The management of Manchester United, embodied by the new minority shareholder, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has made Zinedine Zidane its number one objective to replace Erik ten Hag.
After an interesting series of seven games in a row without the slightest defeat (six wins and a draw), Manchester United fell back into their ways last Saturday by falling at home against Fulham (1-2, 26th day of the Premier League). Enough to stop him in his tracks towards European places, he who today remains sixth in the ranking, three points from fifth place occupied by Tottenham, synonymous with the Europa Conference League. Internally, the Mancunian management is thinking very seriously about the possible replacement of Erik ten Hag. And to succeed him, the name of Zinedine Zidane is circulating.
According to information from Foot Mercato revealed on Tuesday, it appears that Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who took a stake in United a few months ago, wants to do a big clean-up and install another coach on the bench. As for the players, an entire eleven is in the hot seat. And so Erik ten Hag, coach lacking convincing results since his arrival at the club. Still, bringing in Zinedine Zidane is an obstacle course. Firstly because the Frenchman does not master the language of Shakespeare and he does not really want to coach in a country whose language he does not speak well.
A highly coveted man
Then because “Zizou” recently indicated that he would not be against a return to Italy for a first experience as a coach in Serie A. The departure of Massimiliano Allegri from Juventus being a more than plausible possibility in end of the season, the place could highly interest Zinedine Zidane. Other clubs are also on the move, including Bayern Munich who have left the door open for the Frenchman while Thomas Tuchel will leave next June.
For its part, the specialized media cited the name of Jean-Claude Blanc who works in the shadows to Ineos, and who loves the profile of “ZZ”. He had already tried to bring him in when he was at Paris Saint-Germain. Without success. He will therefore have to develop a wealth of arguments to convince the 1998 world champion to cross the Channel.
