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Man Utd defender De Ligt to continue bizarre run of having new manager every season

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Zack Oaten / Tribal Football

Published 2 weeks ago

Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt is set to have a new manager once again at the start of next season.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester United[/a] recently confirmed the appointment of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carrick-michael/phM8NElP/"]Michael Carrick[/a] as their permanent head coach on a two-year contract after the sacking of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/amorim-ruben/EiIHi8vU/"]Ruben Amorim[/a] in January.[/p][p]Amorim won 25 of his 63 games in charge of the Red Devils and was brutally sacked by the board, making it the shortest reign of a permanent manager at United since David Moyes was sacked just eight months into his tenure in 2014.[/p][p][b]Carrick’s start next season means [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-ligt-matthijs/hhRKVBXN/"]De Ligt[/a] will play under another new manager at the start of the new campaign, adding to the horde of coaches he has played under since the start of his professional career a decade ago.[/b][/p][p]The Dutchman has featured under 11 different managers, all coming in different seasons, in what is an astonishing and yet somewhat worrying statistic for the defender and anyone who hopes to manage him.[/p][embed guid="2939d8e0-8ed9-45ac-a665-f87376825e72" url="https://x.com/staiola_enzo/status/2062874431115120931?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Interestingly, he has been in two sides - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a] and United - which had Erik ten Hag in charge whilst the defender operated at the back.[/p][p]Here is the full list of managers who have failed with De Ligt in the side, as he continues to shake hands with new head coaches at 26 years old:[/p][p][b]2016: [/b]Peter Bosz | Ajax [/p][p][b]️2017: [/b]Marcel Keizer | Ajax [/p][p][b]2018:[/b] Erik ten Hag | Ajax [/p][p][b]2019: [/b]Maurizio Sarri | Juventus [/p][p][b]2020: [/b]Andrea Pirlo | Juventus [/p][p][b]2021:[/b] Max Allegri | Juventus [/p][p][b]2022:[/b] Julian Nagelsmann | Bayern [/p][p][b]2023: [/b]Thomas Tuchel | Bayern [/p][p][b]2024:[/b] Erik ten Hag | Man United [/p][p][b]2025: [/b]Ruben Amorim | Man United [/p][p][b]2026: [/b]Michael Carrick | Man United [/p]

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