Man Utd players expect Ten Hag to be sacked

Carlo Garganese

• 5 Mar 2024 07:54 GMT
• 3 min read

Manchester United players expect Erik ten Hag to be sacked at the end of the season, according to the Daily Mail.

The English newspaper reports that the United squad have come to accept that it is almost impossible for Ten Hag to remain at the club into the 2024-25 season.

The arrival of Sir Jim Ratcliffe as minority owner with powers over transfers and recruitment will almost certainly result in Ten Hag being given his marching orders.

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The Daily Mail reports that the only glimmer of hope that Ten Hag has to survive is by winning the FA Cup and qualifying for the Champions League.

However, with United 11 points off fourth and six points behind Tottenham in fifth (having played a game more), the chances of qualifying for the Champions League are slim.

Despite this, the Mail adds that Ten Hag has not lost the dressing room as has been widely reported, although it does stress that some players are unhappy with the intensity of some training sessions.

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Ten Hag record at Man Utd

Ten Hag joined Man Utd in the summer of 2022 and enjoyed a decent first season as he took the club back into the Champions League, won the League Cup and reached the FA Cup final.

However, the 2023-24 campaign has been a total disaster for Ten Hag. United have lost 11 of their 27 Premier League games and have a goal difference of -2. They face a big struggle to finish in the Champions League places, even with fifth position likely to earn a spot in the tweaked competition.

They went out of the League Cup early but worst of all were humiliated in the Champions League group stages.

Despite being drawn in one of the weaker groups together with Galatasaray and Copenhagen, they finished bottom of the pool as the Danes and Bayern Munich progressed.

United picked up just four points and conceded 15 goals, the most ever by an English team in the groups in the history of the tournament.

Ten Hag has fallen out with a host of players during his time at the club, most notably Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho, while there has been scrutiny over his reported bad relationship with Marcus Rashford.

The 2-1 derby loss to Man City on Sunday has only added to the pressure Ten Hag is under, with his players now fully expecting a new manager in the summer.