What now for TenHag?
Phil McNulty
Chief football writer at Villa Park
Manchester United’s under-siege manager Erik ten Hag will clutch gratefully at any small mercy as he battles to present a convincing case that he should have a long-term future at Old Trafford.
Ten Hag faced games at Porto in the Europa League and away to Aston Villa in the past week, which were flagged as potential defining moments as United’s restructured managerial hierarchy plotted their next moves.
United may not have won either of those games – the concession of a two-goal advantage to draw 3-3 in Porto typical of the disorganised chaos that has characterised much of Ten Hag’s tenure – but a battling goalless draw at Aston Villa at least means he did not lose any.
The club’s co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe was in attendance at Villa Park alongside sidekick Sir Dave Brailsford and other members of United’s new executive group such as Dan Ashworth, Omar Berrada and Jason Wilcox. Sir Alex Ferguson was there too, for good measure.
So has Ten Hag done enough to maintain the continued faith of Ratcliffe and his cohorts – and what will be central to their deliberations this week?
Courtesy of BBC Sports.
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