Financially comfortable Magpies search for a successor for Steve Bruce – and it has been over a week with no good news. You would say it is easy to lure quality managers to Newcastle with offering a massive salary but it is not running as smoothly as everyone expects. It is understood the club’s new owners are now after Ajax’s Erik Ten Hag to take over at St. James’ Park.According to Sportsmail, Newcastle are ready to offer a gross wage of just over 15 million USD and that amount would make him third-highest paid manager in the league, behind only Pep Guardiola (27.5 million USD) and Jurgen Klopp (15 million USD).The week of dreams in Amsterdam: How Ajax turned into one of the deadliest teams in the worldTen Hag, however, is not being easily pulled in the whole speculation. The 51-year-old has established a reputation as one of Europe’s best emerging coaches. During the close season, Ten Hag turned down the opportunity of replacing Jose Mourinho at Tottenham. There were even talks of Ten Hag being a potential replacement for under pressure Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should Manchester United decide to sack the Norwegian.Apart from Ten Hag, former Roma boss Paulo Fonseca held talks with club officials last week and remains a firm contender to take the reins, particularly given he is ready to jump straight into work. Other names mentioned are Frank Lampard, Lucien Favre and Roberto Martinez.##NAJAVA_MECA_5929619##Speaking of Manchester United and the ghoulish atmosphere at Old Trafford, everyone is preparing for the departure of Solskjaer after that humiliation against Liverpool. And one of the most resonant managerial names without an engagement is Zinedine Zidane. However, even if the position of head coach becomes available – Frenchman is reportedly not interested. Crisis talks have been held with the club’s high hierarchy and there is a huge possibility that after nearly three years – Solskjaer’s time as manager may be coming to an end.As per ESPN, the 49-year-old is ‘not interested’ in taking the Manchester United wheel. Zidane has been out of a job since May and it is said that he is in ‘no rush’ to return to management.Trophy magnet personified, Zidane has won three consecutive Champions League trophies, two La Liga titles and two Club World Cup crowns in his two spells in charge at Madrid while as a player he won the World Cup with France in 1998 and the EURO 2002. He has also been seen as first in line to replace Didier Deschamps as manager of the French international team.Conte interested in Manchester job but would it be a wise move?With Zidane far from wanting to join the Red Devils, other opportunities are present in the form of Antonio Conte – the Italian is considered the leading candidate to replace Solskjaer. Unlike Zidane, Conte has expressed interested in the job having been out of work since leaving Inter Milan.
