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Man Utd news: Juventus boss Allegri responds to Man United links - here’s what he said
MASSIMILIANO ALLEGRI has denied reports that claim he wants to take over as manager of Manchester United.
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The Juventus boss is said to be on a shortlist of candidates United are considering to replace Jose Mourinho.
And it was even claimed that he wanted to be considered after four and a half years in Turin.
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However, the Italian insists he is happy at the club and says he intends to honour his current contract.
“I still have a year and a half on my contract,” he said “I’m fine here and we’re doing important things.”
Allegri is understood to be interesting United chiefs having led Juventus to four successive Serie A titles.
However, Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is their top target as they look for somebody who can install an attacking style of play and promote the club's youth players.
Former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is also reported to be in the running.
Caretaker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will remain in charge until the end of the current season and has said he is keen to take the job on a permanent basis.
Since taking over the Norwegian has won his two games in charge.
“I’m happy to help out and my job now for the next six months is to do as well as I can and move the club forward as well as I can,” he previously said.
“I understand there are so many managers who would love to be manager of Manchester United and I am one of them.
“But it is not something we’ve talked about, they’ll do a process now for the next six months.”
He was quizzed again own the subject ahead of their clash with Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Sunday.
”My job is for the next five months, because I'm going to leave them to someone else when they come in,” he added.
"That's the plan and that's what my job is at the moment, it runs out at the end of May - actually the end of June but we don't play many games in June - so my job is to affect the players on what it is all about at Manchester United.
"You're always ambitious of course, but as I've told Ed [Woodward, United chief executive] and the owners, I'm here to do as well as I can and, if in May you decide someone else will be coming in, then fantastic, and if you decide it's me, I'm sure we will agree."