When you need any evidence as to how close Ruben Amorim is to leaving Manchester United, his list of replacements is already being drawn up.
While talkSPORT understands the Portuguese isn’t prone to get sacked any time soon, even after utter humiliation against Grimsby, fans of the club have very different ideas.
Callers have been blasting their fury down the talkSPORT phonelines following the historic loss against the fourth-tier side within the second round of the Carabao Cup.
And it’s not only a case of ‘this guy must go’, but plenty are explaining who could do higher, and why.
Amorim is currently the joint favourite as the subsequent Premier League manager to be sacked at 2/1 with talkSPORT BET.
And even he has hinted that it might not be all the way down to the club, saying at his most up-to-date press conference: “Sometimes I need to quit, sometimes I need to be here for 20 years.”
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Nonetheless things transpire over the approaching weeks, the cold hard facts are that the two-time Primeira Liga has only made the club worse since replacing the unpopular Erik ten Hag in November last yr.
A worst-ever Premier League finish last season was topped off by a Europa League final defeat to Tottenham, and despite heavy backing in the summertime window, things look to have began in the identical vein with two defeats and a draw.
Stubbornness has been the important thing word from Amorim’s profession, even during his Sporting successes and that’s why caller Carl sees one Premier League rival at the one answer.
Eddie Howe – 20/1
“I believe there’s just one manager. If Amorim’s going to go – and I believe he’ll because managers don’t get better from this type of situation – I believe we’ll just need to break the bank and get Eddie Howe,” Carl said.
“He’s got Premier League experience, he’s done a improbable job at Newcastle.”
Questioned as to why Howe would depart his Champions League side for Old Trafford, Carl responded: “It’s United. Benjamin Sesko picked us over Newcastle.
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“You think that he’s going to say no? With [Alexander] Isak on his way?They’re not going to get Champions League next season, they’re not going to get top five.
“They keep losing their best players and so they’ve hit the ceiling, unless the foundations change.
“Under Eddie Howe Man United would win the league, inside five years, it took Jurgen Klopp five years at Liverpool.”
But what about someone who knows the club and is currently available after being sacked by Besiktas?
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Caller Mike claimed: “I’d have Ole back. Just look what he did against Man City, he had Pep Guardiola’s number, he beat Pep more times than anyone else has.
“He got us top three, top two, consistently, whenever you think where we’ve been the last couple of years. Take a look at what he did against Guardiola, take a look at what he did against PSG, take a look at his record.
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“He played a system we could all understand and he won football matches, he beat Liverpool, he beat Man City.”
Yet within the short term, talkSPORT hosts think one other out-of-work manager could also be a greater fit to avoid wasting the season.
Sean Dyche
“Sean Dyche is a greater manager than Solskjaer,” ex-Chelsea defender Jason Cundy said.
Arsenal legend Ray Parlour agreed, saying: “Dyche isn’t a foul shout, he knows find out how to organise teams.”
While Breakfast host Alan Brazil responded: “If Sean was to get the United job you’d immediately have fans saying, ‘Oh god negative football not the United way,’ I guarantee it.”
Parlour answered “You’ll, but he’d get them organised, everybody would know their positions.
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“Everybody would know what their job is and whether he can get the perfect out of the players that’s an important thing.”
Brazil has other ideas though…
Brendan Rodgers – 16/1
“Is it too big a job for Brendan Rodgers?” the Celtic fan asked, only to have it put to him the previous Liverpool and Leicester manager wouldn’t want to depart Glasgow.
“He might do, he’s been very upset because there was no investment before the Champions League,” Brazil responded.
“Nevertheless it’s a very different game down here, the cash they’ll spend, the players they’ll get in. Scottish football is buying second rate players.”
And what concerning the former players themselves? Well ex-Red Devil Ben Foster has some thoughts.
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Gareth Southgate – 4/1
“I do feel like they’ve got to go a distinct way and even when it’s someone like Southgate,” he told talkSPORT of the previous England manager.
“Just give it a go, someone that’s going to alter the mentality of the players and take a more pragmatic approach because what they’ve been doing just isn’t working.”
Southgate is currently the joint-favourite as next everlasting Man United, with the opposite candidate, an FA Cup winner brought up by one other listener.
Oliver Glasner – 4/1
Caller Roy said: “It’s abysmal, Amorim totally out of his depth, he’s been here for a yr now.
“So far as I’m concerned we want someone like Glasner from Palace.
“You could have to go for somebody like Glasner because you’ll be able to not see an inch of headway since Amorim turned as much as the club, you can not see anything, he won’t change his system for anything, he won’t adapt.”
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