Roy Keane has named Eddie Howe as his favorite to be Manchester United’s next manager, insisting his temperament will be a plus at Old Trafford.
Roy Keane believes Eddie Howe should be Manchester United’s next manager, insisting his calmness will serve as “a little bit of something” for the club.
The Red Devils have been the talk of the football world this week after sacking Ruben Amorim on Monday morning. Their succession plan sees them hand over the reins as caretaker manager to Darren Fletcher, with an interim appointment until the end of the season looming.
Then they end up chasing another permanent boss with multiple names. Howe also became one of those players after his impressive spell at Newcastle.
He took charge when the club was in the relegation zone, but transformed the club into a Champions League team with the help of Saudi investment. Keene believes his experience and temperament make him the perfect person to take over.
The Irishman told Sky Sports: “I like his job. He manages a lot of games and when the team is playing good football, he plays good football. I know he has his detractors, but I like what he’s done at Newcastle and even at Bournemouth. He’s managed 700, 800 games. I like his calmness. I think Man United need that sometimes.”
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“I like emotional people. I’m quite an emotional person, but his calmness, what he did for Newcastle. He got them into the Champions League and won the cup. I want to see him go there.”
Mr Howe emphasized his commitment to the St James’s Park project and did his best to distance himself from work. Asked if he would ever be tempted to do another gig anyway, he said: “No, not at the moment.
“The most important thing for me is happiness in the role, happiness in the job and relationships with the people around me. Now it’s not always good and things can change in any football club. But at the moment I’m very happy.”
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who played alongside Keane at Old Trafford, is the frontrunner to become the club’s interim manager. This is his second term after a previous term of almost three years. He has had his critics throughout, and while Keane believes he can do the job until the end of the season, he is less sure about the long term.
He said: “Do I think that’s the right answer or the wrong answer – I don’t know. But if it’s until the end of the season, I think Ole will be fine until the end of the season. I think Ole will be the manager for the next four or five seasons and make Man United competitive again, but probably not.”
Sir Jim Ratcliffe is under pressure to make the right decisions after several big decisions that ultimately go against him. He stood by Erik ten Hag when he took over the club, handing him a new contract, but sacking him soon after. Amorim was their first employer, but it lasted less than 14 months before he was fired.
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