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On the back of Manchester United’s 3-0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford this weekend, speculation is rising once more around the potential of Erik ten Hag being replaced.
Whilst the United bosses are still standing by ten Hag as they did before the summer when they renewed his contract, there is a general feeling that the United manager needs to start getting results soon.
After the defeat by Spurs, ten Hag spoke about his position, commenting: “We all made it together, this decision to stay together, as an ownership, as a leadership group in the summer.”
He continued: “Also, we made the decision from a clear review of what we have to improve as an organisation and also how we want to construct a squad. All the decision making was in togetherness.”
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These comments indicate a security from the United hierarchy, however, it’s also been reported that the Dutchman has the two remaining games before the international break to get some better results.
Whilst new reports have claimed that Inter Milan’s Simon Inzaghi is being strongly considered as a replacement for ten Hag. given his six trophy wins since joining the Serie A side in 2021, new information has been released about the cost to the club of sacking ten Hag now.
The financial implication of parting ways with Erik ten Hag
Reports from Richard Martin on X have claimed that since the one-year extension of ten Hag’s contract, sacking him now would cost the club £17.5 million. This works out as £7.5 million more than if they’d replaced him before the summer.
Earlier in the year the club made 250 redundancies to save money going forward, however sacking the Dutchman now would cost half of the amount saved from the job losses.
With the club focusing on the financial implications of all their actions, these figures make it even more unlikely that they’ll be making any snap decisions around ten Hag’s future.
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