{"id":1019,"date":"2025-09-29T21:01:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:01:48","slug":"former-barca-boss-xavi-considered-for-manchester-united-manager-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/former-barca-boss-xavi-considered-for-manchester-united-manager-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Barca boss Xavi considered for Manchester United manager role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-36.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-36-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-36-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Manchester United are reportedly considering Xavi Hernandez as a potential managerial candidate, with the ex-Barcelona boss ready to join immediately as Ruben Amorim\u2019s tenure comes under further scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speculation is mounting that Xavi Hernandez could take over at Manchester United as pressure intensifies on current manager Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following United\u2019s recent 3-1 defeat to Brentford, reports suggest that club leadership is exploring alternatives in response to a poor start to the season and a current standing of fourteenth in the Premier League table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The respected Spanish coach, who took a sabbatical after leaving Barcelona, is said to be open to joining United immediately, even in the absence of European football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Xavi has carefully studied the Premier League and feels prepared to take on the challenge at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xavi\u2019s name previously featured among potential candidates for the United role last season, but the former Barcelona manager opted to take a break rather than accept a mid-season proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While United supporters have grown restless with the team\u2019s trajectory under Amorim, sources indicate co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe continues to provide support, allowing Amorim further time to turn fortunes around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are reportedly considering Xavi Hernandez as a potential managerial candidate, with the ex-Barcelona boss ready to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1021,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions\/1021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}