Let me just get this out of the way, I do not want Poch to go. But if in the summer ManU flash their gash at him and causes him to ditch us after recently renewing his (8.5m pa) vows, who do we get?
For me, top of the pile of gettable head coaches would probably be Ajax's Erik Ten Hag. Has worked under Guardiola at Bayern, but is not a pure Guardiola clone, his Ajax team plays good proactive football. He's Ok working within financial restrains, relying on good coaching ethos rather than cheque book management, integrating and developing young players.
It might even be worth considering Peter Bosz, Ten Hag's predecessor at Ajax, currently out of work after a torrid few months at Dortmund, he got Ajax playing great football, getting them to the Europa final where they outplayed ManU and were skanked.
There's some great coaches coming out of the Bundesliga. Nagelsmann would have been high on that list, but he's already agreed to swap Hoffenheim for RB Leipzig in the summer. Hasenhuttl would have been on my list, but may now choose to show some loyalty to Southampton. Favre is another, but again, unlikely to want to leave Dortmund in the summer. Florian Kohfeldt (Bremen) is another very good young coach who might be worth considering.
Don't know loads about him, haven't watched loads of them, but Marco Rose seems to get his Salzburg team playing decent brand of football and punching above their weight in Europe.
France isn't exactly the coaching hotbed than Germany is. Leo Jardim's currently out of work, but as tactically astute as he is, he definitely leans toward the pragmatic. Still worth considering though. Ive been reasonably impressed with what Thiery Laurey has done at Strasbourg. Another coach worth considering (bit left field) is Christophe Pelissier, currently managing Amiens, sitting 17th might not seem great, but he's worked wonders with Amiens (two promotions and kept them up last season) who play some decent football for a club with tiny resources.
I know we frequently get linked with Eddie Howe, and he's a likeable fella who's done a decent job, I just think he's a bit of Roberto Martinez, all good intentions, but ultimately can't teach teams how to combine attacking and defensive discipline. I'd be more interested in David Wagner, whose Huddersfield performed a miracle to get promoted and then survive and his team doesn't always get results their football merits.
And then, there's always Bielsa....
For me, top of the pile of gettable head coaches would probably be Ajax's Erik Ten Hag. Has worked under Guardiola at Bayern, but is not a pure Guardiola clone, his Ajax team plays good proactive football. He's Ok working within financial restrains, relying on good coaching ethos rather than cheque book management, integrating and developing young players.
It might even be worth considering Peter Bosz, Ten Hag's predecessor at Ajax, currently out of work after a torrid few months at Dortmund, he got Ajax playing great football, getting them to the Europa final where they outplayed ManU and were skanked.
There's some great coaches coming out of the Bundesliga. Nagelsmann would have been high on that list, but he's already agreed to swap Hoffenheim for RB Leipzig in the summer. Hasenhuttl would have been on my list, but may now choose to show some loyalty to Southampton. Favre is another, but again, unlikely to want to leave Dortmund in the summer. Florian Kohfeldt (Bremen) is another very good young coach who might be worth considering.
Don't know loads about him, haven't watched loads of them, but Marco Rose seems to get his Salzburg team playing decent brand of football and punching above their weight in Europe.
France isn't exactly the coaching hotbed than Germany is. Leo Jardim's currently out of work, but as tactically astute as he is, he definitely leans toward the pragmatic. Still worth considering though. Ive been reasonably impressed with what Thiery Laurey has done at Strasbourg. Another coach worth considering (bit left field) is Christophe Pelissier, currently managing Amiens, sitting 17th might not seem great, but he's worked wonders with Amiens (two promotions and kept them up last season) who play some decent football for a club with tiny resources.
I know we frequently get linked with Eddie Howe, and he's a likeable fella who's done a decent job, I just think he's a bit of Roberto Martinez, all good intentions, but ultimately can't teach teams how to combine attacking and defensive discipline. I'd be more interested in David Wagner, whose Huddersfield performed a miracle to get promoted and then survive and his team doesn't always get results their football merits.
And then, there's always Bielsa....
