ETH Gone, But Who's Next?

On January 1st of this year, one of the predictions I made for 2024 was 'Erik ten Hag will not be Manchester United manager by December 31 2024'.

Well, that guess turned out to be accurate when the coach was relieved of his duties yesterday.

I had doubled down on that prediction in August, however.

As you can see, on August 9th, I went so far as to make the bold prediction that Gareth Southgate would be the the United manager by Halloween.

I have a couple of days for this one to play out.

But, I now strongly doubt it won't.

It looks like Ruben Amorim - current manager of the Portuguese side: Sporting - will be the next man to take on the Red Devils job.

Amorim is currently the odds-on fave with the bookies. Gareth Southgate, on the other hand, is in third place behind Ruud van Nistelrooy in the betting.

Van Nistelrooy is the current caretaker boss at United. He was on ETH's coaching staff, but obviously knows the club well from his time as a player.