Xavi has been a big mover in the next Man Utd manager market.
The writing had been on the wall for the Dutchman for some time but Sunday's loss at the London Stadium proved to be the end for Erik ten Hag as Man Utd manager.
Goalscoring woe has proved to be his undoing - only Southampton and Crystal Palace (both six) have scored fewer goals than Utd (eight) in the Premier League this season.
An xG underperformance of -7.69 is the biggest underperformance in England’s top tier according to WhoScored.com - second only to Real Betis in Europe’s top five leagues.
They have scored just 126 league goals since the Dutchman was appointed (10th) despite being able to call upon the likes of Hojlund, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes and Alejandro Garnacho following his 2022 appointment. For context, over the same period, Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah have scored 118 league goals between them.
Ruud van Nistelrooy takes over in the interim as United scramble for a permanent replacement to turn their fortunes around. Following a successful managerial spell at PSV Eindhoven, where he captured the Dutch Cup, van Nistelrooy joined United’s backroom staff in 2024 to support ten Hag.
Is ten Hag's countryman about to be pipped to the top job? Two other foreign managers have been attracting plenty of attention on oddschecker since the announcement.
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Xavi Man Utd Odds
Rumours persist that the Spaniard was approached by Man Utd officials some time ago to take over as manager should ten Hag be sacked.
Out of work since May 2024 after nearly 150 matches as Barcelona manager is the second most popular bet in the next Man Utd manager market today behind Van Nistelrooy. He has now been made favourite by bet365 at 2/1 to Van Nistelrooy's 5/2 having been 50/1 last Tuesday.
Xavi, 44, has taken more than 17% of the bets (Van Nistelrooy 33%), only marginally ahead of the other big mover in the market today...
Nagelsmann Man Utd Odds
Julian Nagelsmann has come in from 50/1 to a best price 8/1 on Sky Bet since the start of today and attracted 16% of the bets through oddschecker.
He is currently the manager of the Germany national team having previously managed Hoffenheim, RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.
At the time of his Hoffenheim appointment in February 2016, Nagelsmann was the youngest coach in Bundesliga history at the age of 28.
