Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward refused to give an update on who will be in charge of the club come next season.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has enjoyed a strong run since taking over as caretaker boss following Jose Mourinho’s dismissal in December, winning 10 and drawing one of his 11 domestic games in charge and the Norwegian remains a firm candidate to be given the job on a full-time basis.
Woodward praised the work of Solskjaer and his backroom team as United announced record revenues of £208.6million for their second-quarter financial results in 2019 on Thursday but refused to go into detail about their managerial plans.
“I’m not going to get into [that]. We communicated around December time around what we were doing, with Ole coming in, and what was happening. The next communication will be when we have something to announce regarding the manager. We’re not going to give updates part way through,” Woodward said.
Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino is thought to be another under consideration for the manager’s role, while Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri and former Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane have also been linked.
United are also understood to still be keen to appoint a director of football to work with the next full-time manager, in order to improve the working relationship between the board and the first team. Former goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel and RB Leipzig sporting director Paul Mitchell are two of the reported favorites for the new role at Old Trafford.