Sanction-stricken Chelsea's manager Thomas Tuchel would be perfect fit for Man Utd - Jamie Carragher

Manchester United should capitalise on Chelsea’s crisis and take the opportunity to recruit Thomas Tuchel, said Jamie Carragher. Writing in the Telegraph, the former Liverpool player wrote that every chief executive at a top club looking for a change of manager will be closely scrutinising Tuchel’s mood and public comments as the current season draws to a close.

Ad/> The west London club’s future is far from clear after the UK government announced sanctions on its owner, Roman Abramovich. /> FootballChelsea sale on hold after Abramovich sanctioned by UK government2 HOURS AGO Abramovich put the club up for sale last week, but his assets — including the club — are now frozen.

Under the sanctions the club is forced to operate under a general licence that limits it to purely footballing operations. The club is not able to extend or renew contracts, is prevented from selling tickets to matches and is effectively subject to a transfer ban until the sanctions are lifted.

Commentator and pundit Carragher said Chelsea’s situation hands Manchester United an option they could not have foreseen. In his piece for the Telegraph, he said: “Manchester United have been presented with the ideal opportunity to recruit the manager who should be their number one target: Thomas Tuchel.

“Yes, it will seem a predatory move – taking advantage of Chelsea’s crisis – but from United and Tuchel’s perspective the more you consider it, the more of a no-brainer it is.” The sanctions in place on Abramovich and Chelsea leave the club in a precarious position, with no clarity on its future or a timescale of when the sanctions will be lifted. “Tuchel, like everyone else at Stamford Bridge, will have no idea what the future holds at his current club,” he