Man Utd issue Ten Hag sack date

Carlo Garganese

8 Sept 2024 08:30 BST
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Erik ten Hag, Man Utd, 2024/25 — © IMAGO

Manchester United bosses have told Erik ten Hag that he will be sacked if he doesn’t improve results by Christmas.

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Ten Hag is under heavy pressure after a another terrible start to the new season, with United taking just three points from their first three Premier League games, and being thrashed 3-0 at home by rivals Liverpool.

Britain’s bookmakers expect Ten Hag to be sacked sooner rather than later, with the Manchester United boss the red-hot favourite to be the next Premier League manager to be sacked.

All of Britain’s bookmakers have Ten Hag as the favourite to be the next coach to get the chop in England, with his odds plummeting after the heavy 3-0 defeat to Liverpool.

However, Football Insider reports that Ten Hag does have time to turn things around.

They report that Sir Jim Ratcliffe and United’s bosses will give Ten Hag until Christmas to turn things around. If results don’t improve by then, Ten Hag will be sacked.

Ten Hag had been expected to be sacked this summer after a generally miserable 2023-24 campaign in which - despite winning the FA Cup - Man Utd finished eighth in the Premier League and were dumped out of Europe at the Champions League group stage.

United held an internal review on Ten Hag’s future and even spoke to a number of potential managerial replacements, but in a shock development decided that the Dutchman would be staying at Old Trafford.

© IMAGO - Erik ten Hag had been expected to be sacked

Ten Hag to be sacked?

That decision appears to only be a short stay of execution as the bookmakers believe that Ten Hag’s days are numbered.

A number of top names are waiting in the wings to replace Ten Hag, including former England manager Gareth Southgate and ex-Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel.

Everton’s Sean Dyche is the second favourite to be sacked in the Premier League after a terrible start to the new season for the Toffees.

Chelsea’s Enzo Maresca is the third favourite to go next due to all the uncertainty at the club.