The 2021-22 Premier League season has been completed for 25 rounds, with Manchester United in fourth place with 43 points from 12 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats. For Manchester United's new CEO Richard Arnold, whether or not United eventually finishes in the top 4, a change of manager is almost inevitable. Judging from Lonnick's current coaching performance, he is likely to switch to the role of consultant after the season. So who is the best candidate for a new Manchester United manager? Earlier, the Manchester Evening News listed odds for several popular candidates, so let's take a look.
Pochettino remains the number one favourite, with odds as low as 8/11, or 0.73. According to this odds, Uncle Bo's taking over the coaching whip of Manchester United can basically be described as a nail in the coffin. Truth be told, Pochettino is not the favorite target of Red Devils fans, but his voice is always high, why? There are two main reasons.
The first is experience. Pochettino has coached in the Premier League for many years and has led BIG6 side Tottenham Hotspur. During his time at Tottenham Hotspur, pochettino still led the team to the top 4 qualifications four times in five and a half seasons under Levi's goal-cutting policy. In the 18-19 season, Spurs had two consecutive transfer windows to zero reinforcements, and Pochettino not only led the team to the third place in the Premier League, but also reached the Champions League final for the first time in the history of the team.
According to statistics, Pochettino's net investment in the transfer market in the transfer market for more than 5 years has only been 110 million pounds! That's not even enough for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's 1 transfer window. Such a coach who knows how to live a good life, and has good results, how can the Manchester United executives not be impressed. And Manchester United are not short of transfer fees, if he can give Pochettino more money to spend, he is fully capable of bringing more surprises.
The second is personality. During Pochettino's time at Tottenham, there were very few negative rumors in the dressing room, and there were few rumors of him having conflicts with the club's top brass. For this, the Manchester United top brass has long been worried. Louis van Gaal and Mourinho, these 2 top football coaches, have undoubted abilities, but they are all at odds with players and senior passes during their coaching periods, and eventually they are fired. Pochettino's much gentler personality and his relationship with United's top brass are his innate advantages in joining Manchester United.
The most vocal among Red Devils fans is Tenhag, whose odds are 7/2, equivalent to 3.5, much higher than Pochettino. The fans love Tenhag for the simple reason he studied with Guardiola. In addition, in the past few years in Ajax, he has led this traditional Dutch league giants to play beautiful football, not only in the domestic only slot, but also in the Champions League. Look at Ajax's performance this season, scoring 69 goals in 22 rounds and conceding only 5 goals in the 22nd round of the Dutch League, and winning all 6 rounds of the Champions League group stage. Play well and win the championship, who doesn't like such a manager?
Conte and Rogers are both 6/1 at odds, tied for 3rd place. Courtney? To be honest, this probability is almost zero. Before Solskjaer's departure, Conte was once seen as the number one favourite for New Manchester United's manager, but United would rather have a transitional manager than consider Conte. After the end of the season, there are more choices, how can the United executives eat back grass?
Rodgers is also a regular on United's roster of new managers. Leicester City's performance this season has certainly not met the expectations of the top, and Rodgers may be dismissed, but from the perspective of odds, he can only be an alternative after Pochettino and Tenhag.
5th to 10th places were Simeone 14/1, Lonnick 14/1, Mancini 14/1, Ruben Amorim 18/1, Rooney 18/1 and Zidane 18/1. The odds of these coaches are on par with Lonnick, or even lower, and they can basically be said to be making up the numbers.