Tactical nouse could be key for Rodgers

BRENDAN Rodgers is the latest name to be linked with replacing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer if United decides to pull the plug on the Norwegian.

- JOSH WILLIAMS

The Leicester boss has evolved as a coach over the years and he’s regarded as a capable tactical mind – but how would he tackle the current United squad if he was to be appointed?

The Northern Irishman has developed considerably across his various jobs, having initially emerged as a coach with very ideological principles surrounding possession-based football.

“The football philosophy is very much about positive football,” he once said.

“If you want to define it, we like to play attacking creative football but always with a tactical discipline. The template for all of our work is our organisation.”