Beating Manchester City in the FA Cup will not save Erik Ten Hag’s job, as Manchester United has already decided to fire him. according to reports by The Guardian.
Manchester United’s humiliating record in the 2023/24 season has caused fans and management to lose hope in the 54-year-old.
The club is considering Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna, England’s Gareth Southgate, Graham Potter, and Brentford’s Thomas Frank as potential replacements for the former Ajax manager.
There have been questions over the quality of his coaching, his tactics have been criticized, and many of his signings have not worked out.
Antony, the £86m winger, has been a huge disappointment since arriving from Ajax two years ago, and Rasmus Højlund, the Denmark striker, has had a difficult season.
André Onana, the goalkeeper, has been erratic since joining from Inter last season, and Casemiro, the Brazil midfielder, has struggled this season to keep up with the pace of English football. Injuries have meant that Mason Mount has barely featured since joining from Chelsea.
Ten Hag also engaged in a public spat with Jadon Sancho, which emerged when the Dutchman sidelined the 24-year-old Englishman in the squad that took on Arsenal in United’s 3-1 defeat to the Gunners.
Ten Hag indicated that Sancho was underperforming during their training sessions, hence why he was benched during that match.
However, Sancho defended himself, claiming that the Dutchman was using him as a scapegoat for Man United’s troubles.
Sancho, now on loan at his previous club Borussia Dortmund, is a UEFA Champions League finalist after his efforts helped his team cruise past the semifinals.
Record broken by Man United under Ten Hag
- Manchester United had never lost a CL game they were leading by 2 goals.
- Manchester United hadn’t lost a game they were leading by 2+ goals since 2014.
- Manchester United had never conceded 4+ goals in two CL group games.
- No team had ever given away 4 penalties in their first 4 CL group games in the history of the competition.
- No player as young as Roony Bardghji had scored against Manchester United in the CL.
- Manchester United hadn’t lost 8 of the opening 15 games in a season since 1962.
- Manchester United hadn’t lost 5 of their first 10 games at Old Trafford since 1931.
- No post-war Manchester United manager had conceded 20 goals to City and Liverpool in their first 6 games against them, until Erik Ten Hag.
- Manchester United hadn’t lost 5 of the opening 10 league games in 36 years.
- Galatasaray hadn’t won a game on English soil in 117 years of existence.
- Manchester United had never lost the opening 2 CL group games.
- Manchester United had never conceded 7 goals in the opening 2 CL group games.
- Manchester United had never conceded 3+ goals in back-to-back CL games.
- Manchester United hadn’t lost 4 of the opening 7 games in PL history.
