According to the British "Daily Mail", Ajax boss Tenhag has been interviewed by Manchester United on Monday. The 52-year-old Dutchman has exchanged views with Manchester United, but no agreement has yet been reached between the two sides. Manchester United sources said on Tuesday the club would face some of the list's candidates, including Pochettino, Lopetegui and Luis Henrique. But Chelsea boss Tuchel is no longer on the shortlist and he has no intention of leaving London.
United hope to make a decision before the end of the month to ensure that the new manager can start planning for the new season as soon as possible after the end of the season. Tenghag is the official boss's number one favourite, depending on a number of factors, including his own characteristics, as well as the situation of his competitors.
United remain wary of the tenhag coaching rumours, with club sources insisting that it was football director John Mertav and technical director Darren Fletcher who only identified the final nominee for the new manager earlier this month, with preliminary talks now that formal interviews have just begun. United said there was still a long way to go in the manager selection process and there was no so-called "front-runner" at the moment.
However, Tenhag is also one of United's most accessible managers, and at Ajax he is expected to leave at the end of the season. Ajax president is Manchester United's legendary goalkeeper Van der Sar, who has made it clear that he will not block the manager's departure and that United only need to pay £4 million in compensation.
Of course, United must also pass through Tenhag's agent, Kees Vos, who manipulated Van Persie's transfer from Arsenal to Manchester United 10 years ago and recently poached Perret, the younger brother of Manchester city boss Pepp Guardiola, to his own brokerage firm.
Compared to Tenhag, Tuchel's future depends on who Chelsea's new boss is, and it will certainly take a long time to figure it out, while United hope to get the new manager in office as soon as the season is over.
The same is true for Spain boss Enrique, who wants to lead the team to the World Cup in Qatar and is unlikely to leave before the end of the year. As for Sevilla manager Lopategui, he is more like a runner candidate, and people are not convinced of his coaching ability.
Pochettino has been Tenhag's main contender. However, his odds of coaching Manchester United have improved recently, and his agent believes that Manchester United prefer Tenhag because Uncle Po's relationship with Paris Saint-Germain is intricate and less clear than Ajax's.
France's "Team Newspaper" reported that Paris Saint-Germain hopes to change the coach after the Champions League is out, but if Pochettino is fired, the club needs to pay a compensation of 12.5 million pounds. In addition, the Argentine coaching staff also needs millions of damages. Paris hoped that Pochettino would voluntarily resign, but the latter was certainly not willing to give up the "fat difference" of 9.2 million pounds of annual salary.
Paris Saint-Germain also hopes that Manchester United can poach Pochettino, so that the Red Devils can pay the termination fee, and they do not have to give money to change the coach, but can make a profit. The Red Devils are not stupid, will measure the cost performance of hiring Pochettino, the reason why Solskjaer did not directly invite Uncle Bo when he left class is that he felt that it was too expensive to dig him at that time.
Therefore, Manchester United, Paris Grande and Pochettino are playing a game to see who has more patience, which will also delay the negotiation process between Pochettino and Manchester United, thus helping to promote Tenhag to coach Manchester United.