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Jamie Carragher picks up-and-coming manager who Manchester United should hire next

Jamie Carragher

Jamie Carragher says Manchester United’s best option would be to hire Erik ten Hag despite Ajax’s round-of-16 exit in the Champions League.

United interim boss Ralf Rangnick watched the Red Devils dumped out of the Champions League on Tuesday. While boss targets Mauricio Pochettino and Erik ten Hag have also seen their PSG and Ajax teams eliminated.

PSG were dramatically dumped out of the tournament by Real Madrid last week. Despite being 2-0 up on aggregate after an hour of the second leg they were beaten 3-2.

While, Ten Hag’s Ajax dominated Benfica for large spells on Tuesday night and created numerous chances, but were knocked out 3-2 on aggregate after a Darwin Nunez goal.

Both Pochettino and Ten Hag though are two of the favourites to replace Rangnick, who will move into an advisory role in the summer.

When asked whether Ajax’s defeat to Benfica will affect Ten Hag’s chances of getting the United job, Carragher told CBS Sports: “It shouldn’t do. You can’t judge a manager on one game.

“I think it’s damaged Mauricio Pochettino more than the Ajax manager because the team they had. The situation they found themselves in that game and you’re actually looking at his management as one of the reasons why they went out.”

Fellow pundit Micah Richards then asked Carragher who United should appoint.

“I’d go with Ten Hag because I think he’s an up and coming manager,” said Carragher, via the Daily Mail.

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“When you look at Ajax, yes, obviously dominant within their league. But what he’s done in the Champions League in terms of the first Ajax team that he sort of and built and got to the final – that fell apart.

“Then to create this team. Yes it’s gone out at the last 16. But I think if you were judging him on a coach you’d look at the group stage as well – winning every game and the way they win.


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Ten Hag ‘seems a good character’

“It’s not just like what trophy a manager has won now, it’s how his team play, how he comes across.

 

“I think he’s worked with Pep Guardiola. He was at Bayern Munich as the reserve team manager there so he’s got plenty of experience.

“He’s at a club now, Ajax, where you can actually go and take their players or managers – selling clubs.

“I was watching him at the end when the whistle went and I really liked the way he conducted himself. He shook the hand with every official. And he stopped one of his players who was trying to get to the official and was emotional, screaming and shouting.

“He had a nice bit of class about him because you can’t always win.

“If it was me I’d be thinking ‘yeah’ he plays really good football, he seems a good character. He built two teams at Ajax that have done really well. And that’s what Manchester United need – somebody to build a team.”

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