Manchester United players expecting Sir Jim Ratcliffe to sack Erik ten Hag

Manchester United’s players are increasingly confident Erik ten Hag will be sacked by Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

The Dutchman has failed to build on a promising first season at the helm with back-to-back defeats leaving his side facing an uphill battle to qualify for the Champions League.

While injuries to the likes of Rasmus Hojlund, Lisandro Martinez andLuke Shaw represented significant setbacks, the chasm that exists between the Red Devils and their local rivals, brutally highlighted by Sunday’s derby defeat, will have done little to dissuade Ratcliffe that a change of management is required to kickstart his revolution.

United’s new minority shareholder has turned down the opportunity to emphatically back Ten Hag in his most recent interviews and, according to the Daily Mail, United’s squad feel a change of management is the most likely consequence of mediocre campaign.