{"id":242028,"date":"2026-05-06T10:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/former-barcelona-manager-holds-talks-with-man-utd-and-would-love-to-join\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:45:18","slug":"former-barcelona-manager-holds-talks-with-man-utd-and-would-love-to-join","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/former-barcelona-manager-holds-talks-with-man-utd-and-would-love-to-join\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Barcelona manager holds talks with Man Utd and would ‘love’ to join"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez has held talks with Manchester United<\/a> and would love to test himself in the Premier League, Fabrizio Romano has revealed. <\/p>\n

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Michael Carrick is putting forward a serious case to win the permanent’s manager position at Old Trafford, having secured Champions League football with a dramatic win over Liverpool last weekend.<\/p>\n

The former Red Devils midfielder has now beaten Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham despite the fact he only took over the head coach role in January.<\/p>\n

Matheus Cunha<\/a> believes Carrick deserves to stay, with Sunday’s opening goalscorer revealing the boss has been ‘amazing’ for the players.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYeah, yeah, honestly, I think if we need to say (it).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s in my hands. But what he did, he\u2019s full of confidence in the group and, look, I sat on the bench with him but how he teaches everyone is amazing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cI think he has like the magic with like these Ferguson times, these kinds of things. Then he come and bring to us, teach us how it was.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cAnd, yeah, to be part of everything that he did is a pleasure, and then of course I think he deserves it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

However, there are still other options on the table if INEOS aren’t convinced, with the memories of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer perhaps giving them reason to pause.<\/p>\n

The Norwegian also delivered an excellent spell in an interim capacity, winning 14 of his 19 matches in charge before being handed a three-year deal, but was eventuallty replaced by Ralf Rangnick with United on 17 points after 12 games in the 2021\/22 season.<\/p>\n

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\n Fabrizio Romano shares Xavi to Man Utd offer
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Fabrizio Romano has revealed that talks were held in recent months in which Xavi was ‘proposed’ to United.<\/p>\n

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“I can also reveal to you that Xavi was proposed to Manchester United since January as an option for the job.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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“But Manchester United decided Michael Carrick interim coach – and now Michael Carrick big chance to continue at the club.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Xavi would love to be in the Premier League.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

Romano hailed the former Barcelona player and manager as a ‘top’ coach, and his record with the La Liga club was impressive, averaging over two points per game and winning the league in his second season.<\/p>\n

Barca president Joan Laporta even went so far as to claim the 46 year-old is the ‘best coach in the world’, and with United director of football Jason Wilcox set to undergo a thorough search for Amorim\u2019s long-term replacement, it will be interesting to see if the Spaniard comes into his thinking.<\/p>\n

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