man united football news:Dyche tipped to replace Amorim

Manchester United have a chance to capitalise on their momentum by grabbing a second consecutive win in their derby clash against rivals Manchester City this weekend.

Ruben Amorim’s men went into the international break with a hard-earned 3-2 win at home to Burnley but now face a tough test away at the Etihad – though Pep Guardiola’s men have shown they have vulnerabilities too.

City have lost two of their first three games this season and are under pressure going into this game, which they cannot afford to lose if they want to keep pace with the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool.

United won this fixture 2-1 away from home last season – which was his second victory against Guardiola in 2024-25 – so Amorim will be fairly confident of getting a result.

Amorim will certainly be under pressure if he continues to pick up poor results this season, with some pundits claiming he should be axed after guiding the team to a 15th placed finish last season.

United only have one win under the Portuguese boss in 2025-26 and the club’s higher-ups will be expecting him to bring in more positive results in due course.

Should Amorim be sacked in the future, there would be a number of top managers linked with the role – including ex-Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane, who has constantly been rumoured to be a contender in recent years.

But former Burnley, Southampton and QPR star Charlie Austin has offered a more left-field option and tipped his ex-Clarets boss Sean Dyche for the role. He said that Zidane would be his No 1 pick, but if he was not available he’d appoint Dyche because he would give the team “structure”.

“I think he’s got to go, if it’s my decision, I’m going after Zinedine Zidane,” he said. “Ultimately, there are a different set of managers that you’ve got to be looking at, because the situation Manchester United are in, I would take Zidane but is he the right man for the job and how we see them, probably not.

“In my honest opinion, you have to look at the job Sean Dyche did at Burnley, what he did at Everton,” Austin added. “For me, he stabilised the club, at least he’s going to put structure in there.

“Zidane is the top of the tree for me, but what the club needs now is structure because that is something they do not have. I know Manchester United fans will look at me saying, ‘he said Sean Dyche’, no, they need structure [and] that is a man who will come in and make the team a lot better than what we are all seeing.”