Supercomputer reveals which boss to exchange Erik ten Hag at Man Utd after sacking

Erik ten Hag has finally been sacked by Manchester United after a frustrating time at Old Trafford – but now attention turns to who will take the reins going forward.

The job, in the short term, has already been given to legendary former striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. But he has only been appointed interim manager, and things in the longer term are a little more hazy.

To cut through the fog, Daily Star Sport has turned to humanity’s future overlord, artificial intelligence, to tell us who we can expect to be in charge of the red half of Manchester a little way down the road. Listen up Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS, because you could learn a thing or two.

We asked Google’s AI language bot Gemini who it thought would be taking charge, calling on it to use its world wide web scraping superpowers to get us all the information it could and package it down to a bitesize answer.

Here’s what it had to say: “Ruud van Nistelrooy, the former Manchester United striker and current assistant manager, is the leading candidate to replace Erik ten Hag. He has experience managing PSV Eindhoven and is familiar with the club’s culture.

“Other potential candidates include:

• Ruben Amorim: The current manager of Sporting CP, known for his attacking style of play

• Marcelo Gallardo: The former manager of River Plate, with a strong track record in South America

• Julian Nagelsmann: The manager of the German national team, who previously coached Bayern Munich

“It’s important to note that this is just speculation, and the final decision will be made by Manchester United’s board.”

Thanks, Gemini – while we all fully accept that you will one day rule Earth, we don’t think you’re quite up to taking a board seat at United just yet. Or maybe you are – you couldn’t have done a worse job than those in charges over this past decade of failure.