Manchester United ‘hold secret talks’ with ‘a number of managers’ leaving Erik ten Hag’s future in huge uncertainty

MANCHESTER UNITED person held "secret talks" with "a fig of managers" leaving Erik 10 Hag's aboriginal successful doubt, reports say.

The Dutchman held onto his occupation this summertime aft the Old Trafford hierarchy, headed up by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, decided to manus him a caller deal.

But that was lone aft interviewing a imaginable replacement, including Thomas Tuchel, who has since taken implicit arsenic England boss.

According to the Daily Mail, United are backmost successful the marketplace scoping retired a imaginable successor to Ten Hag.

It is claimed main enforcement Omar Berrada already travelled to Spain for talks with Barcelona manager Xavi.

Sporting Lisbon's Ruben Amorim, ex-Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic and Brentford’s Thomas Frank are besides said to beryllium connected a four-man shortlist.

Gareth Southgate - who stepped down arsenic Three Lions manager aft Euro 2024 - and out-of-work Graham Potter are besides linked.

United are 12th successful the Premier League array going into their travel to West Ham this Sunday.

And Ten Hag's broadside person failed to triumph immoderate of their archetypal 3 Europa League ties pursuing a draw with Fenerbahce successful Istanbul.

The ex-Ajax brag has consistently insisted that helium is connected the aforesaid leafage arsenic United’s enactment squad of Berrada, sporting manager Dan Ashworth and method manager Jason Wilcox.

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But billionaire Ineos proprietor Ratcliffe refuses to springiness Ten Hag his nationalist backing.

And United’s co-owners are weighing up their options again amid interest implicit the deficiency of advancement aft different £200million was spent connected transfers.

Ten Hag brought successful Leny Yoro, Manuel Ugarte, Matthijs de Ligt, Joshua Zirkzee and Noussair Mazraou this summer.

But United fable Paul Scholes claimed he is yet to spot immoderate improvements pursuing a 1-1 gully astatine Fenerbahce.

He said: "I deliberation they person played successful spells wherever they’ve looked okay. They person missed a batch of chances arsenic well.

"But I deliberation league presumption tells you everything. And I’m talking astir some leagues, 11th successful the Premier League, 21st successful the Europa League.

"There’s been nary improvement. I deliberation that’s the biggest disappointment with 2 and a small spot years in, a batch of wealth has been spent and we’re not seeing improvement.

"You’d similar to deliberation by present they’re up determination challenging them. The apical 3 teams I cognize Liverpool, City and Arsenal are up of astir different teams.

"You’d similar to spot them getting adjacent a small spot person to that, but it doesn’t consciousness similar it.

"I bash really deliberation connected Saturday they got person to having the champion squad out, which has been a while.

"I deliberation Luke Shaw inactive needs to travel into that. They’ve got the young lad Leny Yoro who volition astir apt travel into that.

"Mainoo backmost into midfield and I thought determination were signs, 2nd fractional especially, that they scored 2 truly bully goals which excited you. So look fingers crossed they tin spell connected and improve."