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Christophe Galtier
Current situation: Manager of St Etienne and contracted to 2016.
Bookies’ odds: 33/1 (William Hill)
Honours: French League Cup: 2012–13
Preferred formation: 4-2-3-1
The St Etienne boss guided his side to fourth place in Ligue 1 last season and into the Europa League.
They are currently fourth again this season.
And he won the French League Cup in 2013.
Graham Carr is well aware of 48-year-old Galtier’s technical style of play.
Galtier’s president said last week he was going nowhere, and the former Marseille player himself insisted he was committed until at least the end of the season.
That said, United could take the bull by the horns and make a formal approach before travelling to France to speak to Galtier.
Thomas Tuchel
Current situation: Not in active work but still in a contract with FSV Mainz.
Bookies’ odds: 18/1 (Ladbrokes)
Honours: None
Preferred formation: 4-2-3-1
Tuchel fits the bill as far as head coach is concerned for United.
But after asking to be released from his contract with Mainz, he is still on their payroll until the end of the season.
He has a 39.56% win ratio with Mainz, with 72 wins from 182 games.
Both Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen tried to snap up his services before he left Mainz, hence their arguably tetchy stance on the remainder of his contract.
Mainz were a steady Bundesliga side under Tuchel, but Newcastle may feel he can bring plenty to the table in their current footballing model.
He does not drink alcohol and has been described as the next Jurgen Klopp in Germany.
He is a family man and his interests include furniture design, while his favourite film is Any Given Sunday.
He’s also beaten Bayern Munich in their own backyard!
Tuchel has said: “I am clear, direct, almost perfectionist and pedantic. But also fair and open, I am looking for a dialogue.”
The emphasis may be on United to open those talks if they want to land the 41-year-old.
Rémi Garde
Current situation: Not employed
Bookies’ odds: 4/1 (Paddy Power)
Honours: Coupe de France: 2011–12
Trophée des champions: 2012.
Preferred formation: 4-3-3
The 48-year-old may be known to fans who remember him from his short stint at Arsenal during his playing days.
In 117 games as Lyon boss he chalked up 60 wins to give him a 51.28% win ratio in three years in Ligue 1.
But he quit his post with Lyon last summer to spend more time with his family.
He said: “I made that decision only for personal and family reasons, because I didn’t feel enough energy to go on.”
Garde made a few appearances for Carlisle United at the end of his career.
Glenn Hoddle
Current situation: Coach at QPR
Bookies’ odds: 10/1 (Sky Bet)
Honours: Swindon Town - 1993 Football League First Division play-off Final Winners
Chelsea - FA Cup runner-up: 1994
As a manager
Tottenham Hotspur - Worthington Cup runner-up: 2001–02
England - Tournoi de France winner: 1997
Preferred formation: 3-5-2
At 57 this would almost certainly be Hoddle’s last crack at a big club.
He’s been in the hotseat at Chelsea, England and Tottenham, so knows all about dealing with big expectations.
Hoddle was forced to leave his role as England boss after an interview with the Times’ Matt Dickinson in which Hoddle revealed a “controversial belief that the disabled, and others, are being punished for sins in a former life.”
Hoddle was given a job at Southampton
He was sacked by Spurs and he was a flop at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Hoddle is usually the first name linked with every manager’s vacancy.
But he hasn’t worked as a manager since 2006.
He is currently a first-team coach at QPR.
And he has worked as a pundit with ITV.
He has a good rapport with Carr due to his Tottenham links.
Steve McClaren
Current situation: Derby County manager.
Bookies’ odds: 7/2 (Betway)
Honours: Middlesbrough - League Cup: 2003–04
Twente - Eredivisie: 2009–10
Preferred formation: 4-3-3
McClaren’s career has been a real mixed bag.
But success has always been there or thereabouts.
He was number two to Jim Smith at Derby County before getting the chance to do likewise with Sir Alex Ferguson.
He then took on the Middlesbrough job in his own right as manager.
He won the League Cup in 2004 and led the club to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup where they crashed out to Sporting Lisbon in their first campaign in Europe.
He qualified for Europe again in 2005 via a seventh-placed finish.
Boro then went all the way to the final in Eindhoven but were thrashed 4-0 by Sevilla.
McClaren took the England job on in 2006 from Sven Goran Eriksson but was sacked after less than two years following his failure to qualify for the 2008 Euros.
He won the Dutch title at FC Twente but was sacked by Wolfsburg.
A move to Nottingham Forest didn’t work out, with just three wins from 13 before he returned to Holland with Twente for a second, but not so successful, stint.
At Derby he led the Rams to the play-offs last season only to lose 1-0, but they are in a challenging position to be promoted this year.
There’s no doubt that Newcastle will be tempting for McClaren, but he may want to see out the job at Derby.
Eddie Howe
Current situation: Manager of AFC Bournemouth
Bookies’ odds: 40/1 (Bet Victor)
Honours: Bournemouth - Football League Two 2009–10: Runners-up (promoted into League One)
Football League One 2012–13: Runners-up (promoted into Championship)
Individual - Football League Championship Manager of the Month: October 2014
Preferred formation: 4-4-2
Howe is widely regarded as one of England’s brightest young managers.
The 37-year-old plays attacking football and has dished out some beatings this season with the Cherries in the Championship.
They are top of the table in the second flight and there’s no reason to think they can’t keep it up if Howe stays.
This is his second spell at the club after a move to Burnley in 2011/12.
He left due to family reasons and returned to Dean Court.
He has won 48.38% of his 308 games as chief.
Howe is a family man and has a tattoo that reads “R” in honour of his pet dog owned while an apprentice at Bournemouth.
Paul Clement
Current situation: Assistant manager of Real Madrid.
Bookies’ odds: None available
Honours: None
Preferred formation: 4-3-3
Clement has been Academy coach at Chelsea and Fulham.
He has also been first-team coach with the Blues, Blackburn and PSG, as well as global giants Real Madrid in what has been a Roy of the Rovers-style coaching career.
But he is untested as a number one.
And it would take a brave man to quit Real Madrid.
He has assisted Carlo Ancelotti at PSG and Real but is thought to be under consideration for the job.
Current situation: Manager of St Etienne and contracted to 2016.
Bookies’ odds: 33/1 (William Hill)
Honours: French League Cup: 2012–13
Preferred formation: 4-2-3-1
The St Etienne boss guided his side to fourth place in Ligue 1 last season and into the Europa League.
They are currently fourth again this season.
And he won the French League Cup in 2013.
Graham Carr is well aware of 48-year-old Galtier’s technical style of play.
Galtier’s president said last week he was going nowhere, and the former Marseille player himself insisted he was committed until at least the end of the season.
That said, United could take the bull by the horns and make a formal approach before travelling to France to speak to Galtier.
Thomas Tuchel
Current situation: Not in active work but still in a contract with FSV Mainz.
Bookies’ odds: 18/1 (Ladbrokes)
Honours: None
Preferred formation: 4-2-3-1
Tuchel fits the bill as far as head coach is concerned for United.
But after asking to be released from his contract with Mainz, he is still on their payroll until the end of the season.
He has a 39.56% win ratio with Mainz, with 72 wins from 182 games.
Both Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen tried to snap up his services before he left Mainz, hence their arguably tetchy stance on the remainder of his contract.
Mainz were a steady Bundesliga side under Tuchel, but Newcastle may feel he can bring plenty to the table in their current footballing model.
He does not drink alcohol and has been described as the next Jurgen Klopp in Germany.
He is a family man and his interests include furniture design, while his favourite film is Any Given Sunday.
He’s also beaten Bayern Munich in their own backyard!
Tuchel has said: “I am clear, direct, almost perfectionist and pedantic. But also fair and open, I am looking for a dialogue.”
The emphasis may be on United to open those talks if they want to land the 41-year-old.
Rémi Garde
Current situation: Not employed
Bookies’ odds: 4/1 (Paddy Power)
Honours: Coupe de France: 2011–12
Trophée des champions: 2012.
Preferred formation: 4-3-3
The 48-year-old may be known to fans who remember him from his short stint at Arsenal during his playing days.
In 117 games as Lyon boss he chalked up 60 wins to give him a 51.28% win ratio in three years in Ligue 1.
But he quit his post with Lyon last summer to spend more time with his family.
He said: “I made that decision only for personal and family reasons, because I didn’t feel enough energy to go on.”
Garde made a few appearances for Carlisle United at the end of his career.
Glenn Hoddle
Current situation: Coach at QPR
Bookies’ odds: 10/1 (Sky Bet)
Honours: Swindon Town - 1993 Football League First Division play-off Final Winners
Chelsea - FA Cup runner-up: 1994
As a manager
Tottenham Hotspur - Worthington Cup runner-up: 2001–02
England - Tournoi de France winner: 1997
Preferred formation: 3-5-2
At 57 this would almost certainly be Hoddle’s last crack at a big club.
He’s been in the hotseat at Chelsea, England and Tottenham, so knows all about dealing with big expectations.
Hoddle was forced to leave his role as England boss after an interview with the Times’ Matt Dickinson in which Hoddle revealed a “controversial belief that the disabled, and others, are being punished for sins in a former life.”
Hoddle was given a job at Southampton
He was sacked by Spurs and he was a flop at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Hoddle is usually the first name linked with every manager’s vacancy.
But he hasn’t worked as a manager since 2006.
He is currently a first-team coach at QPR.
And he has worked as a pundit with ITV.
He has a good rapport with Carr due to his Tottenham links.
Steve McClaren
Current situation: Derby County manager.
Bookies’ odds: 7/2 (Betway)
Honours: Middlesbrough - League Cup: 2003–04
Twente - Eredivisie: 2009–10
Preferred formation: 4-3-3
McClaren’s career has been a real mixed bag.
But success has always been there or thereabouts.
He was number two to Jim Smith at Derby County before getting the chance to do likewise with Sir Alex Ferguson.
He then took on the Middlesbrough job in his own right as manager.
He won the League Cup in 2004 and led the club to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup where they crashed out to Sporting Lisbon in their first campaign in Europe.
He qualified for Europe again in 2005 via a seventh-placed finish.
Boro then went all the way to the final in Eindhoven but were thrashed 4-0 by Sevilla.
McClaren took the England job on in 2006 from Sven Goran Eriksson but was sacked after less than two years following his failure to qualify for the 2008 Euros.
He won the Dutch title at FC Twente but was sacked by Wolfsburg.
A move to Nottingham Forest didn’t work out, with just three wins from 13 before he returned to Holland with Twente for a second, but not so successful, stint.
At Derby he led the Rams to the play-offs last season only to lose 1-0, but they are in a challenging position to be promoted this year.
There’s no doubt that Newcastle will be tempting for McClaren, but he may want to see out the job at Derby.
Eddie Howe
Current situation: Manager of AFC Bournemouth
Bookies’ odds: 40/1 (Bet Victor)
Honours: Bournemouth - Football League Two 2009–10: Runners-up (promoted into League One)
Football League One 2012–13: Runners-up (promoted into Championship)
Individual - Football League Championship Manager of the Month: October 2014
Preferred formation: 4-4-2
Howe is widely regarded as one of England’s brightest young managers.
The 37-year-old plays attacking football and has dished out some beatings this season with the Cherries in the Championship.
They are top of the table in the second flight and there’s no reason to think they can’t keep it up if Howe stays.
This is his second spell at the club after a move to Burnley in 2011/12.
He left due to family reasons and returned to Dean Court.
He has won 48.38% of his 308 games as chief.
Howe is a family man and has a tattoo that reads “R” in honour of his pet dog owned while an apprentice at Bournemouth.
Paul Clement
Current situation: Assistant manager of Real Madrid.
Bookies’ odds: None available
Honours: None
Preferred formation: 4-3-3
Clement has been Academy coach at Chelsea and Fulham.
He has also been first-team coach with the Blues, Blackburn and PSG, as well as global giants Real Madrid in what has been a Roy of the Rovers-style coaching career.
But he is untested as a number one.
And it would take a brave man to quit Real Madrid.
He has assisted Carlo Ancelotti at PSG and Real but is thought to be under consideration for the job.
Spoiler
Temuri Ketsbaia is ready to send shockwaves through the Premier League by taking on the Newcastle United job.
After a week of bosses like Tony Pulis, Steve Bruce and Christophe Galtier distancing themselves from the role – and talk that no-one would want to work under owner Mike Ashley barring John Carver – the Magpies cult hero has blasted away the negativity and insisted: I can make it a success.
Ketsbaia’s optimism is something to be welcomed after a depressing end to a tumultuous week at St James’ Park. Newcastle crashed out of the FA Cup in the third round for the third year running on a day Ashley was jeered and the club’s season effectively ended in the first week of January.
Ketsbaia is adamant that Newcastle deserve better – and he says a return to the glory days CAN be achieved within the constraints of a head coach role.
“I am watching what’s going on at Newcastle with a lot of interest and of course I am interested in the head coach role,” he told the Sunday Sun in an exclusive interview.
“There are not many managers in the world who would say no to that club. Any time that the job becomes available, it’s exciting and I am available to speak to Newcastle about it.
“I’d love to manage in England, I always said that and I think I could do a good job. I worked at a club for many years that won championships, I managed in the Champions League and I worked with the national team for five years, so I don’t think the level is a problem. It wouldn’t be a problem and I know all about Newcastle.”
Ketsbaia’s credentials are spells in Cyprus, where he shocked Europe by leading Anorthosis into the Champions League, and five years as head coach of Georgia, where he again upset the odds by beating Croatia in a very credible Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
The accusation is that United have become a boring club content to stay in the Premier League and do nothing more. There would certainly be fizz if Ketsbaia, who says he is keen to get back into club management as soon as possible, takes over.
“Newcastle is a big, big club with fantastic supporters that should always want to do better,” he said.
“It is a club that is very close to my heart and I loved my time there. My four years were the best experience ever. I would love to go back, and I think it is a club that can be near the top of the Premier League and challenging. It is a club that can challenge, for cups and for Europe.
“It deserves to do well. Whoever gets that job, it is a brilliant opportunity. I would think that there will be many managers who want it.”
But what of Ashley’s decision to turn the job into a head coach role, effectively formalising what had become apparent under Alan Pardew – that the boss has limited say in recruitment and other matters?
“I don’t think any manager has 100% control any more. The game isn’t like that,” he said. “I don’t think it’s a big problem. There are good players at Newcastle, so if that is the policy it is OK. As long as everyone at the club is working hard and trying to do well it is OK.”
Ketsbaia wants it but knows it would not be easy. “One of the problems at Newcastle is that if they’re doing well, players get other opportunities and you can’t always keep your best players. So you have to work harder than you did before.
“That happened to me with other clubs. I am used to fighting against the odds and there is a way to do it. Newcastle have to fight to compete and that is what I think they could do.”
For all of that, he would not be a yes man.
Ketsbaia left the Georgian national team after becoming frustrated with the federation and also the lack of day-to-day coaching and contact with his players – but over five years he did a good job.
“I left Georgia a month ago, there was no future there any more,” he said.
“There were lots of things changing and none for the better. There was no point in me staying there because things were happening that I did not agree with and that I did not like. And I wanted to get back to coaching week in and week out again.
“In the year there would be maybe five or six competitive games. I want to be back like I was before, every day working with players and coaching to improve them.”
After a week of bosses like Tony Pulis, Steve Bruce and Christophe Galtier distancing themselves from the role – and talk that no-one would want to work under owner Mike Ashley barring John Carver – the Magpies cult hero has blasted away the negativity and insisted: I can make it a success.
Ketsbaia’s optimism is something to be welcomed after a depressing end to a tumultuous week at St James’ Park. Newcastle crashed out of the FA Cup in the third round for the third year running on a day Ashley was jeered and the club’s season effectively ended in the first week of January.
Ketsbaia is adamant that Newcastle deserve better – and he says a return to the glory days CAN be achieved within the constraints of a head coach role.
“I am watching what’s going on at Newcastle with a lot of interest and of course I am interested in the head coach role,” he told the Sunday Sun in an exclusive interview.
“There are not many managers in the world who would say no to that club. Any time that the job becomes available, it’s exciting and I am available to speak to Newcastle about it.
“I’d love to manage in England, I always said that and I think I could do a good job. I worked at a club for many years that won championships, I managed in the Champions League and I worked with the national team for five years, so I don’t think the level is a problem. It wouldn’t be a problem and I know all about Newcastle.”
Ketsbaia’s credentials are spells in Cyprus, where he shocked Europe by leading Anorthosis into the Champions League, and five years as head coach of Georgia, where he again upset the odds by beating Croatia in a very credible Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
The accusation is that United have become a boring club content to stay in the Premier League and do nothing more. There would certainly be fizz if Ketsbaia, who says he is keen to get back into club management as soon as possible, takes over.
“Newcastle is a big, big club with fantastic supporters that should always want to do better,” he said.
“It is a club that is very close to my heart and I loved my time there. My four years were the best experience ever. I would love to go back, and I think it is a club that can be near the top of the Premier League and challenging. It is a club that can challenge, for cups and for Europe.
“It deserves to do well. Whoever gets that job, it is a brilliant opportunity. I would think that there will be many managers who want it.”
But what of Ashley’s decision to turn the job into a head coach role, effectively formalising what had become apparent under Alan Pardew – that the boss has limited say in recruitment and other matters?
“I don’t think any manager has 100% control any more. The game isn’t like that,” he said. “I don’t think it’s a big problem. There are good players at Newcastle, so if that is the policy it is OK. As long as everyone at the club is working hard and trying to do well it is OK.”
Ketsbaia wants it but knows it would not be easy. “One of the problems at Newcastle is that if they’re doing well, players get other opportunities and you can’t always keep your best players. So you have to work harder than you did before.
“That happened to me with other clubs. I am used to fighting against the odds and there is a way to do it. Newcastle have to fight to compete and that is what I think they could do.”
For all of that, he would not be a yes man.
Ketsbaia left the Georgian national team after becoming frustrated with the federation and also the lack of day-to-day coaching and contact with his players – but over five years he did a good job.
“I left Georgia a month ago, there was no future there any more,” he said.
“There were lots of things changing and none for the better. There was no point in me staying there because things were happening that I did not agree with and that I did not like. And I wanted to get back to coaching week in and week out again.
“In the year there would be maybe five or six competitive games. I want to be back like I was before, every day working with players and coaching to improve them.”
