Man Utd news: Erik ten Hag faces 'unhappy' boardroom as Xabi Alonso stance on job emerges

Erik 10 Hag remains nether aggravated pressure, with his Manchester United broadside present facing a important week, with matches successful the Europa League, Premier League and Carabao Cup each upcoming

Manchester United are facing a important Halloween week arsenic Erik 10 Hag looks to debar enduring different nightmare.

Ten Hag has overseen a mostly dreadful commencement to the season, though United did bushed Brentford on Saturday. They now question to Fenerbahce connected Thursday, earlier facing West Ham successful the Premier League connected Sunday and hosting Leicester successful the Last 16 of the Carabao Cup adjacent week.

A nonaccomplishment to triumph immoderate of those games could extremity up with Ten Hag being handed his marching orders. United chiefs person present made it publically wide that they are unhappy with the absorption of the squad this season.

To adhd to Ten Hag's woes, Bayer Leverkusen are present gearing up to suffer manager Xabi Alonso, who is simply a apical people for United. Here, Mirror Football rounds up each the latest Manchester United news.

United chiefs 'unhappy' with Ten Hag

Manchester United chiefs are "not happy" with their commencement to the play nether Erik 10 Hag. His semipermanent aboriginal remains successful question, with the clubs's main communications serviceman admitting astatine a instrumentality forum gathering that higher-ups are "not happy" with their caller form.

Toby Craig, who joined from Chelsea implicit the summer, said: "Clearly we are not blessed with the men's archetypal team's commencement to the play and results are not wherever we privation them to be. There is simply a immense magnitude of alteration going on.

"We judge we came retired of the summertime transportation model with a stronger squad, but it's 1 that is inactive evolving with a fig of younger players who volition support getting better. We cognize there's inactive a batch to do."

Read Craig's afloat comments.

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Carragher hails Hojlund

Jamie Carragher believes Rasmus Hojlund is yet surviving up to his £72million terms tag. Hojlund has lone been capable to marque six appearances this play owed to injury, but Carragher has been pleased with what helium has seen from the striker.

"Hojlund, I deliberation he’s starting to look a player. I was truly impressed with him successful Porto a mates of weeks ago, helium enactment a existent displacement in," Carragher told Monday Night Football.

"There’s existent endowment successful the beforehand three, but the antheral who gets the winning goal, I deliberation he’s starting to look a player. I deliberation the operation of that beforehand 3 is possibly thing that tin support them going."

Read Carragher's afloat thoughts.

Alonso stance connected United job

Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso appears apt to crook down the accidental to regenerate Erik 10 Hag having already rejected Manchester United once. Ten Hag is nether superior pressure, portion Alonso's prima is rapidly rising aft starring Bayer Leverkusen to an Invincibles Bundesliga play past term.

United reportedly explored a determination implicit the summer, earlier deciding to support religion with Ten Hag. It appeared to beryllium a non-starter, though, adjacent earlier the eventual determination to backmost their existent brag with a declaration extension.

Alonso is understood to person rejected the accidental to instrumentality implicit astatine Old Trafford implicit the summer. It is thought the Spaniard would beryllium reluctant to articulation United owed to his ties with their rivals Liverpool.

Read the latest connected United's manager situation.

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