How Man Utd could line up under Thomas Tuchel

If Manchester United choose to replace Erik ten Hag this summer, they could do a lot worse than bring in Thomas Tuchel.

Tuchel, who will leave Bayern Munich this summer, wants a second crack at life in England and is understood to be keen on the United job, while reports suggest Ten Hag may even be offered the chance to fill his void in Germany.

At United, Tuchel's first decision will be to settle on a formation. He favoured a 3-4-2-1 with Chelsea but turned to a 4-2-3-1 with Bayern, and a four-man defence may be the best bet with a top-heavy United side full of quality in the final third.

Here's how Tuchel could set up at Old Trafford.

Tuchel, like 99% of managers out there, wants a goalkeeper who can play with the ball at their feet, so Andre Onana's position should be safe.

Onana may be asked to keep things a little simpler than he likes to, but there's no reason to believe this link-up wouldn't work out.

Attacking wing-backs were key to Tuchel's success at Chelsea, and while he may not play with traditional wing-backs in Manchester, Tuchel will still want somebody who can fly forwards and get involved as much as possible.

Around Europe, no player has done that better this year than Jeremie Frimpong. The Bayer Leverkusen star is already a reported target for United and there's no way Tuchel would try put an end to that deal.

There's a bit of a defensive clear-out coming at United this summer. Raphael Varane and Jonny Evans could be released, while both Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof could be sold, but Lisandro Martinez will be going nowhere.

Centre-back has been an area of concern for Tuchel at Bayern, but he'll relish the chance to turn Martinez into the sort of player Antonio Rudiger was for him at Chelsea.

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