The Manchester United co-owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has added to the uncertainty of Erik ten Hag’s future by declaring any decision on the manager is ‘not my call’
Sir Jim Ratcliffe was in Barcelona celebrating Ineos Britannia’s sailing success while Erik ten Hag travelled back from Portugal.Sir Jim Ratcliffe was in Barcelona celebrating Ineos Britannia’s sailing success while Erik ten Hag travelled back from Portugal.co-owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has added to the uncertainty of Erik ten Hag’s future by declaring any decision on the manager is “not my call”.“I don’t want to answer that question,” said the billionaire, who bought 27.
Ten Hag was awarded a one-year extension in May, following United’s FA Cup final victory over City. That Wembley win has done little to improve United’s Premier League fortunes. After seven matches, United lie 13th in the table, and have only beaten second-bottom Southampton and League One Barnsley in the Carabao Cup since 16 August.
In Porto on Thursday, United held a two-goal lead, only to concede twice in seven minutes before Maguire rescued a draw for a team reduced to 10 players by captain’s Bruno Fernandes’s indiscipline.Ratcliffe said of his appointed decision-makers: “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.
In Portugal, Ten Hag had stayed typically defiant. “This team has the belief that they don’t give up,” he said. “So they have that range of positive mentality and have a strong mentality. But in some other parts, they have to step up.” On questions of his future, Ten Hag remained unmoved: “There are more areas where we will improve, definitely. And then we will see where we will end at the end of the season. I’m not thinking about such issues because that is not a topic. We are in this together. The ownership, the leadership, the team, the staff.”
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