Manchester United make Erik ten Hag decision as speculation continues

Manchester United sources person insisted the sole absorption is connected Thursday's Europa League lucifer distant to Porto amid speculation surrounding caput manager Erik 10 Hag's future.

Speculation is mounting that Ten Hag's days astatine United are present numbered, contempt the nine putting their religion successful him implicit the summertime and extending his contract.

However, those adjacent to the nine insisted it was concern arsenic accustomed connected Monday morning, with the absorption simply trained connected the adjacent lucifer successful Portugal, arsenic good arsenic Sunday's travel to Aston Villa earlier the October planetary break.

United person been described arsenic a "mess" by erstwhile England striker Alan Shearer, portion BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker felt the players looked similar "lost souls" against Tottenham.

Shearer, speaking connected The Rest Is Football podcast, said: "Can anyone archer maine what Manchester United are?

"What is their system? What is their plan? Do they sit, bash they attack, bash they press? I don't know. I don't person a hint what they are. They are a mess."

Co-presenter Micah Richards said United had been inconsistent, to which Shearer replied: "Inconsistent? They're 12th successful the league. That means they're not inconsistent, they're bloody awful. That means they're consistently not precise good."

Shearer said United's players could not "hide behind" Ten Hag, but Lineker said: "It's hard to spot him turning this astir now. He indispensable beryllium nether unspeakable pressure. Who knows what the owners think?

"They look similar mislaid souls."

The red paper for Bruno Fernandes was 1 of the lowlights of Sunday's meek surrender, but the Portuguese prima was determined to determination connected and ore connected the midweek travel to his location city.

"It's a broadside that ever does truly good successful Europe, we person to beryllium alert of that," Fernandes told MUTV.

"It's a squad that has a large spirit, (are) improving a batch successful the past fewer games, adjacent if they mislaid the past crippled successful the Europa League.

"We expect a truly hard crippled there, but we spell determination to triumph due to the fact that it's everything that we person to deliberation about."

United were linked with a big of large sanction bosses implicit the summer, including outgoing England manager Gareth Southgate and ex-Bayern Munich and Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel, but yet stuck with Ten Hag, whose origin was helped by United rounding disconnected the play with FA Cup occurrence against Manchester City.

The Dutchman was fixed a declaration hold to 2026 but the nine person endured a dreadful commencement to the caller campaign, and helium is present odds-on with bookmakers to beryllium the adjacent Premier League manager to beryllium sacked.