Erik ten Hag still has prominent figures in the new Manchester United football hierarchy backing him, in what is the first major test of the club’s new structure. Although the Dutch coach is in real danger of being sacked in a final review this week, the FA Cup victory has helped his case, and bolstered existing arguments from influential decision-makers that he should stay.
Representatives of United have already spoken to the camps of Mauricio Pochettino, Thomas Tuchel, Kieran McKenna and Thomas Frank to prepare for the event that Ten Hag is sacked. Although there is admiration for McKenna, a debate pervades that it might be too soon for him to make the leap. He is currently seen as likelier to go to Brighton if he does leave Ipswich Town. Frank is meanwhile considered well below Pochettino and Tuchel.
