Manchester United have held talks with representatives of six potential managers - but have been left with five options after Kieran McKenna committed to Ipswich.
The former Old Trafford assistant was on a shortlist having just led the Tractor Boys to successive promotion as they ended a 22-year absence from the Premier League. His decision to pen a new deal with Ipswich has left Sir Jim Ratcliffe and co with five potential successors, should they opt to sack Erik ten Hag.
The Dutchman just delivered the FA Cup, but that came as a backdrop to the club's worst ever Premier League season. As a result a decision must be made on whether to stick by Ten Hag - or replace him.
The Telegraph reports the Thomas Tuchel, who recently left Bayern Munich, and England boss Gareth Southgate are options for United. The Three Lions manager has his full focus on the country's Euro 2024 hopes and timescales may scupper any chance of him becoming the next manager at Old Trafford.
Thomas Frank, Mauricio Pochettino, Roberto De Zerbi have also seen their reps have discussions with United bosses. The latter duo are both out of jobs with Pochettino leaving Chelsea by mutual consent after just a year in the role. He was previously linked with the United hotseat.
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Frank meanwhile has helped establish Brentford as a top flight outfit with his methods and personality often landing him praise. Ratcliffe is set for the first major decision of his tenure having made several key changes to the club's hierarchy.
The Ineos chief has refused to back Ten Hag when questioned in the past, but has confessed that the club has not aided manager success, citing the failures of coaches who came before the ex-Ajax boss.
Thomas Tuchel and Mauricio Pochettino are both under consideration (Twitter)He told Bloomberg : "This is not about the manager, if you look at Manchester United in the last 11 years, it's not doing terribly, none of the managers have done terribly well. There's been some really good coaches that have come to Manchester United so you know the conclusion from that has to be that the environment for the coach has not been a successful one because none of them have been successful.
"And, you know, Erik's working in that same environment, so our focus is on how do we change that environment and the structure that provides the environment for the coach."
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