The general opinion among Manchester United supporters is that Erik ten Hag ought to be fired following the team’s terrible performance against Coventry City on Sunday, which began in the 70th minute.

The boss’s obstinate attitude may ultimately bring about his own demise because the performance and outcomes haven’t been satisfactory and the same issues keep coming up.

Erik Ten Hag’s Manchester United annual wage
Even though United advanced on penalties, the 3-3 draw with Coventry was really the icing on the cake for an abject season; as Red Devils great Roy Keane put it, they “looked like a Championship team.”

In light of this, it is not surprising that whispers about Ten Hag’s possible replacements are starting to circulate. Sir Jim Ratcliffe has great esteem for one manager in particular.

The hunt for a new manager at Man Utd
Germany-based reports state that Man United and Thomas Tuchel have communicated over a job with the team.

Currently serving as manager of Bayern Munich, Tuchel plans to help the German powerhouse win the Champions League.

bundesliga, Bayern Munich, Thomas Tuchel, and
The former Chelsea manager isn’t expected to stay with the team into the summer, according to reports, which will make talks much simpler should United decide to move for him.

Tuchel is highly valued by Ratcliffe, and should Ten Hag decide to split ways with the Premier League team, Tuchel will undoubtedly be considered as a possible successor.

Ten Hag would be inferior than Tuchel.
Man United supporters will be familiar with Tuchel from his Premier League days at Chelsea, where he truly established himself as a master strategist with a winning formula.

The German manager had a great tenure with the Blues, even if he didn’t win the league; instead, he helped the team win the Champions League in 2020–21.

The reason Tuchel is considered a “top manager,” according to former United manager Ralf Rangnick, is his outstanding record in the Champions League, which consists of 40 victories, 10 draws, and 15 losses.

Chelsea vs. Tuchel, Giroud, Premier League
In addition to leading PSG to their first-ever final, he has won 32 of his first 50 games in the dugout of a Champions League match, surpassing Zinedine Zidane’s record of 31 victories from their first 50 games. He is a man built for big moments and appears to have a special affinity with Europe’s top competition. To put it briefly, when it comes to top knockout event football, he is a genius.

The World’s Best Club Coach title was even given to the former Paris Saint-Germain manager, demonstrating the kind of management United may choose this summer.

Ten Hag’s Man Utd against Tuchel’s Bayern

Statistics

Bayern

Man United

triumphs

21

15

Objectives

87

47

Goals given up

37

48

pristine sheets

10

8

shots in a match

19.7

14

Holding

62.6%

50%

Loss of possession during each game

125.7

130.3

Game-specific saves

2.1

3.8

each game’s goal kicks

6.2

8.9

Through Sofascore

As seen above, Tuchel’s Bayern team is simply superior to Manchester United on every front. Earlier this season, in Europe, they proved this by defeating the Red Devils in both of their group games.

Ten Hag seems to just have one strategy and structure, whereas Tuchel has shown over the years that he is tactically adaptable, using a range of systems from a 3-4-3 to the 4-2-3-1 type he utilises now.


This lets the 50-year-old adjust his strategy based on the advantages and disadvantages of the opposition as well as make in-game adjustments—something Ten Hag has been criticised for not doing enough of.

Overall, Tuchel would undoubtedly help Man United and, given his play this season, be an improvement than Ten Hag, whose game is atrociously bad.