Erik ten Hag’s future at Manchester United is predicted to be determined within the subsequent fortnight, with the possibilities of the Dutchman holding his job regarded as 50-50. United’s plan is to determine the supervisor’s destiny after the FA Cup remaining on 25 Might, after they face Manchester Metropolis at Wembley. It’s understood his hope of remaining within the publish are finely balanced.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the minority proprietor who now controls United’s soccer coverage, his key lieutenant, Sir Dave Brailsford, Jean Claude-Blanc, the performing chief govt, and the technical director, Jason Wilcox, are main the evaluation of Ten Hag.
If Ten Hag can lead United to victory over Metropolis and declare a trophy for a second consecutive season, this may little question support his case, significantly as it will come on the finish of a troubled marketing campaign bedevilled by serial accidents and off-field points.
Ten Hag has a 12 months remaining on his contract and will or not it’s determined to exchange him in the summertime the listing of candidates who might substitute him consists of Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna, Brentford’s Thomas Frank, Bayern Munich’s Thomas Tuchel, who’s leaving on the finish of the season, Graham Potter, who’s out of labor, and the England supervisor, Gareth Southgate.
Ten Hag is underneath scrutiny for a marketing campaign by which United discover themselves in eighth on 54 factors earlier than internet hosting Newcastle on Wednesday. They face Brighton on the Amex Stadium within the remaining spherical of Premier League video games on Sunday.
United might nicely should win the FA Cup so as to qualify for Europe subsequent season, with Ten Hag accepting after Sunday’s 1-0 loss to Arsenal that having no European soccer subsequent season can be “very damaging”.