Gary Neville feels the top four is now out of reach for Manchester United. The Reds legend was critical of Ralf Rangnick's side as they laboured to a 1-1 draw with Leicester City on Saturday.
19.03.2022 - 08:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester United have identified Erik ten Hag as their preferred candidate in the race to become their next permanent manager - but two of the most renowned pundits disagree over who the club should appoint.
After crashing out of the Champions League on Tuesday night, the Old Trafford giants have made progress in their search to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Key figures in the boardroom are, as things stand, favouring Ten Hag, though their final decision has yet to be made.
Mauricio Pochettino is another frontrunner as he continues to come under pressure at Paris Saint-Germain. But there are several candidates out there - as Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher discuss. Here's what the two pundits have said about three of the contenders to take over at United.
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Speaking about the highly-rated Ajax coach after the Dutch side were eliminated from the Champions League on Tuesday night, Carragher told CBS Sports: "I'd go with Ten Hag because I think he's an up and coming manager.
"When you look at Ajax, yes, they are obviously dominant within their league. But what he's done in the Champions League in terms of the first Ajax team that he sort of built and got to the final - then that fell apart.
"Then to create this team, yes it's gone out at the last 16, but if you were judging him as a coach then you'd look at the group stage as well - winning every game and the way they win. It's not just about what trophy a manager has won now, how his team play, how he comes across.
"He's at a club now, Ajax, where you can actually go and take their players or managers - selling clubs and I like the way they play for the manager. I was watching him at the end
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