Martin Tyler says Manchester United should hire Sean Dyche to replace Erik ten Hag

Sky Sports commentary icon Martin Tyler says that Manchester United should ‘go back to basics’ and appoint Sean Dyche as successor to Erik ten Hag in what would be a bizarre move by Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Of course, there’s zero chance of that ever happening because Everton boss Dyche is not a top manager – like Ten Hag – who warrants the biggest jobs in football.

Tyler believes United’s new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe would be wise to look closer to home instead of going for yet another high-profile foreign manager, which has not worked out for the club in the past.

That comes with the astonishing suggestion that United should go back to basics by appointing Dyche.

Hold on a second… a birdie whispered into my ear and said David Moyes will be looking for a job in the summer.

“I’ve said Sean Dyche should be considered by Manchester United,” Tyler said on the Joy of Football podcast. “Gareth Southgate is being considered by Manchester United, we believe.

“And Sean maybe as well, because it is a fresh point of view and they need some freshness, they need a different point of view, a different sense of purpose.

“And maybe if you were sitting around a table with all those new influences at Manchester United, you could make the point and make the case that actually what you do need is something a bit closer to home.

“It was tough for David Moyes because it’s straight on the back of Fergie. It’s a terribly difficult job to follow. And since then, obviously people have come and gone without… have Manchester United lost that DNA that they had?

“I would suggest probably they have, so maybe somebody who’s grown up in the country where Manchester United have had all those years of success and looked upon with reverence by so many people, that maybe that’s the way forward. But you have people that are way above my pay grade.”

While there is no denying that Dyche has done an incredible job at Everton, he will never be cut out for the United job. Tyler must be having a laugh.

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