MANCHESTER UNITED will sack Erik ten Hag after the FA Cup final – even if he WINS.
The club has already drawn up a four-man shortlist to replace the Dutchman.
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GettyMauricio Pochettino is one name on the club’s shortlist[/caption]
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The Red Devils take on Manchester City at Wembley Stadium tomorrow afternoon.
Ten Hag, 54, seems to have run out of time at the club as he will be axed by the club regardless of the result.
SunSport exclusively revealed that this was the case last month and now the Guardian have told how the Dutchman’s fate is sealed.
He will leave Old Trafford whether or not he wins the final against the cross-city rivals.
Kieran McKenna and Mauricio Pochettino have been touted as potential replacements.
McKenna has achieved great success in his short managerial career.
He has led Ipswich Town to the Premier League after back-to-back promotions from League One.
Pochettino, however, is a free agent after leaving Chelsea following the end of the season.
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Thomas Tuchel is also on the shortlist as the German has walked out of Bayern Munich following their first trophyless season since 2012.
The fourth name on the list is Brentford coach Thomas Frank.
The Dane has built up a good reputation due to his work at the Bees as he has cemented the team in England’s top flight.
Ten Hag had been linked with a quick return to management at Bayern.
But Vincent Kompany appears to be the top candidate at the Allianz Arena.
THE RISE AND RISE OF McKENNA
Few managers have risen so dramatically as Kieran McKenna.
But then few were tipped for coaching success so young.
London-born McKenna, now 38, retired as a player aged just 22 due to a chronic hip injury.
He’d begun with Northern Irish sides Enniskillen Town United and Ballinamallard United before joining Tottenham in 2002.
But by the time he was forced to quit seven years later, he’d failed to make a single senior appearance.
However, after graduating from Loughborough University, Spurs appointed him Head of Academy Performance Analysis.
It was then, in two years guiding Manchester United Under-18 where his reputation soared fastest.
Having won the Premier League Northern Division title, McKenna was promoted all the way up to Jose Mourinho’s assistant in 2018, remaining high up in the backroom under Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Ralf Rangnick.
Ipswich took the plunge on him in 2021.
And after an impressive half-season in League One, he took the Tractor Boys up in his first full campaign – repeating the feat this term to restore the club’s long-lost top-flight status.
Now, one way or another, McKenna is poised for his greatest challenge in management – either keeping Ipswich up or moving to a major club.
More to follow…
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