Who will be Manchester United's new interim head coach?
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
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🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
The first few specks of dust have settled on the sacking of Ruben Amorim, and while Darren Fletcher will be in charge for the FA Cup match against Brighton at Old Trafford, thoughts now turn to who will take the helm until the end of the season.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is interested, but would that be a regressive step, and will the atmosphere be significantly different to the last time he stepped in. Michael Carrick is another option, as is Ruud van Nistelrooy. Is a non-Manchester United figure completely out of the question? More questions for Jason Wilcox, Omar Berrada, and Sir Jim Ratcliffe; their answers will draw more scrutiny, and rightly so.
Amidst all this, there was a fixture at Burnley and, while two goals for Benjamin Sesko will be a huge personal boost for him, the team failed to win again, missing another big opportunity in this crazily congested Premier League season. If only Shea Lacey's strike had dipped another few inches...
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:18.7 | This is Talk of the Devils, the Athletic Show, dedicated to Manchester United. |
| 0:22.6 | Coming up today, who will be the club's new interim head coach to take charge until the end of the season? |
| 0:29.2 | We'll have the very latest on that with Solshar, Carrick and other names in the frame for it. |
| 0:34.7 | There's yet more fallout from Reuben Amarine's dramatic departure |
| 0:37.5 | on Monday. |
| 0:38.8 | We'll get into that |
| 0:39.5 | and we'll also react |
| 0:40.6 | to Manchester United's |
| 0:41.8 | two-all draw at Burnley |
| 0:43.3 | with Brighton up next |
| 0:45.0 | in the FA Cup at the weekend. |
| 0:52.8 | I'm back |
| 0:53.7 | as you probably noticed. |
| 0:55.3 | Critch is here, Andy's here, Laurie's here. |
| 0:58.3 | Quiet weak, lads, right? |
| 0:59.7 | Not much has happened while I've been away. |
| 1:01.6 | Well, can we just confirm to listeners and viewers |
| 1:04.0 | that you didn't issue a back me or sack me ultimatum to us? |
| 1:08.2 | There was nothing like that going on. |
| 1:09.9 | We've not encroached onto your hosting |
| 1:11.2 | territory. You are with us ready, primed. We're all good. Pre-planned holiday that turned out to be |
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