To be fair Conte was desperate to get relieved of his duties at Spurs last season. But is Ten Hag actively trying to get sacked from United? Nah, he's too principled. He's just out of his depth.
I think he at least needs to prove himself in the top flight before we start talking about him as the next United manager. I'd take a serious look at De Zerbi, not Carrick. Not yet.
We paid well over the odds for him, that's for sure. Madrid must have been laughing all the way to the bank to get £60m for a 30 year old who they would have known was on the slide anyway.
Selling Van Nistelrooy in '06. Seemed crazy to me at the time as he was a world class striker but three titles in a row and the Champions League again in '08 proved him right.