Bad news for Ten Hag: this is Ratcliffe's dream coach for Manchester United

The club's new owner will begin a renewal process this summer.

28/02/2024, 06:14 PM +00:00

Many things will change at Manchester United once the current season comes to an end. The performances and results in recent months have been disappointing and that will cost a lot of people dearly. Several important players in the squad will surely leave, as rumored with stars like Raphael Varane, Casemiro, Sofyan Amrabat, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial, while others will arrive to raise the level of the team.

But those may not be the only changes. Fans have been unhappy with Erik Ten Hag. His strategic decisions, tactical moves and, above all, the choice of players during the last few transfer windows have not been the right ones and that has brought The Red Devils terrible consequences.

After the failures in the Champions League, where they could not advance from the group stage, in the Carabao Cup, in which they were eliminated early by Newcastle, and in the Premier League, where they are far from the top of the standings, now they only have one goal left: the FA Cup. There they will face Nottingham Forest this Wednesday in the round of 16 and, should they lose, it will be a very hard blow for the Dutch manager.

While all this is going on, Sir Jim Rattclife is making big changes. He chose Omar Berrada as CEO and wants Dan Ashworth to be the new sporting director, so some believe he is also considering a coaching change. And, according to Foot Mercato, Ratcliffe's dream is to hire Zinedine Zidane.

What is he doing?

Zidane had two successful spells as Real Madrid coach. He arrived there in 2016 and won three consecutive Champions League titles, plus La Liga 2016/17. And then he returned in 2019 to lead the team to another La Liga title. But since his departure in 2021 he has not returned to coaching, despite rumors linking him to Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique Marseille and the France national team. However, the opportunity to manage one of the world's top clubs like Manchester United may motivate him to return to action.