THE EXEMPTION. United, via Ten Hag. There is the Allegri option

Manchester United have sacked 54-year-old Dutch coach Erik Ten Hag (pictured). The defeat, his fourth in nine league games, at West Ham, was fatal for the former Ajax manager. Having arrived at Old Trafford in the summer of 2022, his future at the helm of the Red Devils had been looking more uncertain than ever for weeks, after winning the FA Cup at the expense of City in the final at the end of last season. Former centre-forward Ruud Van Nistelrooy will lead the team immediately as interim coach.

Massimiliano Allegri could then land on the United bench. But for the moment Xavi, free after his experience in his Barcelona, ​​the former Borussia Dortmund player Edin Terzic and Thomas Frank, now at Brentford, seem to have the advantage.