Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his Manchester United advisers were minded to sack the Dutchman but in the end another trophy changed their minds
Erik ten Hag celebrates after Manchester United’s FA Cup final win against Manchester City, a result that kept him in a job.Erik ten Hag celebrates after Manchester United’s FA Cup final win against Manchester City, a result that kept him in a job.
Not all of Ten Hag’s 22 predecessors in United’s 146-year history pulled this off. Two failures were Ole Gunnar Solskjær, who immediately preceded him, and David Moyes, the first of the five permanent managers since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in May 2013. Yet despite this instability and having to cope with more than 60 different injuries last season, Ten Hag piloted United to an FA Cup final triumph accomplished via a tactical cuteness derived from his willingness to listen to the suggestion of Jason Wilcox – appointed
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