Graham Potter to Man United as a substitute of Thomas Tuchel? (Picture by Catherine Ivill, Ryan Pierse/Getty Pictures)
Manchester United are reportedly now switching their consideration to Graham Potter as a possible possibility to switch Erik ten Hag after at the moment’s information that Thomas Tuchel has been confirmed as England’s new supervisor.
Potter is one other former Chelsea supervisor who has been and not using a membership for a while, and it appears he’s now alongside Newcastle United’s Eddie Howe as a critical candidate for the Pink Devils in the event that they determine to axe Ten Hag, in keeping with a report from Staff Discuss.
A report from the Occasions additionally acknowledged that Man Utd had approached Tuchel over the job, expressing to the German tactician that he’d be their most popular candidate to switch Ten Hag, although on the time of writing it appears the Dutchman is not any nearer to shedding his job at Previous Trafford.
Tuchel maybe didn’t wish to wait round for United to sack Ten Hag and make that change, and that now means MUFC have to have a look at different choices.
May Graham Potter be a good Thomas Tuchel different for Man United?
Potter did vastly spectacular work as Brighton supervisor just a few years in the past, however he had a little bit of a nightmare spell answerable for Chelsea and he hasn’t been again in soccer administration since then.
In some ways, it appears to be like like it might be a little bit of a danger for United to go along with Potter subsequent, however on the similar time it appears fairly clear that change is required after a fairly dire spell underneath Ten Hag.
Tuchel most likely would’ve been the higher alternative for United, however Potter additionally absolutely has what it takes to be a high supervisor and maybe deserves one other shot at a giant job like this.
Potter was really the supervisor who changed Tuchel at Chelsea – a call most Blues followers most likely nonetheless aren’t too joyful about, whereas they’ve since had Mauricio Pochettino and Enzo Maresca in cost.