Girona boss Michel Sanchez “instantly rejects” Manchester United – Man United News And Transfer News

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Manchester United have been rejected by Girona boss Míchel Sánchez.

The Red Devils have endured a tough season which saw an embarrassingly early Champions League exit and they sit sixth in the league, well off the Champions League spots with only five league games remaining.

Resultingly, there has been much speculation about the future of current manager, Erik ten Hag.

INEOS recently appointed a new technical director, Jason Wilcox, and one of his first major responsibilities is to carry out an audit on the future of the Dutchman before the new owners make a final decision on him.

As a result, United have been linked to numerous managers such as Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Roberto De Zerbi.

One name that has recently cropped up is that of Michel at Girona. It was relayed here that United are readying to do battle with their cross-city rivals, Manchester City to hire the talented coach.

However, according to a report in Spain, the race may be over before it even started.

El Nacional (via football365) claims that the Red Devils are “looking for a replacement for” Ten Hag with co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe making it “clear that the Dutchman is not the right person to lead the project they are preparing at Old Trafford”.

This has led to United “initiating contacts” with Michel but the Spaniard “instantly rejected” the club’s advances.

This because he “will not move this summer” as he “prefers to wait” for the Man City job to come up in the future when Pep Guardiola eventually walks away from the Etihad.

Even though it is not yet clear if Pep will leave in 2025, Michel “does not want to betray” the Citizens by moving to Man Utd in a deal that “would prevent him from landing at the Etihad Stadium”.

The Girona boss is certainly a hot commodity in football right now as he has miraculously guided the Catalan side to third place in the table and they await Champions League football for the first time in their history.

However, perhaps as Girona are part of the City Football group, it is a smart move by the Spaniard to believe he may have an inside track when it comes to the highly unenviable task of replacing Guardiola at the Etihad.

On the other hand, it does seem surprising that any manager, especially an up and coming one like Michel, would reject a side like United out of hand without any assurances of a future job elsewhere.

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