{"id":549344,"date":"2026-04-25T02:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/549344\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T02:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:47:10","slug":"man-utd-boost-as-manager-has-chelsea-reservations-with-amorim-tipped-to-take-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/549344\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd boost as manager has Chelsea &#8216;reservations&#8217; with Amorim tipped to take over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top Chelsea target Julian Nagelsmann would have \u2018reservations\u2019 about moving to Stamford Bridge in a potential boost for Man Utd, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/chelsea\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> are on the lookout for a new manager after the Blues sacked Liam Rosenior just a few months into the job.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have already appointed Michael Carrick as their interim head coach until the end of the season with the former England midfielder firmly in the frame to get the job on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea, meanwhile, appointed Calum McFarlane as interim boss immediately after taking the decision to fire Rosenior, following seven losses in their last eight matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Germany head coach Nagelsmann is one of the best managers who could become available after the World Cup with both Man Utd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/chelsea-dream-appointment-revealed-fascinating-option-plan-b-target-free-go\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">and Chelsea linked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-next-manager-search-carrick-nagelsmann-two\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nagelsmann has emerged as the top target at Old Trafford<\/a> if Man Utd eventually don\u2019t decide to give the permanent position to Carrick, who looks increasingly likely to land the gig after winning eight of his first 12 matches in charge.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-rosenior-fever-dream-chelsea-blueco-nightmare\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Rosenior a fever dream but Chelsea remain in the BlueCo nightmare<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And former Man Utd chief scout \u2013 who is still well-connected in the Premier League \u2013 insists that Nagelsmann has \u201cgot reservations about taking the job\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/julian-nagelsmann-man-united-handed-new-boost-as-chelsea-pursuit-hits-stumbling-block\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown told Football Insider<\/a>: \u201cBlueCo will move on to their fifth manager since they\u2019ve taken over, which is staggering really.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been long-term interest in Julian Nagelsmann, the Germany coach, but I hear he\u2019s got reservations about taking the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd again, I don\u2019t think Chelsea will be willing to wait until after the World Cup to bring in a new manager, they want to do it quickly.<\/p>\n<p>MEDIAWATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/carrick-one-word-dig-amorim-fernandes-manchester-united-truth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The truth behind Carrick\u2019s one-word Manchester United \u2018dig\u2019 at Amorim over Fernandes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019ll be a number of candidates that the club are going to look at and evaluate, because they need to get this managerial appointment right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can\u2019t keep chopping and changing managers because it\u2019ll just mean they keep falling behind their big rivals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim would be a \u201cgood fit\u201d for Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Former Crystal Palace midfielder Jason Puncheon reckons former Man Utd head coach Amorim would be a \u201cgood fit\u201d to take over from Rosenior as Chelsea boss.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/man-utd-ruben-amorim-iraola-37065059\" target=\"_blank\">Puncheon told the Daily Mirror<\/a>: \u201cI think it\u2019s a good fit. I\u2019ve said this to people off the record before.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/feature-man-utd-125m-signing-rashford-u-turn-five-anti-ineos-summer-deals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a3125m Man Utd signing among five anti-INEOS deals which old regime would sanction this summer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason being is he went to Sporting, brought that team up out of nowhere, rebuilt himself and did well. I think, when he went to\u00a0Manchester United, it\u2019s a different pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re trying to change a team into 3-4-3. That takes time. At Manchester United, you don\u2019t have time. I think at\u00a0Crystal Palace, he\u2019s going to have that time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK, he\u2019s going to be coming off a bit of a downward spiral, as they say, from Manchester United. But it\u2019s still Ruben Amorim. What he\u2019s done successfully at Lisbon, and he\u2019s coached Manchester United, so he does have credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MAILBOX: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/rosenior-red-herring-chelsea-arsenal-cheats-bottling\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rosenior \u2018red herring\u2019 raised while Arsenal \u2018cheats\u2019 engage in \u2018beautiful\u2019 bottling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top Chelsea target Julian Nagelsmann would have \u2018reservations\u2019 about moving to Stamford Bridge in a potential boost for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[219,218,348,111321,349,50,221,451,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-549344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-chelsea","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-julian-nagelsmann","12":"tag-manchester-united","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-premier-league","15":"tag-ruben-amorim","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}