Dundee United manager McNamara on verge of being sacked

Dundee United have confirmed manager Jackie McNamara has left his post by mutual consent with immediate effect.

Jackie McNamara was relieved of his duties as manager following Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at St Johnstone.

McNamara has a had a poor start to the season with United lying second bottom of the Scottish Premiership.

McNamara remains an employee of the Tannadice club but will not be in charge for next Saturday’s visit to Partick Thistle. But McNamara has come under pressure from his own fans, with sections demanding he be sacked.

Bowman is a former United midfielder who won six Scotland caps and had a spell as caretaker boss at Livingston in 2007.

Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill also has his admirers within the United boardroom but being on the verge of leading his country to the European Championship finals in France next summer would make it hard for him to be lured away.

When your side loses a game playing against ten men for 67 minutes after going a goal up, questions have to be asked at the best of times.

From that point on, his position looked untenable and worsening results on the field saw his credibility drop.

They were furious when it emerged that the former Celtic star was entitled to a cut of any transfer fees, including the sale of Stuart Armstrong, Gary Mackay-Steven and Nadir Ciftci to Celtic, and that wasn’t helped when popular coach and talent spotter Stevie Campbell was suspended. We’re a team, the four of us are a team with the boys.