United “because of the size of the club.”
“I think he’s got to go,” Austin said in an appearance on Sky Sports News.
“If it’s my decision, I’m going after Zinedine Zidane, trying to convince him to come to Manchester United, shouldn’t need doing, but in this moment in time, you do.
“Ultimately though there’s a different lot of managers, set of managers that you’ve got to be looking at, because the situation Manchester United are in, I would take Zidane, but is he the right man for the job? As we see them probably not.”
“My honest opinion, I think you’ve got to look at the job that Sean Dyche did at Burnley, what he did at Everton, for me honestly, stabilise the club, at least he’s going to put structure in there. There’s no structure.
“Zidane is the top of the tree for me, but what Manchester United need right now is structure, because that is something they do not have. They need structure, that is a man that would come in and bring structure, and make the team a lot better than what we are all seeing ultimately at the moment. Last night, we didn’t see a team.”
Who is the favourite for the Man United job?
Even with Austin’s endorsement, Dyche is not one of the bookmakers’ top picks for the position.
Michael Carrick, a former United midfielder who played for Middlesbrough, is the unexpected favorite with odds of 5/1, according to Oddschecker.
The odds for former England manager Gareth Southgate and Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner are also in the running, slipping marginally to 6/1.
With odds of 8/1, Xavi Hernandez and Mauricio Pochettino are next in line.
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