Man Utd's potential XI under Thomas Tuchel with Chelsea boss on their shortlist

Thomas Tuchel managing Manchester United is certainly a heady thought.

With the Red Devils set to appoint a new permanent coach in the summer once Ralf Rangnick moves upstairs, the search for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s full-time replacement has intensified in recent weeks.

It seems as though Mauricio Pochettino and Erik ten Hag are the leading candidates to lead United next season, but you can certainly forgive them for investigating the possibility of recruiting Tuchel.

That’s because the sensitive situation at Chelsea in wake of the UK Government sanctioning Roman Abramovich has placed a huge question mark over the future of many key figures at Stamford Bridge.

And while the prospect of Tuchel standing in the Old Trafford technical area might feel like a pipe dream, there are multiple reports claiming that United are genuinely interested in the Champions League winner.

The Guardian reported this week that United are monitoring Tuchel’s situation at Chelsea, including him on their managerial shortlist along with Pochettino, Ten Hag, Julen Lopetegui and Luis Enrique.

It’s claimed that Chelsea’s current problems have “alerted the Old Trafford hierarchy to the potential availability of Tuchel” with the club said to be understandably impressed by the German’s CV.

So, ok, it might well seem highly unlikely that Tuchel would swap Premier League giants over the summer, but the fact that United are considering the possibility meant that we couldn’t resist thinking it through.

In fact, we whipped out the tactics board and started to wonder how the Old Trafford club would line up in a crazy world where Tuchel really did say ‘auf wiedersehen’ to his current employers.

And the result is certainly an exciting one with the prospect of