Erik ten Hag issues Cristiano Ronaldo opinion as Ian Wright strongly defends Marcus Rashford

Here are your Manchester United evening headlines for Thursday, March 17.

Erik ten Hag has already made his feelings clear on Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of his potential appointment at Manchester United.

The Manchester Evening News understands the Ajax boss has emerged as United’s preferred candidate to become the club’s next permanent manager. The club have not made yet a final decision on their next manager, but still intend to make an appointment before the end of the season.

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Paris Saint-Germain manager Mauricio Pochettino remains under serious consideration, while United have refused to rule out an approach for Thomas Tuchel amid the ongoing uncertainty at Chelsea. It’s Ten Hag though that now looks to be leading the way in the club’s search.

Read more from Ten Hag here.

Manchester United fans have been split over Marcus Rashford's response to fans in a video that has been circulating on social media. In the video the fans are shown to be jeering and criticising the winger who then turns around and reacts negatively, asking one fan to 'come and say that to [his] face'.

Rashford's poor has caused some fans to question whether he had the right to confront fans who were upset about their team exiting the Champions League at the hands of Atletico Madrid, while others said he had every right to confront them for what was deemed an unnecessary pile on after a match where he will have known he didn't play well.

The video, which was uploaded the day after United's defeat and the incident occurred, was up for a few hours with speculation over what was said varying from person to person. Then Rashford issued a response on