According to reports, Manchester United club chiefs had a meeting with a Premier League manager before their FA Cup final win against Manchester City.
was under pressure for most of the 2023/24 campaign as Man Utd endured a rough season. They struggled in the Champions League before they finished eighth in the Premier League.
reached the FA Cup final but it was widely reported ahead of this match that Ten Hag would lose his job even if his side beat arch-rivals Manchester City at Wembley.
Man Utd produced one of their best performances of the season against City as they beat their local rivals 2-1 to win the FA Cup.
In the weeks following this shock result, Man Utd have had an internal review as they considered whether to sack Ten Hag, with Mauricio Pochettino, Thomas Tuchel and Gareth Southgate mooted as potential replacements.
It s been claimed that Man Utd s hierarchy have had talks with several potential replacements but
Liverpool journalist James Pearce has pointed out on social media that Ten Hag is fortunate to keep his job. He said: Ten Hag remarkably fortunate to keep his job.
Eighth place = United’s lowest league position since 1989-90. Conceded a club record 58 goals in a Premier League season. Finished a league campaign with a negative goal difference for the first time since 1989-90.
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on potential replacements considered by Man Utd, with a meeting held with one candidate before the FA Cup final.
Erik ten Hag was probably unaware that, on the same day he would board a train to London with his players for an FA Cup final the bookmakers and few others gave Manchester United much of a chance of winning, there were club officials meeting representatives of the Brentford manager Thomas Frank.
It was not a scenario anyone of a United persuasion would have chosen but Mauricio Pochettino’s exit from Chelsea a few days earlier had forced their hand to some extent.
