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Man Utd readied to stick to Ten Hag as pressure grows - sources

.Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 30, 2024, 06:41 AM ETManchester United club supervisors are actually minded to maintain faith with manager Erik ten Hag in the immediate aftermath of the embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, resources have actually said to ESPN, yet there is actually a developing acceptance that the Dutchman is right now under extreme stress before essential video games versus FC Porto and also Aston Vacation home this week.Heavy home finishes off to Liverpool as well as Spurs actually this time have not gone down well along with United's hierarchy.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe group are readied to honor their selection in the summer to stick to 10 Hag meanwhile, however the feeling stays that there should be actually substantial enhancement when the group face Porto in the Europa League on Thursday and also Property in the Premier League on Sunday. The video game at Villa Playground is actually United's last prior to a two-week international break.Sources have informed ESPN that back-to-back 3-0 home league finishes off to Liverpool and also Spurs have triggered concern.The method of the 2 functionalities-- along with a lacklustre displaying in the 2nd one-half of the 1-1 draw with FC Twente last week-- is also looked at alarming.United believe they are actually delicious to help make a modification if outcomes as well as efficiencies perform certainly not get. Marketing assistant Ruud van Nistelrooy-- at the very least in the short-term-- is actually taken into consideration a viable option if an improvement comes to be necessary.Van Nistelrooy possesses managerial experience with PSV Eindhoven and also would have the support of fellow aide, Rene Hake, that was scalp trainer at FC Utrecht and also Go Forward Eagles in the Netherlands before joining United.Erik 10 Hag is actually under significant stress after Manchester United's defeat to Tottenham on Sunday. Michael Regan/Getty ImagesClub bosses featuring co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS director of sporting activity Dave Brailsford talked to different managers in the summer as well as there is an idea that the recruitment procedure would be substantially shortened after carrying out due diligence on a lot of potential managing candidates at the end of last season.A source has actually informed ESPN that the club will take into consideration the condition meticulously over the coming days and also are reluctant to get pulled right into a pavlovian response complying with the loss to Spurs.United's gain of seven factors coming from their first 6 activities is their joint-worst ever start to a Premier Organization campaign.They have actually also shed next home matches in the organization without racking up for the very first time due to the fact that November 2021 in what were Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's ultimate 2 video games at Old Trafford prior to he was sacked.