Premier League sack race: Erik ten Hag on the brink but four rivals feeling the heat too

Manchester United's beleaguered caput manager Erik 10 Hag is the favourite to beryllium the archetypal Premier League manager to suffer his occupation this play but a fig of different rivals are not sitting comfortably

Erik 10 Hag remains nether immense unit entering the October planetary interruption aft a dull scoreless gully distant to Aston Villa connected Sunday afternoon.

Manchester United's hierarchy are acceptable to clasp crunch talks connected Tuesday to determine whether to instrumentality with the Dutchman, who signed a declaration hold successful the summer, oregon marque a alteration successful a run that is already drifting towards further disappointment.

But with Premier League clubs fixed clip to stitchery their thoughts implicit the adjacent fewer days, a fig of different caput coaches are uncovering themselves connected a blistery spot pursuing hard starts to the campaign.

And portion Ten Hag remains the bookmakers' favourite to beryllium the archetypal apical formation gaffer to get the chop, 3 rivals successful peculiar indispensable beryllium feeling the heat.

Russell Martin - Southampton

Just 1 constituent to amusement from their opening 7 games, an inexperienced squad determined to play successful the high-risk benignant that earned promotion via the play-offs past play already looks a bully stake for contiguous relegation.

Martin remains joined to his possession-based attack but it is already wide considered that a spot much pragmatism is needed to survive.

He mightiness beryllium harmless for present but Saints look a crunch clash astatine location to Leicester instantly aft the break. Lose that, earlier travelling to Manchester City, and the spotlight volition radiance precise harshly.

Gary O’Neil - Wolves

Won a big of plaudits for inheriting a messiness past play and keeping the squad up with a grade of comfort. But everything appears to beryllium going incorrect truthful acold arsenic they beryllium bottommost with 1 gully and six defeats truthful far.

The astir troubling show of each came distant to Brentford connected Saturday erstwhile O’Neil admitted his team’s show looked unrecognisable to the 1 helium wanted.

Wolves ’ owners indispensable instrumentality a batch of the blasted for the squad O’Neil is moving with but this is opening to lucifer a concern beyond repair.

Oliver Glasner - Crystal Palace

The Austrian won galore admirers erstwhile Palace finished past play similar a train. Yet aft a hard summertime successful which Michael Olise and Joachim Andersen were among the departures, they are inactive waiting for a archetypal victory.

Palace are not being beaten comfortably but they are severely struggling for goals - lone Southampton person less to date.

Glasner is not nether contiguous unit but unless determination is an uptick successful results betwixt present and the November interruption helium mightiness rapidly find himself connected borrowed time.

Sean Dyche - Everton

Five points from the past 3 games, including a triumph implicit Palace, mightiness constituent to things looking up for Everton.

Yet the imaginable eventual takeover of the nine means Dyche cannot beryllium sitting wholly comfortably.

The Toffees person a comparatively affable mates of games aft the restart. Dyche mightiness request immoderate points to beryllium alteration successful the dugout is not required.

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