44-year-old title-winning manager emerges as option for Man United job after Erik Ten Hag decision -Report

44-year-old title-winning manager emerges as option for Man United job after Erik Ten Hag decision -Report

Former Barcelona manager Xavi is reportedly now one of the options to replace Erik ten Hag as Manchester United manager if the club do indeed decide to make a change in the dugout.

Although a decision about Ten Hag has not yet been made, it appears that we may learn anything shortly, possibly following the current international break, according to a report from the Spanish publication Todo Fichajes.

According to the source, Xavi is now a candidate for the Man United position because he is still unemployed following his departure from Barcelona at the end of the last campaign.

Although Xavi’s stint at the Nou Camp wasn’t without setbacks, things appear to be going well under Hansi Flick this season. The former Spain player did lead the team to the La Liga championship in 2022–2023.

Xavi to replace Erik ten Hag at Manchester United?

Things aren’t going well for Ten Hag right now, so it surely makes sense that there are murmurings about the club possibly making a change, and it could well be that Xavi would be an upgrade.

While the Catalan tactician might not be in the same category as other young managers impressing in other jobs at the moment, such as Mikel Arteta and Xabi Alonso, he inherited a difficult situation when he first took over at Barcelona, and initially did well to get the team back on the right track.

Although this didn’t continue in his final season in charge, there’s surely enough there to show that Xavi is a name worth considering for United, who are in as bad or even worse a situation that Xavi first found himself in at Barcelona.

Ten Hag has been pretty lucky to cling on to the United job for as long as he has, though he has, in fairness, delivered silverware at Old Trafford, winning the Carabao Cup in his first season and the FA Cup in his second year