Sean Dyche tipped to replace Ruben Amorim at Man Utd - 'My honest opinion'

Manchester United have been urged to consider Sean Dyche as a potential replacement for Ruben Amorim, with the Red Devils boss under fire after his side were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two side Grimsby on Wednesday.

Amorim is set to hold showdown talks with club chiefs after United's clash with Burnley on Saturday following their poor start to the new season, with the former Sporting boss having won just seven of his 29 Premier League games in charge.

Mirror Football understands United are reluctant to sack Amorim after less than a year in charge, but accept that he must now oversee an immediate upturn in form. If United's struggles continue and Amorim is axed, former Premier League striker Charlie Austin believes Dyche would be a good replacement.

"If it's my decision, I am going after Zinedine Zidane," Austin told Sky Sports. "I'm trying to convince him to come to Manchester United. Shouldn't need doing, but at this moment in time, you do.

"Ultimately, though, there is a different set of managers that you have got to be looking at because of the situation that United are in. I would take Zidane, but is he the right man for the job at Manchester United [as we] speak at the moment and how we see them, probably not.

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"My honest opinion is that you have to look at the jobs that Sean Dyche has done at Burnley, what he did at Everton. He stabilised the club, at least he is going to put structure in there. What Manchester United need right now is structure.

"That is something they do not have. I know that Manchester United fans would look at me and say 'oh, you said we need Sean Dyche', but no, you need structure.

"That's a man that will come in and make the team a lot better than what we are all seeing at the moment. Last night we didn't see a team. We see players just go out there and do what they want."

Austin's comments come after Dyche himself claimed he could do a better job than Amorim earlier this month, stating on the : "I may get hammered for it, but I bet I could win more games with that squad playing a 4-4-2.

"People keep talking about his [Amorim's] philosophy and it isn't working. It's fine getting to five or 10 games, but once you get to 20 games, it clearly isn't working. I might be wrong because they've brought in three big hitters this summer, so it wouldn't work with the players they had, but maybe the new players will do better.

"On the one hand, I like the fact they're sticking with it, and it is Man United. You're under massive pressure to get it right. But on the other hand, you wouldn't normally survive that situation. Amorim's been given more time than most.

"People forget that in Pep's first season, he made so many changes to the squad and played so many formations and finished 13 points off the top, nobody blinked. If he was at Real Madrid, he would have been sacked. But he learned and won the Premier League the next season."

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