Sir Jim Ratcliffe arrives at Old Trafford for Man Utd talks amid Erik ten Hag uncertainty

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Joel Glazer person some been spotted astatine Old Trafford arsenic elder figures astatine Manchester United stitchery for captious talks involving Erik 10 Hag and the aboriginal of Old Trafford

Sir Jim Ratcliffe arrived astatine Old Trafford connected Monday up of large talks involving Manchester United's apical brass.

The INEOS main has watched connected crossed the opening weeks of the play arsenic the squad conflict for results and performances - which has seen the unit ramp up connected Erik 10 Hag. His aboriginal is precise overmuch connected the docket with Joel Glazer besides seen arriving astatine the team's stadium connected Monday.

Gary Neville was besides present, with the aboriginal of Old Trafford besides among their treatment topics. Senior figures indispensable determine whether to determination wealth into improving the stadium oregon gathering a whole caller venue with imaginable plans already being drawn up.

Monday's gathering comes up of Tuesday's scheduled committee gathering successful London, wherever Ten Hag's aboriginal volition again beryllium connected the agenda. Co-chairman Glazer volition besides be the enforcement committee gathering connected Tuesday, arsenic volition Ratcliffe's right-hand antheral Sir Dave Brailsford, CEO Omar Berrada, sporting manager Dan Ashworth and method manager Jason Wilcox.

Ratcliffe was contiguous astatine Villa Park to ticker the goalless gully against Aston Villa connected Sunday. He observed alongside Omar Berrada, Dan Ashworth and Sir Dave Brailsford. The INEOS main himself was acold from convincing erstwhile quizzed connected Ten Hag's aboriginal past week.

He maintained the adjacent determination regarding Ten Hag was not his determination and that would beryllium near to the brains spot helium has enactment unneurotic successful Manchester.

The number owner, who is successful complaint of shot operations: "I similar Erik. I deliberation he's a precise bully manager but astatine the extremity of the time it's not my call. It's the absorption squad that's moving Manchester United that person to determine however we champion tally the squad successful galore antithetic respects.

"But that squad that's moving Manchester United has lone been unneurotic since June oregon July. They weren't determination successful January, February, March oregon April – [CEO] Omar [Berrada], [sporting director] Dan Ashworth - they lone arrived successful July. They've lone been there… you tin number it successful weeks astir - they've not been determination a agelong time, truthful they request to instrumentality banal and marque immoderate sensible decisions."

Ten Hag has lone won 2 of his 7 Premier League games frankincense acold with the squad sat successful the bottommost fractional of the table. Last twelvemonth an FA Cup last occurrence arguably saved his occupation aft helium could lone muster an eighth spot decorativeness - the club's worst showing successful good implicit 30 years.

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