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Yesterday, Manchester United’s hierarchy held a committee meeting in London to discuss the club’s future.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Joel Glazer, CEO Omar Berrada and others were in attendance.
One major point of discussion was whether Erik ten Hag will remain as manager of the club.
After Sunday’s 0-0 draw at Villa Park, United are winless in five games and have had their worst ever start to a Premier League season with eight points in seven games.
As the pressure increases on the Dutchman, many are speculating over when he will get the sack rather than if.
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Mick Brown, former assistant manager under Sir Alex Ferguson, has strong connections at the club and has revealed United’s plan to sack Erik ten Hag.
He told Football Insider that United aim to hire a new manager before the January transfer window opens.
“They’ve got a load of players who somebody’s got to come in and deal with.”
“I’m not so sure that the likes of Allegri and Tuchel, people like that, would want that lot.”
“So they’re governed by the transfer window and when they can make some changes”, he explained.
“I’ve heard the club would like to wait until closer to January before they pull the trigger on Ten Hag so any new boss can have the transfer window.”
However, Mick Brown highlighted that if United’s poor run of form continues, the Dutchman may leave earlier than expected.
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“Circumstances may be that they’re forced to pull the trigger early.”
“Ideally, it would be closer to January and around the Christmas period and if they wanted to make the call then the new manager could bring in his own players.”
“Results will need to pick up though because the pressure is on and they could be forced to make a decision earlier than that,” Brown said.
United’s owners are aware that finding a top manager mid-season is a tall order, which is why they plan to elect Ruud van Nistelrooy as interim if Ten Hag is sacked.
While Xabi Alonso and Julian Nagelsmann are permanent targets, United may have to wait until next summer to appoint them.
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