Thomas Tuchel snubs Man Utd after talks with Sir Jim Ratcliffe as Erik ten Hag’s future thrown into further chaos
THOMAS TUCHEL has snubbed Manchester United after having talks with Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
The German was one of the club’s targets to replace Erik ten Hag in the dugout.
Ten Hag, 54, still has an uncertain future at Old Trafford after a poor season ended with victory in the FA Cup.
Executives at the club have been conducting a review of the season before making any public announcement on their manager.
The Red Devils slumped to their worst Premier League finish and an early exit in the Champions League.
SunSport understands that Sir Jim Ratcliffe held multiple meetings with Tuchel in which the job at Manchester United was discussed.
However, the former Chelsea and Bayern Munich boss had rejected the chance to take over.
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It's starting to look like Sir Jim Ratcliffe doesn't know what he's doing
By Neil Custis
SIR JIM RATCLIFFE looked more than a little shame-faced when he headed into Manchester United’s dressing room to congratulate his FA Cup winners.
The plan had already been hatched ahead of Saturday’s 2-1 win over Manchester City . . . and this was all rather awkward.
It was a stunning performance from Ten Hag’s troops and United’s triumph over a team widely regarded as the best in the world will live long in the memory.
It was also a personal triumph for the unassuming guy who had arrived at Old Trafford full of life and ideas to make United better — which in many ways he has.
Having been dealt a dreadful hand with injuries in his second season, he tried to explain to Ratcliffe and his team just how much this has affected performances.
But it seems Sir Jim hasn’t listened. Nor has he taken notice of the way Ten Hag has carefully brought Saturday’s scorers Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo into the first team — with spectacular results.
Ratcliffe has fired out emails criticising the state of an office, called the club museum ‘crap’ and withdrew travel and lunch benefits for United staff on FA Cup final day to cut costs.
There is early proof the new men overseeing United’s football department do not know what they are doing, not least in the way they deal with people . . . including the most important one of all — the manager.
Ratcliffe and his team seem to have spoken to anyone able to set up Subbuteo.
And everyone they have spoken to believes they have got the job.