Manchester United will soon have a decision to make on the future of Erik ten Hag as pressure builds on the Dutchman.

United are almost certain to miss out on next season's Champions League with the club currently seventh in the Premier League, 16 points off the top four. They also narrowly avoided a shock defeat from 3-0 up against Championship side Coventry City in the FA Cup semi-finals on Sunday.

Among the names being linked with the Old Trafford job if Ten Hag departs are current Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel, who will leave the German club this summer, Zinedine Zidane and Gareth Southgate. Zidane has been out of work since leaving Real Madrid in May 2021, while England manager Southgate is currently preparing to lead the Three Lions into this summer's European Championships.

Below, MEN Sport has taken a look at what those linked with United have said about their managerial futures...

Thomas Tuchel

"Nothing’s going to happen with me before the end of the season," Tuchel said in February. "I’m not going to have any influence now on what happens to me after the summer.

"‘This job only works if I give 100 percent of myself. I have a very high professional expectation of myself and that’s completely dedicated to Bayern Munich until the end of the season.

"‘The situation is changing. My decisions will now be characterised by more freedom. Because I know that I no longer have to weigh up the long-term effect of a certain decision. We can now coach all games like a cup game.

"For me personally, things no longer have a long-term effect. There are enough examples where something like that can help a coach or a team. I always expect the maximum, we haven’t delivered that often enough."

Zinedine Zidane

“I’m sure that I will return to coaching, I’d like to,” Zidane said when asked about his future plans during the premiere of Marcello Lippi’s documentary back in February.

While remaining open to the possibility of coaching in Italy, the Frenchman emphasized his current focus on other pursuits. “Anything can happen, but right now I’m busy with other things,” he added.

Gareth Southgate

"I think there are two things from my point of view, one is that I'm the England manager, I've got one job basically -- to try and deliver a European Championship," he said in March as newspaper reports claiming United are targeting him emerged.

"Second thing is, Manchester United have a manager and I think it is always completely disrespectful when there is a manager in place. I'm president of the LMA [League Managers' Association] so I don't have any time for that sort of thing really."