It was in an interview in February, once he had effectively taken control of Manchester United, that Sir Jim Ratcliffe hit the nail on the head. “If you look at the last 11 years, Manchester United has had quite a few coaches and some of those coaches are very capable and have been very successful,

Erik ten Hag is set to remain Manchester United manager for Thursday’s trip to Porto and Sunday’s visit to Aston Villa, with the club’s executive “calm” regarding his position despite Sunday’s humiliating 3-0 loss to Tottenham.

Pressure has continued to pile on the Red Devils boss (left) and his role as manager of the club on the back of their 3-0 defeat by Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.