Peter Schmeichel is considering throwing his hat into the ring to become Manchester United’s director of football.
United intend to appoint a head of football as part of a long-overdue restructure following Jose Mourinho’s sacking on Tuesday morning.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s reign as interim boss got off to the perfect start on Saturday night as United beat Cardiff 5-1 in Wales.
It remains the club’s plan to replace Solskjaer at the end of the season, when a new manager will be brought in to work alongside a director of football.
Former boss Mourinho didn’t want to work under a director of football and Ed Woodward respected the Portuguese’s wishes.
However, with Mourinho gone Woodward will press on with appointing one and Schmeichel, who spent eight years as United’s first-choice goalkeeper between 1991 and 1999, is considering applying for the role.
“I’m actually thinking about putting my name in there,” Schmeichel told the BBC. “It’s a tough thing to find out about yourself, everyone looks at you; the scrutiny, and I’m not afraid of that. It’s also a really big change in what I’ve done.
The Dane, 55, added: “I would like to see [the job go to] someone who has played there, and can bring some of that Sir Alex [Ferguson] mentality back in the whole of the football club.
“I’m considering: ‘Do I have the qualities?’ And if I come up with an answer to that question, then I will put my name in the hat.
“I’ll have a good think about this over Christmas and New Year and make a decision about it.”