Gary Neville has warned Sir Jim Ratcliffe over replacing Erik ten Hag as Manchester United manager.
United face a real battle to end the season in the Champions League places after a difficult second season under Ten Hag.
Victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup prior to the international break has injected fresh belief United can end the season on high as doubts over the manager’s future linger.
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Ratcliffe is not believed to have made a decision as to whether Ten Hag will remain as manager past the summer.
The INEOS chief is reportedly a huge fan of England manager Gareth Southgate and believes the ex-Middlesbrough boss is the right man to lead the team after receiving glowing recommendations from United legends.
News of interest in Southgate did not go down well with United supporters and Neville agrees that it would be ‘bad fit’ if he replaced the current boss as well as two other names that have been linked with the post.
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“As well as Gareth has done with England, I’ve never seen that as a fit with Man United,” he told The Overlap.
“I don’t see Graham Potter as a fit and that’s been a strong rumour too. I don’t see the fit between Gary O’Neil and United.
“Instinctively as a fan you hear a name and you feel it or you don’t feel it. It’s not a feeling I’ve had. I’ve not woke up and thought they look like a Manchester United manager.”
Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Barcelona will all be searching for a new manager at the end of the season and Neville believes the lack of world-class talent available means they should stick with Ten Hag.
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He added: “I would like to see him stay in the sense that I’m not quite sure at the moment who else is out there.
“If Jurgen Klopp was on the market or you could get a world-class manager in, it might be different but when you look at the options, we could end up with someone who isn’t as good as Erik ten Hag and hasn’t got his pedigree.
“Ten Hag also has two years’ of experience at Old Trafford now. The fact he’s had that good first season and then a difficult one means he should be better for it.
“So for me I don’t like the idea of him leaving and United bringing in the kind of names that have been suggested. That doesn’t feel right.
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“I would rather stick with Erik ten Hag and believe in him. If he has another season like this he obviously won’t still be there but we could still win the FA Cup and we could sneak into the Champions League.”
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