Roberto De Zerbi has emerged as a surprise candidate for the manager’s job at Manchester United should the club decide to sack Erik Ten Hag.
Mail Sport has learned that United sounded out De Zerbi via intermediaries last week in addition to speaking to agents representing Kieran McKenna, Thomas Frank, Thomas Tuchel and Mauricio Pochettino as part of their contingency planning for Ten Hag’s potential departure.
United will conduct a thorough review of the season this week during to determine whether Ten Hag will be permitted to see out the final year of his three-year contract at Old Trafford, with the manager left in the dark over his future when he left Manchester for a short holiday on Sunday.