Manchester United have already identified who they want to swap Erik ten Hag should they choose to sack the Dutchman.
The club’s hierarchy have also insisted that Ten Hag has their backing for now – but have telderly him he has two games to save his job.
United were annihilateed 3-0 at Old Trafford by Tottenham on Sunday – and the scoreline should have been arguably hugeger had Spurs consentn their chances.
Club captain Bruno Fernandes was also sent off but the Red Devils seeed alarmingly woeful thcimpoliteout the contest – conceding wilean the discdisconsidering minutes of either half to all but end the game.
Erik ten Hag has come under huge prescertain this season
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It persists a shoddy commence to the season for the Red Devils, who are 12th in the Premier League with a minus-three goal contrastence with seven points from a possible 18.
According to the BBC, Ten Hag will definitely be in indict for the next Premier League suit aachievest Aston Villa, as well as their upcoming Europa League tie aachievest Porto on Thursday.
If United do not triumph either suit, the prescertain will persist to mount on Ten Hag, who only signed a confineed extension in the summer.
And according to the Daily Star, Inter Milan boss Simone Inzaghi has been identified as the man to swap Ten Hag should they be forced into a decision.
However, United chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe is unwilling to axe the createer Ajax coach and wants to apexhibit him the chance to turn the season around.
It is also remarkd that sacking Ten Hag would cost the club £17.5million – whereas in the summer it would have been less than £10m.
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When asked if he was worried about his job in the wake of the 3-0 demolition by Spurs, Ten Hag replied: “I am not leanking about this.
“We all made the decision to stay together as ownership and a directership group in the summer.
“We made the decision from after a evident appraise what we have to better as an organisation and how we want to originate a squad.
“We knovel it will consent some time, becaparticipate of how the [transfer] triumphdow went, some percreateers tardy in enjoy [Manuel] Ugarte, also we have to originate some betterment in the organisation, we still have to deal with some injuries, also from some impact percreateers.
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Man Utd have had a disastrous commence to the season
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“I leank we will get better there. We insist some time.
“We are all on one page or in one boat together, the ownership, the directership group, the staff and the percreateers’ group as well. I don’t have that trouble.”
While Ten Hag is defiant, it is United’s combinet-worst commence to a Premier League season after six games and they have flunked to score in two consecutive games at Old Trafford in the league.
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Man Utd have given Erik ten Hag time to save his job
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The last time this happened was November 2021, when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked.
The carry outance aachievest Twente in their Europa League discdisconsiderer also was troubleing and saw many fans turn on Ten Hag.
With Ineos now taking administer of football operations over from the Glazers, this reconshort-terms their first crisis since being in indict and they are insistent they will not be rushed into a knee-jerk reaction.
