Next Manchester United Manager Odds: Glasner, Southgate in running to replace Amorim
Will Jackson 
Ruben Amorim is under mounting pressure for his job at Manchester United after a miserable spell since joining the club last year.
Sunday's 3-0 defeat to Manchester City was the latest in a long line of disappointing results, and the best betting sites have Oliver Glasner and Gareth Southgate as favourites to replace the current Old Trafford boss.
Here is the Free Bets guide to the leading names in the race for the Manchester United job.
Next Manchester United Manager Odds
| Manager | Odds |
| Oliver Glasner | 4/1 |
| Gareth Southgate | 4/1 |
| Xavi | 5/1 |
| Michael Carrick | 6/1 |
| Nuno Espirito Santo | 7/1 |
Oliver Glasner
Glasner has been an undoubted success since arriving at Crystal Palace 18 months ago.
The FA Cup win last season was the icing on the cake and with Glasner yet to sign an extension to the contract that expires at the end of the season, it would seem he knows he has taken the Eagles as far as he can.
Given the tension around selling Eberechi Eze and nearly letting Marc Guehi go to Liverpool in the summer, an approach from Manchester United could be the perfect way out for all parties.
He is proven at Premier League level with a win record of almost 50%, but he is yet to manage at what would be deemed a 'big club' in Europe and that could count against him at somewhere like Old Trafford.
Gareth Southgate
Southgate might not be the most exciting name on the list, but it could actually make a lot more sense than it seems at first.
His record at England was excellent - even if he failed to deliver on the big occasions and ultimately came up short in his brief - but his previous attempt at club management did not go well, and it is unclear how desperate he is to return to the dugout full stop.
However where he really excelled with England was at creating a positive culture not just within the team, but within the entire association, and it feels as though Manchester United could do with a bit more of a political figure at times rather than a football coach.
However, with the new hierarchy at Old Trafford a lot of that pressure should be taken off whoever replaces Amorim when the time comes and they should be able to focus on football matters, and that is where Southgate falls down.
His name has long been linked with the Manchester United job, but that was before Dan Ashworth - a close confidant - left the club after a short period.
Xavi
This is probably the name that sticks out most on this list, given Xavi's glittering playing career and brief foray into management.
Manchester United has increasingly become a club that is obsessed with big names and glamour, rather than sensible and pragmatic, and that's why Xavi would be a big hit with the fanbase.
He does have some credibility, winning LaLiga in 2022/23 during a three-year spell as Barcelona manager, but if there were any hopes that he would follow in Pep Guardiola's footsteps, that was ended by his sacking at the end of the 2024 season.
What he did do was continue the Barcelona tradition of bringing through youth players from La Masia, and given that youth and the academy is such a big part of Manchester United's heritage, that is a big tick in his box.
Michael Carrick
Carrick did a decent job as caretaker manager after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer left the club in 2021, but is he really a candidate to take on the job full-time?
His time at Middlesbrough hinted at a promising young coach who could play progressive football, but it did not quite translate into the results Boro expected and after three failed attempts at promotion, he was sacked in the summer.
Carrick follows a familiar trend of former Sir Alex Ferguson players going into management and being linked with ending up at Old Trafford, but it looks like it will come far too soon for him this time.
Another backroom appointment could be an easy win for the next manager in charge, or we could even see him on an interim basis in the future, but he has a lot to prove if he wants the big job on a permanent basis.
Nuno Espirito Santo
After his departure from Nottingham Forest, Nuno is going to be linked with just about every job going this year.
Stylistically, it just wouldn't work out at Old Trafford, with Nuno a more pragmatic manager than someone who is likely to end up in the hot seat.
Of course he has his positives; he revived a struggling bottom-half club of former glories back to European football - does that sound familiar?
He struggled at Tottenham though, with his style of play not deemed appropriate for a side expected to dominate and win matches, and you can only see those same issues coming back if he were parachuted into Old Trafford.
