After Manchester United’s new defeat on Saturday against West Ham, a British sports betting operator believes that it is Zinédine Zidane who has the best chance of succeeding Erik ten Hag at the head of the Red Devils!
Non-English speaking, Zinédine Zidane absolutely cannot see himself training in England. Except that, after having waited in vain for the position of coach of the France team (Didier Deschamps extended until the 2026 World Cup), and while Carlo Ancelotti will continue at the head of Real Madrid, “Zizou” is in an impasse. If he really wants to coach at a very high level after two and a half years of vacation, the Manchester United sidelines are reaching out to him.
Erik ten Hag’s days at the helm of the Red Devils seem numbered. The Mancunian team was eliminated from the Champions League (without even being transferred to the Europa League) and an eighth defeat in the Premier League, Saturday against West Ham (2-0), pushed it to 8th place in the ranking. The Dutch technician and Premier League manager who now has the best chance of being fired according to sports betting operators across the Channel (ahead of Vincent Kompany at Burnley, penultimate).
Zidane in front of Potter
The site Betfair has updated its available bets for the identity of Man United’s next training session and, somewhat surprisingly, Zidane (at odds of 3.5) moves ahead of Graham Potter (odds of 4). We then find other unemployed coaches like Antonio Conte, Hansi Flick and Julen Lopetegui, but also coaches under contract, Julian Nagelsmann (Germany) and Roberto De Zerbi (Brighton). No trace of another French technician like Laurent Blanc or Rudi Garcia.
Zidane? Potter? Carrick? Solskjaer?
The next Man Utd manager should be? 🤔#WHUMUN | #MUFC pic.twitter.com/62y5Y975Wi
— Betfair (@Betfair) December 23, 2023
