Man Utd chiefs set meeting that could be end of Erik ten Hag - with Joel Glazer flying in

The hierarchy will meet in London next Tuesday - 48 hours after what could be manager final game in charge.

Ten Hag, 54, is if the Red Devils lose their fifth match of the season away to this Sunday. On Thursday, United looked set for their first win in four after they took a two-goal lead against in the .

But Ten Hag's men collapsed once again and found themselves 3-2 down, with only 10 men, going into added time. Fortunately for the embattled United boss, came off the bench to after captain had been sent off.

Defeat to Villa could be the final straw, though, with the club's bigwigs due to meet for talks next week. The long-planned meeting will take place at the club's offices in Kensington, with expected to be present after flying in from the USA.

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Glazer, who remains United's executive co-chairman, is set to be joined by co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who'll also be at the Villa game, head of sport , United CEO Omar Berrada, sporting director and technical director Jason Wilcox. Chief financial officer Roger Bell and chief operating officer Collette Roche are also likely to be in attendance.

It's currently unclear whether the performance of the men's first-team will be on the agenda at the meeting, with Ten Hag now in his third season after spending roughly £600million on new signings. Ratcliffe was reluctant to give his verdict on Ten Hag's predicament when he spoke to on Friday, claiming that it's Berrada and Ashworth who'll make any decision on the manager's future.

"I like Erik. He's a very good coach but at the end of the day it's not my call," the INEOS founder and chief executive said. "It's the management team that's running Manchester United that have to decide how we best run the team in many different respects. But that team that's running Manchester United has only been together since June or July.

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"They weren't there in January, February, March or April - Omar, Dan Ashworth - they only arrived in July. They've only been there - you can count it in weeks almost - they've not been there a long time, so they need to take stock and make some sensible decisions."

But Ratcliffe is under no illusions as to the amount of work needed to return United to their former glories - regardless of who's manager. "Our objective is very clear - we want to take Manchester United back to where it should be," he added. "It's not there yet, obviously - that's very clear. There's work to be done."

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