00:00Manchester United have sacked Ruben Amorim, and the numbers prove it.
00:15This was the worst chapter of the post-Ferguson era.
00:19Ruben Amorim leaves Old Trafford with a shocking win rate of just 36.92%.
00:25That's the lowest of any Manchester United manager since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.
00:31Across all competitions, his team struggled, failing to build momentum,
00:37failing to deliver consistency, and worst of all, failing to win.
00:42Compare that to the other managers United have had since Ferguson.
00:46Jose Mourinho, 58.33%, Eric Ten Hag, 54.69%, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, 54.17%, David Moyes, 52.94%,
01:01Louis van Gaal, 52.43%, and then Ruben Amorim, way down at 36.92%.
01:10It's not even close.
01:12His 14-month spell included one of United's worst Premier League seasons of the modern era,
01:19finishing 15th last campaign.
01:22Fans were divided, performances were inconsistent, and pressure kept building until the end finally came.
01:31Darren Fletcher now steps in as interim manager, as Manchester United begin yet another reset.
01:38The question now is simple.
01:40Who is likely to take over the reins at Manchester United?
01:43Oliver Glasner is likely to be Manchester United's top target to replace Amorim.
01:49Enzo Maresca.
01:51What a twist this would be.
01:52The Italian talked his way out of the Chelsea job last week, but critics view his hiring as a risk.
01:58It would feel like United had swapped one volatile manager for another.
02:03Sir Gareth Southgate would not be a universally popular choice.
02:08But did a really good job of changing the culture with England and took them to two European finals and the semi-finals of the World Cup.
02:18Julian Nagelsmann, impressed as a young up-and-coming manager at Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig though,
02:26and will want to return to club football at some point.
02:29Mauricio Pochettino has been linked with the job before, and certainly has the pedigree to become a United manager given his CV at Espanyol, Southampton, Tottenham and PSG.
02:42There is also still significant support for Roberto de Zerbi, the former Brighton and Hove Albion head coach, who is in charge of French club Marseille.
02:52There have been suggestions that they might approach their former midfielder Michael Carrick,
02:58who was sacked by Middlesbrough last June after failing to secure promotion back to the Premier League.
03:05Thomas Tuchel, the only way you can see the German taking the job is if Manchester United hold it open for him until after the World Cup in the summer and appoint an interim manager until then.
03:17Eddie Howe, he did a superb job at Bournemouth and has continued at Newcastle United, winning the Carabao Cup last season.
03:26He will almost certainly be of strong interest to the United hierarchy, but can they get him out of Newcastle?
03:33Who is brave enough, or bold enough, to take on one of the toughest jobs in world football?
03:40Because at Manchester United, managers don't just inherit a football team, they inherit a legacy, a burden and a club,
03:48still desperately searching for its identity in the years after Sir Alex Ferguson.
03:53The Amarim era is over, but for Manchester United, the real battle to rebuild, that starts now.
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