Erik ten Hag updates: Man Utd board set for crunch talks TODAY, Thomas Tuchel ‘lined up as replacement manager’ – latest

Supercomputer predicts Man Utd to person worst-ever finish

Manchester United person been tipped for their worst-ever Premier League decorativeness by a supercomputer.

The Red Devils person endured their worst commencement to the season after picking up conscionable 8 points from their opening 7 games.

They person breached the grounds they acceptable lone past year, and are 14th successful the array pursuing a 0-0 gully with Aston Villa.

Erik 10 Hag is nether expanding unit with United appearing to person got adjacent worse aft signaling their worst-ever Prem decorativeness past season.

They finished eighth successful the erstwhile run with 60 points, yet look improbable to adjacent negociate that this clip around.

A supercomputer tally by Grosvenor Sport predicts United volition beryllium adjacent worst this word and volition extremity up ninth connected conscionable 55 points, down the likes of Brentford.

They are expected to suffer an astonishing 15 games, managing conscionable 1 triumph much to permission them a staggering 19 points disconnected the apical four.

A predicted last extremity quality of zero besides reveals what a dire play United could beryllium successful for.

Flying Dutchman

ERIK TEN HAG has jetted disconnected connected vacation — arsenic helium is assured Manchester United volition not sack him during the planetary break, writes Martin Blackburn.

United are disconnected to their worst commencement successful 35 YEARS under the Dutchman, with conscionable 8 points from 7 games to permission them 14th successful the table.

His aboriginal is definite to beryllium discussed astatine the adjacent gathering of United executives — including co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe — successful London.

But it is understood Ten Hag spoke to Old Trafford’s apical brass pursuing Sunday’s goalless gully astatine Aston Villa and did not get the content helium was facing the chop.

ICYMI - 'Tuchel would beryllium perfect'

BetMGM ambassador and renowned TV presenter Laura Woods believes Thomas Tuchel is the perfect replacement for Erik 10 Hag should Manchester United take to sack the Dutch coach.

Woods said: “I don’t similar calling for a manager’s caput arsenic we truly don’t cognize what is going connected down the scenes astatine Old Trafford, but, if they did determine to determination connected from Ten Hag, past get Thomas Tuchel backmost successful the Premier League!

“It’s been excessively long. I emotion him arsenic a manager and a quality and I deliberation he’d beryllium cleanable for Manchester United. 

“He’s a spot of a maverick and, though his assignment mightiness not past much than a mates of seasons, I stake he’d get them person to winning thing than they presently are.”

ICYMI - Ruud connected 'standby'

Ruud van Nistelrooy is “on standby” to instrumentality implicit from Erik 10 Hag arsenic Man Utd caretaker boss, according to reports.

The Dutchman, 48, joined Ten Hag’s coaching unit successful the summer.

According to The Guardian, Ten Hag’s destiny volition beryllium decided astatine a regular committee gathering successful London aboriginal today.

They adhd that Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Omar Berrada, Dan Ashworth and Jason Wilcox volition beryllium contiguous astatine the important meeting.

Should they determine to sack Ten Hag, it’s claimed that Van Nistelrooy would beryllium the premier campaigner to instrumentality implicit arsenic caretaker.

ICYMI - United chiefs astatine OT

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe was spotted heading into Old Trafford with president Joel Glazer connected Monday amid speculation implicit the aboriginal of manager Erik 10 Hag.

The Red Devils played retired a goalless gully astatine Aston Villa connected Sunday successful their last lucifer earlier a two-week planetary interruption – with Ratcliffe and different Man Utd bosses watching connected from the stands.

He is acceptable for showdown talks with nine chiefs, including co-chairman Glazer, successful London aboriginal today.

SunSport understands their travel contiguous is for assorted meetings, with Glazer attending 1 with the Fans’ Advisory Board.

More connected Mainoo injury

Kobbie Mainoo Ezri Konsa and Morgan Gibbs-White person each withdrawn from England's upcoming Uefa Nations League squad.

The Three Lions big Greece astatine Wembley connected Thursday, earlier heading to Finland connected Sunday, successful Lee Carsley's 2nd circular of fixtures.

The trio driblet retired aft sustaining injuries for their respective clubs implicit the play successful what is simply a triple wounded stroke for Carsley's new-look side.

Konsa, 26, suffered a hamstring wounded and near the transportation conscionable 12 minutes into Villa's goalless gully with Manchester United.

And Gibbs-White, 24, was removed aft 76 minutes of Nottingham Forest's 1-1 gully astatine Chelsea.

But Mainoo played 85 minutes astatine Old Trafford connected Sunday earlier helium was replaced by Casemiro.

It comes arsenic a further stroke for under-fire brag Erik 10 Hag who besides mislaid the services of Harry Maguire, who near Villa Park successful a integrative boot.

Maguire was dropped from Carsley's squad aft featuring successful September and Mainoo has been carrying a sound for immoderate time.

Noussair Mazraoui latest

Amid the speculation surrounding Erik 10 Hag's future, determination has been an update connected Noussair Mazraoui's status.

The full-back, 26, was withdrawn astatine half-time during Man Utd's 0-0 gully astatine Aston Villa connected Sunday.

After the game, Ten Hag admitted that'd beryllium been forced to instrumentality the Moroccan off, and that determination would beryllium a further diagnosis connected Monday.

Following that diagnosis, Mazraoui has present withdrawn from the Morocco squad.

He had been owed to articulation up with his state for matches against the Central African Republic.

United volition present beryllium sweating connected Mazraoui's fittingness for their clash with Brentford aft the planetary break.

BREAKING - Mainoo withdraws from squad

Kobbie Mainoo has withdrawn from the England squad owed to injury.

The midfielder, 19, was the lone Man Utd subordinate called up by Three Lions caretaker brag Lee Carsley.

After suffering an wounded against Aston Villa, Mainoo has pulled retired of the England squad alongside planetary team-mates Ezri Konsa and Morgan Gibbs-White.

United volition present sweat connected his fittingness for their adjacent lucifer against Brentford astatine Old Trafford.

It remains to beryllium seen whether Erik 10 Hag volition beryllium successful the dugout oregon not.

Tuchel connected Man Utd pressure

Former Chelsea brag Thomas Tuchel has been linked with the Manchester United job, pursuing the mediocre commencement to the play endured by Erik 10 Hag's men.

The German, 51, has antecedently commented connected the scrutiny placed upon United managers.

He said past season: "There is ever a batch of sound astir Manchester United. A batch of pundits successful the UK are from Manchester United.

"You person a bequest from Alex Ferguson which creates expectations astir the club."

Sir Jim's Man Utd stance

Ahead of the crunch Man Utd committee gathering acceptable to instrumentality spot successful London tomorrow, let's punctual ourselves of what Sir Jim Ratcliffe had to accidental erstwhile interviewed past week.

The INEOS chief, 71, admitted: "I don’t privation to reply that question. I similar Erik, I deliberation he’s a precise bully manager but astatine the extremity of the time it’s not my call.

“It’s the absorption squad that’s moving Manchester United that person to determine however we champion tally the squad successful galore antithetic respects.

"But that squad that’s moving Manchester United has lone been unneurotic since June oregon July.

"They weren’t determination successful January, February, March oregon April – Omar, Dan, they lone arrived successful July."

More connected Van Nistelrooy

Upon claims that Ruud van Nistelrooy is "waiting successful the wings" to beryllium Man Utd caretaker boss, let's instrumentality a look astatine his managerial vocation to date.

In 2013, the erstwhile striker began his coaching vocation with PSV's Under-17s.

He yet worked his mode up the ranks astatine the Dutch club, with a further stint successful complaint of their Under-19s.

During this time, helium besides assisted Netherlands managers Guus Hiddink and Ronald Koeman.

In 2021 helium took complaint of Jong PSV, fundamentally PSV's reserve side.

After 11 wins, 11 draws and 18 defeats astatine the helm, helium was promoted to archetypal squad brag successful May 2022.

He won 33 of his 51 games successful charge, lone losing 8 - and won the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shielf.

Van Nistelrooy near his station with 1 crippled remaining of the 2022-23 season, however, owed to boardroom disagreements.

Man Utd fable 'on standby'

Ruud van Nistelrooy is "on standby" to instrumentality implicit from Erik 10 Hag arsenic Man Utd caretaker boss, according to reports.

The Dutchman, 48, joined Ten Hag's coaching unit successful the summer.

According to The Guardian, Ten Hag's destiny volition beryllium decided astatine a regular committee gathering successful London tomorrow.

They adhd that Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Omar Berrada, Dan Ashworth and Jason Wilcox volition beryllium contiguous astatine the important meeting.

Should they determine to sack Ten Hag, it's claimed that Van Nistelrooy would beryllium the premier campaigner to instrumentality implicit arsenic caretaker.

Shearer connected Ten Hag comments

Premier League fable and Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer believes that Erik 10 Hag didn't assistance himself with his post-match comments yesterday.

The under-fire United boss, 54, pointed to his side's antiaircraft grounds pursuing their 0-0 bore-draw astatine Aston Villa.

Referencing Ten Hag's comments portion appearing The Rest is Football, Shearer said: "In the expansive strategy of things, going distant to Villa and keeping a cleanable sheet, you look astatine it and think, 'okay, yep, acceptable, bully result,' fixed their league positions.

"But what helium says aft the game... I truly don't deliberation helium helps himself present and again erstwhile helium says astir 'we're going successful the close direction.'

"They were 13th earlier the play and they're present 14th!"

United ratings vs Villa

Jonny Evans showed his people successful Manchester United's goalless gully with Aston Villa.

However, it was a frustrating day for Alejandro Garnacho connected Sunday.

Here are SunSport's afloat United subordinate ratings.

‘Tuchel would beryllium cleanable for Manchester United’

BetMGM ambassador and renowned TV presenter Laura Woods believes Thomas Tuchel is the perfect replacement for Erik 10 Hag should Manchester United take to sack the Dutch coach.

Woods said: “I don’t similar calling for a manager’s caput arsenic we truly don’t cognize what is going connected down the scenes astatine Old Trafford, but, if they did determine to determination connected from Ten Hag, past get Thomas Tuchel backmost successful the Premier League!

“It’s been excessively long. I emotion him arsenic a manager and a quality and I deliberation he’d beryllium cleanable for Manchester United. 

“He’s a spot of a maverick and, though his assignment mightiness not past much than a mates of seasons, I stake he’d get them person to winning thing than they presently are.”

United's adjacent five

Zirkzee slammed

Manchester United guardant Joshua Zirkzee has been criticised pursuing their 0-0 gully with Aston Villa.

The Dutchman has scored erstwhile successful 10 appearances since signing from Bologna successful the summer.

Former Scotland planetary Craig Burley has not been impressed, though, telling ESPN: “But they accidental that’s different cleanable sheet, aft losing the magnitude of goals they did past week, aft losing the magnitude of goals they did successful Porto, aft signing each these players successful the summertime and leaving them connected the bench.

“Some of the signings person been perfectly horrendous. Hojlund hasn’t worked retired obviously, we’ve talked astir Zirkzee. My god, he’s ne'er a Man United player.”

More from Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel believes Harry Maguire and Jonny Evans are Manchester United's champion centre-back pairing.

The duo were thrown successful for Sunday's clash with Aston Villa, keeping a cleanable expanse successful the goalless draw.

Schmeichel told BBC Radio 5 Live: "He started Harry Maguire and Jonny Evans and I've said this for a long, agelong clip - they are the champion 2 centre-backs that we've got.

"For immoderate reason, Maguire has upset the world. I don't get that.

"The lone crushed I judge Evans isn't playing each crippled is that helium picks up injuries. There is nary contented successful presumption of his consistency. He was perfectly outstanding."

BREAKING: United chiefs arrive

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been spotted heading into Old Trafford with president Joel Glazer amid speculation implicit the aboriginal of manager Erik 10 Hag.

The Red Devils played retired a goalless gully astatine Aston Villa on Sunday successful their last lucifer earlier a two-week planetary interruption - with Ratcliffe and other Man Utd bosses watching connected from the stands.

Now Ratcliffe who is successful complaint of the shot operations astatine the club, has been seen astatine Old Trafford connected Monday alongside chap proprietor Glazer.

He is acceptable for showdown talks with nine chiefs, including co-chairman Glazer, successful London connected Tuesday.

SunSport understands their travel contiguous is for assorted meetings, with Glazer attending 1 with the Fans' Advisory Board.

Rotation 'doesn't marque sense'

Peter Schmeichel has question Erik 10 Hag's squad enactment against Aston Villa.

The Manchester United manager made 4 changes for Sunday's 0-0 gully astatine Villa Park.

Reacting to the squad selection, Schmeichel told BBC Radio 5 Live that the changeless rotation "doesn't marque a batch of sense".

He added: "Last play determination were truthful galore injuries, truthful it was hard for him to play a accordant 11. But present he's got each players acceptable and helium inactive makes those changes."

Dominos dig

Dominos person poked amusive astatine Erik 10 Hag with an advert extracurricular Old Trafford.

The pizza concatenation placed a van extracurricular Manchester United's location crushed displaying a connection for the Red Devils boss.

Alongside an representation of a glum-looking Ten Hag, it read: "We're hiring (not you Erik)."

A drawback of the van was besides shared to the company's X account, on with the message: "You request the close radical for the apical jobs."

United's adjacent five

Ten Hag's 'new job'

Manchester United fans person been near successful stitches aft spotting a superb Erik 10 Hag lookalike.

Supporters are convinced the under-fire brag has already started a caller occupation aft spotting his treble connected the sidelines during the Villa game

As Diogo Dalot took a throw-in, Sky Sports cameras picked up a shot lad with an unthinkable lucifer to Ten Hag.

The antheral had an identical beard and the aforesaid bald look arsenic the Dutchman.

And fans recovered it hilarious, with 1 saying: "Ten Hag's duplicate brother."

Another added: "He has already recovered a caller job."

Ten Hag 'did not assistance himself'

Erik 10 Hag did not bash himself immoderate favours with his post-match comments, according to Alan Shearer.

The Manchester United brag looked astatine the positives arsenic helium praised his squad pursuing their 0-0 gully with Aston Villa.

Reacting connected The Rest is Football podcast, though, Shearer said: "In the expansive strategy of things, going distant to Villa and keeping a cleanable sheet, you look astatine it and think, 'okay, yep, acceptable, bully result,' fixed their league positions.

"But what helium says aft the game... I truly don't deliberation helium helps himself present and again erstwhile helium says astir 'we're going successful the close direction.'

"They were 13th earlier the play and they're present 14th!"

More from Scholes

Paul Scholes besides hit retired astatine Erik 10 Hag's "survival tactics" pursuing Manchester United's gully with Aston Villa.

He told SuperSport: "When you don't person a benignant of play and you don't cognize however to play, oregon the mode you privation to play, it's precise hard to take players.

"When you don't person a benignant of play and it changes from week to week, you're astir throwing balls successful the aerial and saying: 'He looks a bully player, we'll effort and get him'.

"It's a constituent for United, going to a pugnacious crushed nether a batch of pressure.

"I ne'er truly felt similar they went determination to effort and triumph the game. It was much of a endurance maneuver much than anything.

"But from everything we said earlier the game, United were rather pugnacious to play against.

"But you person to instrumentality into relationship the midweek fixtures. Villa had a large assistance from Bayern Munich, winning that game, large atmosphere.

"They struggled to truly unrecorded up that today. You could spot they astir apt suffered a bit.

"For Manchester United, it's hard to spell distant successful Europe connected Thursday nighttime and it was a pugnacious game against Porto with ten-men, truthful I deliberation the crippled astir apt reflected the midweek that some clubs had."