'That' Time Again At United: Here are EIGHT candidates if Ten Hag gets the chop

It's that time again at Manchester United.

The dressing room is leaking, the defence is creaking and the fans are weeping. Usually, it only ends in one way: the manager being sacked.

First it was David Moyes, then Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and now Erik ten Hag is fighting to save his job amid a revolt from his own players. 10 defeats in 21 games is a wretched return - their worst start since 1973-74, a season in which the Red Devils were relegated - and despite suggestions that Sir Jim Ratcliffe won't put Ten Hag's position under immediate threat in his review of football operations, there's no doubt minds are beginning to mull over who could be next in the Old Trafford hot seat.

Mirror Football assesses at eight candidates who United could consider if Ten Hag gets the chop.

Much like United, the German national team are in a deep crisis. Naglesmann is the man challenged with turning things around before hosting Euro 2024, a task so crucial to his mandate that when he was appointed in September, he was only handed a contract up until the end of the tournament, meaning that he may well find himself available again next summer.

That offers the Red Devils a chance to line up the 36-year-old, who's already managed Bayern Munich, nicknamed FC Hollywood in Germany, a club who garners far more attention than any other - sound familiar?

Nagelsmann notably supported United as a youngster. Speaking in 2020, ahead of a meeting with United while RB Leipzig boss, he revealed: " I watched a lot of games in the Theatre of Dreams and of Manchester United on television. Now to be part of the stadium will be perfect.

"Bayern Munich versus Manchester United, for example, the final when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored.