United urged to appoint former players to steady club after Amorim exit

Goal says Manchester United should look to former players Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Darren Fletcher and Michael Carrick to help steady the club after Ruben Amorim was sacked. The piece argues Amorim sought full control, clashed with director of football Jason Wilcox over changing his system and felt undermined when he did not have the final say on transfers.

It cites Marcel Reif reporting that Thomas Tuchel had been deterred by a similar lack of transfer control, notes Erik ten Hag previously had a veto on transfers, and warns that INEOS' hands-on approach to running football operations could repel elite candidates. The article also says Fletcher, the Under-18s coach, will take charge of the first team against Burnley on Wednesday and has been at the club in various roles since October 2020 after a 13-year playing career.

Support for insiders is framed both around culture and cost: Solskjaer is credited with lifting the mood at Old Trafford — winning 14 of his first 17 matches, securing back-to-back top-four finishes in his two full seasons and reaching a Europa League final and three domestic cup semi-finals — and former staff would reportedly be more willing to work with figures such as Wilcox and director of recruitment Christopher Vivell.

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