Manchester United Board Meeting After Aston Villa Game: Is Ten Hag’s Job on the Line?

The Athletic reported on October 5 that Manchester United executives A meeting is scheduled to take place in London after Sunday’s Premier League game away to Aston Villa, which is believed to be the deciding game for the Dutch manager’s future.

Before that, it was expected that Ten Hag would be given time to lead the team to turn things around in two more games after losing 3-0 to Spurs in the Premier League, with the first game causing a load -following the Red Army to disappoint again as usual. Going out to find Porto 3-3 in extra time despite the team leading 2-0 to the home team.

However, Athletic say the main agenda of the Red Devils board meeting 48 hours after the game at Villa Park is unclear whether Ten Hag will be discussed or not, even from recent interviews with to say that the team board, not him, will decide on the manager’s future.

“I like Eric, I think he’s a good coach. But in the end it was not my decision,” the owner of 27.7% of Red Devils shares told the media after the match against Porto.

“We have a management team at Manchester United who will decide what is best for the club from many angles. But our team only started managing in June or July. They were not there in January, February, March or April, Omar Berrada (CEO) and Dan Ashworth (Director) of Sports) came in July.

“They were just there. They did not stay together for long. So they have to make rational decisions.”

“Our goal is clear. We want Manchester United back to where they were. And it’s clearly not there yet.”

The Athletic say that apart from Sir Ratcliffe, who will be in attendance to watch the game against Villa, the Red Devils board who will attend the general meeting include team co-owner Joel Glazer, who traveled from the United States, Chief Financial Officer Roger Bell, CEO Collette Roche, Berrada, Ashworth and Technical Director Jason Wilcox ahead of the game at Villa Park The Red Devils had a very poor performance, winning only 3 out of 9 games in all competitions. and is 13th in the Premier League.