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Eric Ten Hag will be in charge of Manchester United for the last time against rival Manchester City in Saturday’s FA Cup Final in Wembley. This is because the United management has reached a decision to sack the Dutch irrespective of the results.
The team’s struggles in the season 2023/24 have caused faith in Ten Hag to dwindle. United will have a last shot of qualifying for Europe when they face City – causing an upset against the champions would earn a place in the Europa League but the hierarchy at the club do not want to make a decision based on one game.
United finished in eight a position and it didn’t sit down well with the Sir Jim Ratcliffe led management.
The ruthless decision to change manager will be the most significant move made by Sir Ratcliffe and his allies since Ineos agreed to take a minority stake in the club last December and assumed control of football operations. United, who appointed Ten Hag two years ago, have felt compelled to act after ending a fraught campaign eighth in the Premier League, their lowest league finish since 1990.
The challenge for Ten Hag, who has said he has already met with Ratcliffe and the minority owner’s advisers, will be ensuring that his players are not distracted by the noise around his position. For United, the focus will soon switch to picking a replacement for the former Ajax manager.
United have lined up coaches who are likely who are out of jobs to be Ten Hag’s replacement.
They are considering Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna, England’s Gareth Southgate, Graham Potter and Brentford’s Thomas Frank.
However, reports suggest that both Tuchel and Pochetinno are the most favourite through which one of them will be given the Job.