Erik ten Hag told he's still facing sack and advised to sell 'unreliable' Man Utd star

Erik 10 Hag's Manchester United suffered much vexation connected Wednesday nighttime arsenic they dropped points astatine location to Twente successful the Europa League to summation unit connected their manager

Manchester United's adjacent slump nether Erik 10 Hag could spell the extremity for the manager, pundit Mark Lawrenson claims.

United finished eighth successful the Premier League past play nether Ten Hag, leaving the Dutchman's presumption nether threat. However, triumph successful the FA Cup last secured European qualification and helped gain him a enactment of execution.

The summertime transportation model was United's archetypal nether caller ownership, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe taking complaint of shot affairs. Ten Hag was backed successful the transportation market, with astir £200m spent connected caller signings, but there's inactive enactment to bash connected the pitch.

Ten Hag's squad person 7 points from their archetypal 5 league games, drafting with Crystal Palace successful their astir caller outing. Their Europa League run began connected Wednesday against their manager's erstwhile employers FC Twente, but aboriginal dominance wasn't converted to triumph arsenic Sam Lammers rescued a constituent for the Dutch side.

“I deliberation the attraction of Erik 10 Hag implicit the summertime wasn’t great," Lawrenson told Sports Casting. "They were hawking astir looking astatine imaginable suitors for Ten Hag’s job, I thought astatine 1 signifier that he’d had capable and mightiness conscionable locomotion away. Since then, it looks similar they’ve kissed and made up.

“I’m inactive not convinced with United but I bash deliberation they’ll beryllium amended this season. Will they beryllium bully capable to appease their owners, I’m not sure.

"I deliberation if they person different slump, Ten Hag volition get sacked. It seems similar they’re waiting for that to happen.”

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Lawrenson besides argued it's clip for United to currency successful connected Luke Shaw. The England left-back has struggled with injuries successful caller seasons, playing conscionable 15 times since the commencement of past season, with his little planetary instrumentality astatine Euro 2024 followed by a caller setback.

“I deliberation United volition beryllium looking for a replacement for Luke Shaw fixed he’s suffered yet different injury,” the erstwhile Liverpool defender added. “He made the Euros successful the extremity but if you’ve got players similar him who are precise seldom fit, you can’t trust connected them.

“It’s not a lawsuit of him not playing anymore, it’s much the information that Ten Hag volition beryllium wanting to play the aforesaid squad each week. If helium tin person that, and it’s a bully team, past United volition beryllium up determination astatine the apical of the league.

“You’ve got to consciousness for Luke Shaw, though, helium doesn’t mean to get injured that’s conscionable the mode the crippled is. They’ll apt measure the concern astatine the commencement of adjacent twelvemonth and spot what they tin and can’t bash with him.”

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