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Amorim is fighting for his future in Manchester (Picture: CameraSport via Getty Images)
Ruben Amorim could have just three games to save his Manchester United job before the club turn to a replacement.
Defeat to Manchester City extended a rotten record with the Portuguese coach winning just eight of the 31 Premier League games he has been in charge of since arriving to replace Erik ten Hag 10 months ago.
For now, Amorim retains the backing of the board who believe the dire situation at Old Trafford can still be rectified.
But United’s next three games could decide his fate. They host Chelsea at Old Trafford on Saturday evening before heading to Brentford on 27 September.
United then host newly-promoted Sunderland on 4 October before the international break.
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United take on arch-rivals Liverpool in their first game after the break and if there is not a major improvement in results before then, the club’s hierarchy will be under huge pressure to make a change before that trip to Anfield, the Mirror report.
Early candidates with the bookmakers’ to replace Amoirm were United to pull the trigger are Oliver Glasner, Gareth Southgate, Mauricio Pochettino, Zinedine Zidane, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Nuno Espirito Santo, Xavi and Andoni Iraola.
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Glasner guided Palace to the FA Cup (Picture: Getty Images)
Crystal Palace boss Glasner has one year left on his contract in south east London and recently denied threatening to walk out of the club over Marc Guehi’s proposed move to Liverpool on transfer deadline day.
Southgate, who has not returned to management since stepping down as England boss in 2022, has long been linked with the role as has Pochettino, who is currently charged of the men’s USA national team.
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Oliver Glasner 7/2
Gareth Southgate 5/1
Mauricio Pochettino 15/2
Zinedine Zidane 15/2
Ole Gunnar Solskjær 15/2
Nuno Espirito Santo 15/2
Unai Emery 9/1
Xavi 9/1
Julian Nagelsmann 11/1
Marco Silva 12/1
Andoni Iraola 12/1
Kieran McKenna 16/1
Jose Mourinho 16/1
Roberto De Zerbi 16/1
Eddie Howe 16/1
Brendan Rodgers 18/1
Carlo Ancelotti 25/1
Darren Fletcher 50/1
Jurgen Klopp 66/1
Roy Keane 66/1 Gary Neville 100/1
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Zidane meanwhile is being lined up as the next France manager with Xavi another free agent having stepped down as Barcelona boss last year.
Solskjaer was appointed caretaker United boss in 2019 after Jose Mourinho’s dismissal, awarded the full-time job the following year and remaining at the held until November 2021.
He is another option who would be available immediately after he was sacked by Turkish side Besiktas this month with Santo also on the lookout for his next job after Nottingham Forest axed him .
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Iraola has established himself as one of the Premier League’s best young coaches at Bournemouth with his current deal set to expire next year.
Latest reports suggest the Cherries plan to accelerate talks with the Spaniard to tie him down to a new contract.
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