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Manchester United are expected to keep manager Erik ten Hag on the bench for games against Porto and Aston Villa this week, despite their demoralizing defeat against Tottenham at Old Trafford on Sunday.
The Dutchman is experiencing a poor start to the season, which has left the Manchester side in 12th place in the Premier League. A number of senior Manchester United club sources have told BBC Sport that there will be no changes to the bench and the club is focusing on the upcoming games against Porto and Aston Villa, but no official comment has been made by the club.
The Sun reports another story, saying that the Devils' next two games will be decisive for the fate of the former Ajax coach, who was expected to be sacked at the end of last season, but a twist the management's surprise changed their plans and they offered to renew the contract for another season.
Speaking after the 3-0 defeat against Tottenham, Ten Hag said he was not thinking about the sack adding that he and the owners are on the same page. "No. I am not thinking about my future. We all made the decision to stay together, as an ownership, as a group, over the summer and we made the decision after a clear analysis of what we need to improve and what we want to build as a team. But we knew it would take some time, seeing how the market went. Some players came late, like Ugarte. But we also have to make some improvements, we have some injuries and we need some time."
Ten Hag signed a new contract in the summer and last month the club's chief executive Omar Berrada confirmed he had the club's full support. While the pressure on him is mounting day by day, BBC Sport were told on Monday morning that the club's hierarchy will always consider such situations carefully, rather than making a hasty decision after a bad result. . However, Ten Hag face a potentially important week with moves to Porto in the Europa League and Aston Villa in the Premier League before the October international break.
The British media goes further than that, releasing a list of Ten Hag's replacements.
The first is Gareth Southgate, the former coach of the England national team, who resigned immediately after the "EURO 2024" finals.
According to these reports, he is the favorite of the club, who also have several other options. Tomas Tuhel or Mauricio Pochettino are also on the list of candidates for Manchester United's bench.
After the first six weeks of the Premier League, Manchester United are ranked 13th with just 7 points, while they drew 1-1 in the first leg of the Europa League against Tuentes.
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