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DWIGHT YORKE claims that Zinedine Zidane is the only manager that would not get “eaten alive” at Manchester United.Erik ten Hag’s job at Old Trafford hangs in the balance with multiple names being linked as his replacement.Zinedine Zidane is in the running for the Man United jobCredit: ReutersDwight Yorke has backed the manager to improve the team’s performancesCredit: GettyZidane, 51, is known to be Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s dream appointment to replace the Dutchman at the helm.However, the likes of Gareth Southgate, Graham Potter and Thomas Tuchel have also been tipped for the role.Yorke, 52, believes that the Frenchman could get Manchester United back to challenging for titles.The former club striker also suggested that other candidates could be overwhelmed in the role.READ MORE MAN UTD NEWSHe told TVSportGuide: “I don’t think Zinedine Zidane would dominate with Man United, but he’d get them back to where they should be in the league table.”With Zidane coming to the club, it would generate belief in the club to win another league title.”Zidane has proved what he can do at Real Madrid, he has all the star qualities to do it at Man United.”You see names like Gareth Southgate being linked to Man United, but it’s a different ball game when you manage a club of this size.Most read in FootballBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERZinedine Zidane’s managerial careerZinedine Zidane began his career in management in June 2014 when he was appointed coach of Real Madrid’s B team.
Zizou spent 18 months in charge of Real Madrid Castilla before being given his shot at the big time following the sacking of Rafael Benitez.Zidane, 51, took charge of the first team in January 2016 and guided them to a second-place finish in his maiden season at the Bernabeu helm.But he went one better in the Champions League, sealing Real’s 11th European Cup triumph with a shootout victory over Atletico Madrid.The former Los Blancos star went one better in the league in the 2016-17 season, in which they also won the Uefa Super Cup and Club World Cup.A second successive Champions League triumph also followed, with Real beating Italian giants Juventus at the Principality Stadium.He would create history the following season by becoming the first manager to win the tournament three times on the bounce.A 3-1 win over Liverpool saw Real become the first team to win Europe’s elite club competition three times in a row.Zidane announced his resignation five days after the final, insisting the club needed a “change” of direction.He would return to the Bernabeu in March 2019 following Santiago Solari and Julen Lopetegui’s short reigns.A return to the summit of Spanish football would follow in the 2019-20 season, in which Real also scooped the Spanish Super Cup.Zidane would leave the Bernabeu again in June 2021 after overseeing Real’s first trophyless season in 11 years.Zinedine Zidane’s Honours:- La Liga: 2016–17, 2019–20- Supercopa de España: 2017, 2019–20- UEFA Champions League: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18- UEFA Super Cup: 2016, 2017- FIFA Club World Cup: 2016, 2017

“You see what can unfold at that football club, and Zidane would be the one who can handle it and move the club forward.”The rest of the managers would get eaten up alive, there is a lack of elite managers in the world at the moment.”Erik Ten Hag press conference ahead of Sheffield United clashZidane has only managed one club during his post-playing career.He took charge of Real Madrid on two occasions and won two LaLigas and three Champions League titles.He has not managed since leaving Los Blancos for a second time in 2021.Pundits verdict on Ten Hag’s futureWhere do the pundits stand on Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United future
Jamie Carragher – Sacked
“I don’t see how Erik ten Hag stays. It’s just performance after performance.”
Gary Neville – Stay if he wins the FA Cup
“To sack a manager who’s won two trophies in his first two seasons at the club I think would be extreme.”
Louis Saha – On the fence
“I don’t see it as clearly but they need changes from the players but they need changes from him as well.”
Alan Shearer – Sacked
“I believe the future of the Man Utd manager is already determined. Even if they win the FA Cup I think he’s gone.” More

AN ex-Manchester United prodigy who was best mates with George Best claims that he tried to save his life but the star refused.Widely regarded as one of the most talented players to ever grace a pitch, footy icon Best also had a long-standing battle with booze.George Best was considered as one of the finest players to lace on a pair of boots at his peakCredit: GettyThe flying winger leaves Alan Ball in his wake for Manchester United in 1970Credit: PAPundit and former Republic of Ireland player Eamon Dunphy has opened up about George BestCredit: Sportsfile – SubscriptionIt saw the Manchester United legend sadly pass away in 2005 as he finally succumbed to his off-pitch battles aged just 59.Now, football pundit Eamon Dunphy has revealed how he once tried to get George Best to ditch drinking.Dunphy, 79, was a lifelong friend of Best after the pair first came through the youth ranks at Man Utd together back in the 1950s. He said that the late Best was actually a very shy person who had used alcohol to hide that.Read More in FootballDunphy recalled meeting up with Best in the months leading up to his death, and was sad to see that he was still drinking, reports BelfastLive.The pundit said: “It was very sad, really. He had been hospitalised and he was in bad health because of the drink. Now, he had given it up officially. “So, we went out and the first thing he did was order a brandy.””I was drinking bottles of lager, which was my thing, but I had a couple of spliffs and I said to him, ‘George, you shouldn’t be drinking that stuff, that f**king stuff is killing you. Have a spliff.'”Most read in Football”He said, ‘Eamon, I don’t do drugs. I would never touch that stuff.’ He had that working-class prejudice against drugs. “But the alcohol is what killed him.”Meanwhile, Dunphy, who will turn 80 next year, said he is trying not to think about his own old age.He added: “I’m trying not to, but you know what the deal is, so I think it gives you more of an appreciation for every day.””You don’t think, ‘I hope I’ll be happy someday down the road.’ You better get happy now, baby, because there ain’t going to be a ‘down the road’.”At his peak, Best was unstoppable.He was far stronger than he looked with his slight frame standing resilient despite some brutal tackles. Unable to get the ball off him, defenders would often resort to just hacking him down instead.He was among the goals when Man Utd won the European Cup in 1968, defeating Benfica in the final.And he was named European Footballer of the Year in the same season and came fifth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote.The late great Pele, once described Best as “a footballer without comparison” and so good “all you could do was foul him”.George Best’s life and timesGeorge Best had the genius to perform magic on the football pitch and was a natural entertainer.
He could run like an antelope, pass, dribble multiple players, score with both feet, ride the most brutal tackles.
His peak and most famous stint came at Manchester United where he donned the iconic No.7 shirt.
Best joined the club at age 15, and he made his first-division debut two years later, in 1963.
He was an immediate sensation, scoring acrobatic goals and helping United to a league title in his second season.
He led the club to another league championship during the 1966–67 season.
And in 1968 he was named European Footballer of the Year and helped United become the first English club to win the European Cup.
In total Best made 474 appearances for Britain’s biggest club in all competitions from 1963 to 1974, and scored 181 goals.
Sadly, Best was a tormented soul from east Belfast who, when he got bored of being better than everyone else, went to the pub and never really came back.
Best was plagued with off-the-field problems including alcoholism and debt, triggered by an extravagant lifestyle.
His time at the very top was short-lived and after leaving Old Trafford he played for a host of clubs around Ireland, England, USA, Australia and even Scotland.
He walked out on Manchester United aged just 27 and ended his significant playing days with Hibernian instead of rising to even greater glory than he’d known at Old Trafford and signing for Aberdeen.
Fans north of the border got to see the wing-wizard in the flesh when he signed for Hibs in the winter of 1979 on a £2,000 a match pay-per-play deal.
The legend also played matches for junior team Arbroath Vics and Perthshire amateur side Scone Thistle in the same weekend in the 80s – and even had Swedish Miss World and Bond girl Mary Stavin with him.
Best died in 2005 aged 59 after suffering multiple organ failure following years of alcoholism.

Dubbed the ‘fifth Beatle’, Best used his wealth and celebrity to pursue a lifestyle that saw him open his own nightclubs, restaurants and clothes shops.Best famously said: “If you’d given me the choice of going out and beating four men and smashing a goal in from thirty yards against Liverpool or going to bed with Miss World, it would have been a difficult choice.”“Luckily, I had both.”It comes after Manchester United minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has revealed who he thinks is his favourite player to ever don the famous red shirt.READ MORE SUN STORIESThe British billionaire finally had his 25 per cent takeover of the Manchester club ratified by the Premier League last month, marking a new era for the footballing giant.He said: “George Best was, I suppose, probably the most naturally gifted player I have ever seen play football.”George Best with Pele when both played in AmericaCredit: GettyGeorge poses for the camera with former wife Angie, and son Calum BestCredit: PABest was a entertainer on and off the pitchCredit: Getty More