Manchester United have placed three former Chelsea managers on their shortlist to switch Ruben Amorim.
United sacked Amorim last week after the Portuguese’s underwhelming 14-month spell in charge.
Amorim arrived at Old Trafford as one of the vital highly-rated coaches on the earth and a two-time title winner in Portugal.
Much was expected of Amorim’s Red Devils but they slumped to a Fifteenth-place finish last season and lost a low-quality Europa League final to Premier League rivals Tottenham.
There was signs of improvement this season but United have still flattered to deceive within the Premier League and suffered an embarrassing Carabao Cup defeat to Grimsby Town earlier within the campaign.
Manchester United are hoping to appoint a caretaker manager to switch Amorim on a short-term basis next week, with current interim boss Darren Fletcher among the many frontrunners to land the gig.
That person will take the reins until the summer when United will appoint Amorim’s everlasting substitute.
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England manager and ex-Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel and Crystal Palace’s Oliver Glasner are two of the leading candidates for the Old Trafford job.
But, based on the Each day Mirror, United have also placed two more former Chelsea managers – Carlo Ancelotti and Mauricio Pochettino – on their shortlist to switch Amorim.
Tuchel led Chelsea to the Champions League trophy during his two-year spell at Stamford Bridge and is contracted to England until the tip of this summer’s World Cup.
Pochettino enjoyed less success during his Chelsea reign, agreeing to depart west London after only one season before landing his first job in international football as USA manager.
The 53-year-old, who enjoyed the very best spell of his managerial profession at Tottenham, is hardly convincing within the role as USA boss, nonetheless, and is widely expected to maneuver on after the World Cup.
Ancelotti, one in every of the best managers of all time, was at Chelsea between 2009 and 2011, lifting the Premier League and FA Cup trophies in that point.
Like Tuchel and Pochettino, Ancelotti can also be a world boss, having been in control of Brazil since May 2025.
Manchester United legend Gary Neville recently named Ancelotti because the ‘outstanding’ candidate for the job.
‘The outstanding candidate for me can be Carlo Ancelotti, even when it could mean potentially delaying his arrival until late July if Brazil reached the World Cup final,’ Neville told The Overlap.
‘No-one comes as near fulfilling the whole lot laid out above than he does. Sarcastically the club met with Carlo shortly before his retirement in 2013 and we could have short circuited this whole process and commenced with him firstly of the cycle.
‘But by that stage he was near agreeing to joining Real Madrid for his first spell in charge and so what may need been an ideal appointment never happened.
‘After Ancelotti, the following two on my short list can be Thomas Tuchel and Eddie Howe, Roy Keane’s suggestion and one in every of the names suggested by Ashworth in 2024.
‘Again, these are two candidates who know the Premier League inside out and who each have Champions League experience. Howe now has a serious trophy as well.
‘Obviously Tuchel edges it by way of experience and the standard of the trophies he has won, with Champions League, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 his biggest achievements.
‘He also reached a Champions League final with PSG. He may need played a back three at times but he’s sufficiently adaptable to suit the United DNA and plays with a back 4 with England.
‘What is for certain is that regardless of the issues, nonetheless dysfunctional the club has been previously and nonetheless tricky the duty seems, any manager can be excited to take that decision from United.
‘United stays a large football institution, albeit failing on the pitch at present. But at some stage, the tanker will start turning and glory will return to Old Trafford.
‘But much is determined by what happens in the following few months and this momentous decision.’
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