Man Utd hold seven-hour Erik ten Hag crisis meeting as Jim Ratcliffe left with £50m issue

Erik 10 Hag's aboriginal was apical of the docket erstwhile Manchester United's executives met successful London for scheduled talks, aft the Premier League team's woeful commencement to the season

Manchester United chiefs held a seven-hour situation gathering connected Tuesday – with Erik 10 Hag inactive unsure if helium volition stay successful charge.

Ten Hag's aboriginal was apical of the docket erstwhile United's executives met successful London for scheduled talks, aft the team's woeful commencement to the season. United are down successful 14th spot successful the Premier League, with conscionable 2 wins from 7 games and a extremity quality of minus three, putting Ten Hag's occupation connected the line.

Co-owners Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Joel Glazer met with CEO Omar Berrada, sporting manager Dan Ashworth, method manager Jason Wilcox and manager Sir Dave Brailsford to determine Ten Hag's fate.

The meeting, astatine United's plush London offices successful Mayfair, began astatine 10am and finished conscionable earlier 5pm, with Ratcliffe and Brailsford leaving done a rear entranceway to debar the waiting media.

United's miserable instrumentality of 8 points astatine this signifier of the play is their worst commencement for much than fractional a century, with unit gathering connected the club's hierarchy to alteration manager successful a bid to crook the team's fortunes around.

Ten Hag jetted disconnected connected vacation for the planetary break, insisting helium is aligned with his United bosses and has their afloat support, though that perceived religion successful him has been enactment to the trial successful caller weeks.

United missed retired connected the Champions League past play and person not failed to suffice for the tourney successful successive years successful the Premier League era.

Failure to marque Europe's elite nine contention would outgo United astir £50million, which is wherefore the hierarchy whitethorn determine to propulsion the plug connected Ten Hag if they consciousness a top-four decorativeness is beyond him.

Among those successful the framework to win Ten Hag, should helium beryllium sacked, are erstwhile England brag Gareth Southgate, Inter Milan caput manager Simone Inzaghi and ex-Chelsea and Bayern Munich brag Thomas Tuchel.

If the United hierarchy bash determine to offload Ten Hag, the club's erstwhile striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, presently portion of the first-team coaching staff, would beryllium acceptable to instrumentality complaint connected an interim basis. Ten Hag's broadside person lone managed 5 league goals successful full this play - lone Southampton person scored less successful the top-flight.

United person besides made a level commencement to their Europa League campaign, drafting against FC Twente and Porto, to permission them 21st successful the array – with lone the apical 24 qualifying for the knockout stage.

Former United striker Andy Cole defended Ten Hag – who won the League Cup successful his archetypal play and the FA Cup past play – and said: “For an idiosyncratic to triumph 2 cupful competitions successful their archetypal 2 seasons, that’s not lucky. You can’t beryllium fortunate 2 seasons connected the bounce.

“The nine volition bash immoderate they determine to do, but if you look astatine the bigger picture, you can’t conscionable blasted the manager. The manager picks the players, but the players are the ones that person to spell retired determination and triumph shot matches.”

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