Thomas Tuchel to Manchester United? Jamie Carragher advises the same to the Chelsea manager

Jamie Carragher says Manchester United have been presented with ‘the ideal opportunity’ to poach Thomas Tuchel from Chelsea and has encouraged the German to swap Stamford Bridge for Old Trafford. Jamie Carragher insists Manchester United should look to poach Thomas Tuchel from Chelsea after the Blues were plunged into crisis on Thursday with owner Roman Abramovich sanctioned.

“Manchester United have been presented with the ideal opportunity to recruit the manager who should be their number one target: Thomas Tuchel,” Carragher wrote in his Telegraph column.

“Given the events at Chelsea, United’s decision to wait until the end of the season presents them with a choice no-one could have foreseen. One of the best managers in the world – the current FIFA coach of the year – must be top of their list.

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“Tuchel, like everyone else at Stamford Bridge, will have no idea what the future holds at his current club. No one can offer him any assurances about how the squad will look at the start of next season given the club’s sale is on hold.

‘”No manager wants to be working amid such a background of uncertainty. If he gets the chance to leave for a club of United’s stature, he must take it.

“United can offer him the security and backing every top coach craves. Yes, it will seem a predatory move – taking advantage of Chelsea’s crisis – but from United and Tuchel’s perspective the more you consider it, the more of a no-brainer it is.”

Manchester United, currently under interim manager Ralf Rangnick, are out of the top 4 in the Premier League following the embarrassing defeat to Manchester City. It remains to be seen whether the United management approaches the German manager to take over the Reds.

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UK slams Chelsea owner with sanctions

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the UK Government earlier today after it was reported that the 55-year-old has ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This has put a great dent in the long-term and short-term goals of the club, with important players like Cesar Azpilicueta and Antonio Rudiger, set to leave the club.

This puts Chelsea in deep trouble as the Blues are now banned from offering new contracts to players or staff, conducting any official transfer business, selling new tickets to any games for any of their teams, including the women’s team and the junior teams, selling merchandise to fans, no stadium redevelopment, spending over 500,000 pounds on security and stewarding per home match and over 20,000 pounds as expenses in away games.

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