Manchester United is likely to implement the new manager of next season before the end of the season, the British "Manchester Evening News" said that the club's coach selection work has made some progress, the Red Devils plan is to complete the selection of the coach before the summer transfer window officially opened on July 1.
It is reported that Richard Arnold, who will succeed Ed Woodward next month as the president of Manchester United, will not be too involved in football affairs, and he will only be responsible for applying for approval from the owner's Glazer family after selecting the manager. According to the Manchester Evening News, Manchester United's football director John Muttaf will lead the selection of the coach, and interim manager Ronnick will also provide advice, although he will not be a senior football adviser until July 1.
United want to avoid repeating the mistakes of Moyes when he took over from Lord Benfer in 2013, when the club officially announced that Moyes would be in charge on 9 May, but in order to save money, they did not pay the termination fee in advance, allowing him to terminate his contract with Everton early. As a result, Moyes could only wait until june 30, when his contract expired, before he could officially take office.
Moyes went on holiday and began work on 1 July, leaving him with little time to prepare, Woodward failed to buy any of the stars he had promised to bring in, such as Bale and Fabregas, and United had to sign Fellaini in a hurry at the last minute. Later, Moyes said he regretted not being able to go to Manchester United earlier.
In contrast, Mourinho took over from Van Gaal in 2016 and took over from his post on 27 May, and in the following two seasons, United achieved their best record since his retirement, winning the League Cup, the Europa League and finishing runners-up in the Premier League and FA Cup.
United's current top 3 candidates for official manager are all familiar to fans, with Paris Saint-Germain's Pochettino and Ajax's Tenhag being the biggest contenders, the two who met directly in the 2019/20 Champions League semi-finals and will now fight for the Manchester United position. In addition, Leicester City's Brendan Rodgers is still under consideration, but as a former Liverpool manager, his possibility of coaching is not so great.
The 49-year-old Pochettino is still eager to coach Manchester United, he is even willing to take over the coaching in the middle of the season, but Paris will not let go, if the Red Devils want to buy out his contract early, they need to pay tens of millions of compensation. Pochettino is the favourite manager of many Manchester United board members, including Verde.
The 51-year-old Has been in charge of Ajax for five years, and in 2019 the team beat Real Madrid and Juventus in the Champions League, eliminating Tottenham hotspur to reach the final in just a few seconds, and this season won six consecutive champions league group stages. His style of play is considered to be in line with the ideals of The United hierarchy and is also favored by Lonnick.
If Manchester United had selected a new manager in advance, it is not yet known whether the club would have officially announced it as soon as possible. On 1 February 2016, City announced early that Guardiola would replace Pellegrini at the end of the season, and the team ultimately missed the title. After United announced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's early regularisation on 28 March 2019, they won just two of their last 10 games of the season and lost six of them.
Interestingly, if Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain and Ajax reach the Champions League round of 16, all three teams could be rivals. In fact, in the first round of the draw in the knockout round, Manchester United had already drawn the greater Paris, but because Atletico complained of procedural errors in the draw process, UEFA overturned the earliest result of the match and re-drawn.