A La Liga veteran and a former Chelsea manager are both in the running to replace Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag, who is under criticism.
On Sunday, United put on a poor performance, losing convincingly to local rivals Manchester City.
A brace from Erling Haaland and a goal from Phil Foden gave Pep Guardiola’s team an easy 3-0 victory.
Ten Hag is now under pressure to achieve greater results at Old Trafford as a result of the result.
Manchester City players celebrate in the dressing room at Old Trafford.Photographer: Jeremy Doku/Snapchat
Former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is the 4/1 favourite to replace Ten Hag, according to Odds Checker (Odds are accurate at the time of writing).
During his tenure as manager, Zidane guided Real Madrid to three consecutive Champions League titles.
Julian Nagelsmann, ex-Bayern Munich and current Germany manager, is the second favourite at 5/1.
Graham Potter, the former Chelsea and Brighton manager, is the third favourite to succeed Ten Hag at 10/1.
In addition to the aforementioned trio, Antonio Conte (16/1), Gareth Southgate (16/1), Diego Simeone (20/1) and Mauricio Pochettino (20/1) are on the list.
United are now in eighth place in the Premier League table, eight points behind fourth-placed Liverpool and 11 points behind leaders Tottenham Hotspur.
Despite the speculation over his future, Ten Hag stated after the game that his players are on the rise.
He said: “The three games before we won, and the spirit is very good, so I think we are on the way up.
“The start was difficult but we are on the way up. I am sure when we have some injured players coming back then our side will be stronger. We have to be patient.”
Ten Hag added: “When you see the first half it is toe-to-toe and just the penalty changes the game, but even then we could have returned in the game with the shot of Scott McTominay just before half-time.
“For chances it was very toe-to-toe and also in the previous games against them in the FA Cup final and January it was very close. So the probability that we could win was there in all the games.”