Zinedine Zidane, a former manager of Real Madrid, would be a leading contender for the position of manager of Manchester United in the event that controlling co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe makes the decision to fire the troubled Erik ten Hag.
It has been suggested that Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who is the controlling co-owner of Manchester United, should make a new effort to acquire Zinedine Zidane.
Even though United has gotten off to a terrible start to the season, Ratcliffe has made the decision to continue working with Erik ten Hag, who has been under a lot of pressure. In the first ten games of the season in all competitions, Ten Hag’s team has only managed to win three of those games.
The Dutchman has been put under significant pressure to be fired as a result of this, despite the fact that he was able to survive a meeting of United’s hierarchy the previous week. The fact is, however, that Ratcliffe will undoubtedly be looking for a successor if their bad performance continues.
Zidane, who has guided Real Madrid to two La Liga crowns and three Champions Leagues, is likely to be one of the main contenders for the football manager position. Furthermore, Emmanuel Petit, who was Zidane’s former teammate in France, is of the opinion that in order for Ratcliffe to take leadership, he will be required to provide promises regarding transfers and the security of his job.
It is not quite certain to me that he is also a very good English speaker. It is also very crucial to communicate with one another in the dressing room. “To tell you the truth, I have a little bit of knowledge about Zizou [Zidane], and if he wants to sign with Manchester United, he definitely needs to get guarantees,” Petit said in an interview with the Manchester Evening News.
As of right now, the atmosphere at Manchester United has not been very favorable over the past few years. The consistency of the bench, the caliber of the players, and the expectations of the club are not going to be the same as they were in the past. Although they are no longer playing on the field, United is still a very large club.
In addition, Zizou is extremely conscientious and cautious with regard to the quality of the players and the team. I am not at all sure about the caliber of some of the players on the squad at the moment, when you look at the team as a whole. If he accepts the position at Manchester United, it indicates that he understands how to solve problems.
Ten Hag, on the other hand, is sure that he continues to have the support of United’s senior executives. After the match against Aston Villa, which ended in a scoreless draw, the Dutchman made it quite apparent that he had no uncertainty about his future.
I am in constant communication with them, and right after the game, I have to fulfill my duties, which include interacting with the players, managing the players, and providing answers to your queries. Every week, we communicate, and I would even go so far as to say that we talk every single day,” he stated.
So, certainly, I anticipate that I will have a conversation with them [this week]. We are dissatisfied, and we are aware that we really need to improve. In particular, we need to score more because, at this very time, it is the area after this block of games where we are particularly lacking in terms of scoring.
When it comes to the other aspects, I believe that we are performing pretty well: we have four clean sheets, which is a good indicator of how well we are defending and organizing. In addition, we are performing incredibly well when it comes to defending defensive transitions, which indicates that we are making significant progress in this area.
In addition to being calm and poised, our build-up play is quite good. Aside from today, we are the ones who are providing the opportunities. Now is the time for us to produce more. However, in that particular domain, within the confines of the opponent’s box, we need to be more brutal, more clinical, and more killing, and we need to concentrate on this.
