Louis Saha feels Zinedine Zidane can have a huge impact at Manchester United
Former Manchester United striker Louis Saha feels Zinedine Zidane is the perfect candidate to replace under-fire manager Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford next season, as quoted by the Mirror.
Manchester United are yet to make a decision on the future of Erik ten Hag as new minority owners INEOS, spearheaded by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, continue to conduct their end-of-the-season review following a poor Premier League campaign.
The Red Devils finished eighth in the Premier League and were eliminated from the Champions League at the group stage. Ten Hag and his boys managed to salvage the season to some extent by winning the FA Cup against Manchester City last month.
Ten Hag finds himself under intense pressure at Old Trafford.
The Dutch tactician had to contend with an unprecedented injury situation over the course of the campaign, which certainly had a damaging impact on his team’s organisation, routines, style of play and results.
While Louis Saha has sympathy for Ten Hag and would love it to work out for him at the club, he would like Manchester United to hire Zinedine Zidane as the Dutchman’s successor if INEOS decide to make a change at the helm in the coming weeks.
“Zidane is the manager I would dream to have at Manchester United for obvious reasons, he would do well and he’s motivated to come back into football and I think it will be difficult for him to stay out for another year,” Saha told OLBG in an exclusive interview.
“So let’s see what happens, but his impact at United would be huge because a lot of players would see him as an inspiration, a motivation to excel and not just accept the standard they are currently at.
Louis Saha feels Zinedine Zidane would be an upgrade on Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Foundation For Sports Integrity)
“They seem to have an approach that just isn’t like something Zidane would have. Too many players at United tend to drop their level and fail to have consistency when you need to have 10 players obsessed about getting them back to the very top to be successful.”
Saha feels that a manager of Zidane’s character and charisma can have a huge impact at Man United, who under INEOS are trying to prepare a strong leadership team behind the scenes in an attempt to mitigate some of the factors that have seen the club fall from grace since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement.
The French tactician has been out of work for three years even since he left Real Madrid for the second time, and while he boasts of an impressive managerial CV, we would want INEOS to stick with Ten Hag for another season.
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