Roy Keane has revealed his first-choice pick to replace Ruben Amorim at Manchester United.
United are looking for both a short and long-term replacement for Amorim after he lost his job on Monday morning.
Amorim spent 14 months in the Old Trafford hot-seat and was dismissed following a fall-out with his bosses at the club, most notably director of football Jason Wilcox.
While his spat with the United hierarchy was relatively fresh, Amorim has been fighting to save his job for well over a year following a largely dismal spell in charge.
Darren Fletcher oversaw Wednesday’s 2-2 Premier League draw with Burnley as interim manager and will continue in that role for Sunday’s FA Cup clash against Brighton.
Manchester United are expected to appoint a caretaker boss until the end of the season with Fletcher, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Michael Carrick in the running for the role.
Amorim’s permanent replacement will then be appointed in the summer and Keane has urged his former club to poach Eddie Howe from Newcastle United.
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Howe has previously been linked with the Old Trafford job following his impressive spells at Newcastle and Bournemouth.
The 48-year-old, who has also been earmarked as a future England boss, led Newcastle to their first major trophy since 1955 last season as the Magpies won the Carabao Cup, beating Premier League champions Liverpool in the final.
Howe has also secured Newcastle’s return to the Champions League, with the north east club still in contention of progressing to the knockout stages.
‘Who would I go with? I would go with Eddie Howe,’ former Manchester United captain Keane said on Sky Sports.
‘I like him, I like what he’s doing. He’s managed a lot of games. When his teams are at it, they’ll play good football. I like what he’s done at Newcastle and Bournemouth.
‘He has his critics, but I like him. He’s managed 700 or 800 games and he’s still a young man.
‘I like his calmness and I think Man United need a bit of that. He’s won the cup with Newcastle, got them in the Champions League.
‘I would be happy to see Howe go in there. They need someone to go in there and get a grip on these players and make the team hard to beat.’
Two of Keane’s former Manchester United teammates, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt, recently named Howe as a potential successor to Amorim.
Responding to those calls earlier this week, Howe insisted he was still ‘100 per cent’ committed to his current club.
‘Nothing has changed from my perspective,’ Howe said.
‘I’m 100 per cent here, working as hard as I can, head down, ignoring all the stuff that you guys write good or bad because it’s irrelevant.
‘It’s about today’s work and trying to prepare the team as well as we can for Leeds, so that will never change from my perspective, my commitment to my work and my job.
‘As long as I’m happy and able to express myself in the best way that I can to help the team, nothing will change.’
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