The end is near! Ten Hag behaving like a man who knows he's on the way out

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is behaving like a man who knows he is destined for the sack at the end of the season, according to a shock new report.

United look set to miss out on Champions League qualification as they currently lie in sixth place in the Premier League table, 11 points adrift of Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa, and with only seven matches remaining.

The out-of-sorts Old Trafford club have won only ONE of their last six league games and have collapsed from late, winning positions in recent matches against Brentford, Chelsea and Liverpool.

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Should they fail to return to the top table of European football then it’s widely expected that Ten Hag will pay the price.

The Dutchman lost another key ally inside the club this week with football director John Murtough departing.

The 53-year-old was part of the recruitment team which interviewed Ten Hag at the end of his Ajax reign and is known to have been a supportive presence.

However, there are big changes afoot around the club’s backroom with Omar Berrada having been recruited from Manchester City and more new faces in the shape of Jason Wilcox and Dan Ashworth expected to be added before long.

The end is near for Ten Hag

And now SunSport reports that Man Utd’s players have noticed a change in demeanour on the part of their manager, suggesting he knows he is effectively resigned to his fate.

The report also adds that former Brighton and Chelsea manager Graham Potter is being primed to replace Ten Hag, having recently turned down the opportunity to move to Ajax.

Ratcliffe, a new 27.7 percent part-owner of the club, is known to be a fan of Potter and is reported to have tried to appoint him for another INEOS club in Nice.

Although Ten Hag restored Champions League football to the club last season, and won a trophy in the shape of the Carabao Cup, it’s been a horror story from start to finish this term.

The Red Devils went out of the Champions League at the group stages while they have lost TWELVE of their 31 Premier League matches to this point.

There have also been high-profile fallouts with star names like Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho, while Ten Hag’s preferred signings such as Mason Mount and Sofyan Amrabat haven’t worked out either.