Sir Jim Ratcliffe insists it is not his decision whether or not remains as manager.
Ten Hag finds himself under growing pressure at Old Trafford amid a tough start to the season. of the table after six games, with a trip to high-flying coming up on Sunday,
Ratcliffe made a number of changes behind the scenes during his first summer after taking charge of football affairs at the club. Omar Berrada, Dan Ashworth and Jason Wilcox have all come in, and the Ineos chief pointed to the short amount of time they have been in their positions.
Ten Hag's future was the subject of discussion over the summer, with United sounding out potential replacements before deciding to stick with the Dutchman. Speaking just two days before the Villa game, though, Ratcliffe's comments cast new light.
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"I don’t want to answer that question…" he told the when asked if he had faith in the manager. "I like Erik. I think he’s a very good coach but at the end of the day it’s not my call, it’s the management team that’s running that have to decide how we best run the team in many different respects," added Ratcliffe, who has been in for the Americas Cup.
"But that team that’s running Manchester United has only been together since June or July. They weren’t there in January, February, March or April – [CEO] Omar [Berrada], [Sporting Director] 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. Our objective is very clear - we want to take Manchester United back to where it should be, and it’s not there yet, obviously - that’s very clear.”
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Ten Hag had hoped to ease some of the pressure with victory at Porto in the on Thursday. It wasn't to be, though, with United throwing away a two-goal lead before snatching a late point through .
"We scored two great goals and then we switched off," . "We don't keep possession and defending, we're switching off. We conceded the first goal, totally unnecessary, then you light up the fire in this stadium and it becomes very tough.
“But I don't judge us at this moment. I judge us at the end of the season. We're in the process. Just wait. We have to develop this team. We will work and continue. We will fight.
"We started the game very well, we dominated, we scored two goals, but then we lost control. The middle part was not good, the ending was very good, but the defending we have to improve.”
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