Manchester United go into the ultimate weekend of the Premier League season with the prospect of their lowest placed-finish within the competitors’s historical past.
The Crimson Devils sit eighth within the desk they usually should higher Newcastle United’s outcome towards Brentford after they go to Brighton on Sunday to keep away from the ignominy of a worst-ever Premier League end and their worst league marketing campaign since 1990.
Whereas they do have an FA Cup closing towards bitter rivals Manchester Metropolis arising, it has been a massively disappointing season for the Crimson Devils, who’ve did not construct on final season’s third-place end.
Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
It ought to be little shock, subsequently, that supervisor Erik ten Hag finds himself beneath excessive stress within the Previous Trafford dugout.
This would be the first summer time the place Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his Ineos group are driving the soccer operations at Manchester United following the billionaire’s minority funding was accomplished earlier this yr.
Hypothesis is rife that Ratcliffe will determine to wash home this summer time and dispense of the previous Ajax boss, with quite a lot of potential candidates to take over from Ten Hag being reported.
Former Chelsea supervisor Thomas Tuchel has been linked with the position, however a possible Bayern Munich u-turn might be a blow to Ratcliffe and the Crimson Devils.
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The German facet introduced in February that Tuchel can be leaving the membership this summer time, a yr sooner than initially deliberate, with the membership trying to ‘oursue a brand new footballing route’.
For the reason that departure was introduced, Bayern have gone on to lose their Bundesliga crown to Bayer Leverkusen, whereas Actual Madrid knocked them out of the Champions League, which means this would be the membership’s first season with no trophy since 2011/12.
Xabi Alonso turned down Bayern (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Nonetheless, Bayern have since struggled to discover a successor to Tuchel. Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso turned down the advances of each Bayern and Liverpool, whereas Ralf Rangnick has opted to stay with the Austrian nationwide group.
Now, Bayern are prepared to return on their choice as they’re reportedly making an attempt to achieve an settlement with the 50-year-old to maintain him on as supervisor.
In response to the Unbiased, Tuchel will solely signal on once more if he’s given assurances on two particular signings, as he needs to herald a quantity six and a playmaker.
Tuchel has cited the failed transfer for Fulham’s Joao Palhinha on the finish of the summer time window as a key second in Bayern’s disappointing season, whereas he’s additionally mentioned to need to signal Bruno Fernandes.
The likes of England boss Gareth Southgate, Brentford boss Thomas Frank and Ipswich supervisor Kieran McKenna have additionally been linked with the position.
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