Howe, Nagelsmann, Conte, Emery and Fabian Hürzeler. Coaches who have been linked to the Manchester United job for the past month. Michael Carrick is still keeping his head above water with the 3-2 win over Roma in the Champions League, but on course for relegation in the Premier League, it doesn’t take many more games with a loss before the United management presses the panic button. Now it is reported that another candidate has been contacted, a real cannon.
Because according to Foot Mercato journalist Santi Aouna, Manchester United have contacted Didier Deschamps.
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The 58-year-old stepped down as national team coach of Les Bleus after the World Cup in the United States, in recent weeks the French football legend has been heavily linked to Juventus, where the pressure on coach Luciano Spalletti is increasing.
Deschamps may be the coach Manchester United need, but according to the French media, the job-seeking coach is in no hurry to get back to work, and is said to be willing to wait until the summer before deciding on the next step in his career.
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Before taking over the French national team in 2012, Deschamps managed Monaco, Juventus and Marseille.
