United Co-owner Sir Ratcliffe Gives His 2 Cents on Coach Sacking Ten Hag

Following the consistent poor fome of Manchester United, the co-owner of the club Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been called upon to at least say something as regards the future of the coach. Mr Sir Jim Radcliffe speaking about the future of Erik Ten Hag who the head coach of the club has said the future of manager is really not his decision to make, he said the decision to sack him is “not my call”.

Sir Ratcliffe Says is not His Call for Ten Hag to be Sacked

The billionaire took control of football operations at Old Trafford in February and, in July, the club triggered a one-year extension in Ten Hag’s contract.But following a difficult start to the season, Ratcliffe said the Manchester United hierarchy he has put in place must “take stock and make some sensible decisions”.

When he was asked if he still had faith in Ten Hag, he said: “I don’t want to answer that question.” The club has won only three of their first 10 matches of the season and are winless in four games in all competitions before ahead of their visit to Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday.

The co owner of the club Ratcliffe said: “I like Erik. I think he’s a very good coach but at the end of the day it’s not my call.” “It’s the management team that’s running Manchester United that have to decide how we best run the team in many different respects.” “But that team that’s running Manchester United has only been together since June or July.

They weren’t there in January, February, March or April – [CEO] Omar [Berrada], [sporting director] Dan Ashworth – they only arrived in July.” “They’ve only been there… you can count it in weeks almost – they’ve not been there a long time, so they need to take stock and make some sensible decisions.”

He made the objectives of the club clear stating that they want to take the club back to where it should be, and it’s not there yet, obviously. For now it is clear that Ten Hag’s job is still active and he is likely not to be sacked anytime soon. The club has won two trophies in two years at Old Trafford, but an impressive 2-1 victory against Manchester City in May’s FA Cup final proved vital to the Dutchman keeping his job.

They ended the club’s six-year wait for silverware with victory against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final in his first season at the club, also achieving a third-place finish in the Premier League.But his second season proved far more difficult as United, having been knocked out in the group stage of the Champions League, finished eighth in the league before ending on a high against City at Wembley.

The initial deal Ten Hag signed when he was appointed in 2022 was due to expire at the end of the current season, in 2025. Following a review of the team’s performance across the 2023-24 season, which included speaking to potential replacements for Ten Hag, the club – led by Ratcliffe – decided to trigger an extension to keep the manager at Old Trafford until 2026.