Where manager
Ahead of Saturday's FA Cup final against
“I am just focusing on the job I have to do and that is, first, win the game on Saturday, and then we are in the project and keep going in the project,” Ten Hag said on Thursday.
If the Cup final ultimately determines his future, then it is the most testing of final auditions for the Dutchman in front of his new boss, British billionaire
Ratcliffe became co-owner of the club this year against the backdrop of 11 years of decline, impatient supporters, and City's increasing dominance of English soccer. He has wasted no time in getting to work.
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There has been no indication from the club that the former Ajax manager is at risk. But the FA Cup represents his last chance to salvage a season in which United suffered its lowest ever finish in the
Even victory might not be enough to save his job after such a troubled campaign and his failure to meet Ratcliffe's stated target of
“I came here to win trophies. Saturday I have the next opportunity,” Ten Hag said. “Then we will see where we are in the project and the things that we have to change.”
There has been a theme to Ratcliffe's changes so far.
New CEO
Wilcox will assess how culpable Ten Hag is, whether he's been hampered by working within a failing structure that has seen United spend billions of pounds on underperforming players for more than a decade.
Ten Hag delivered the English
“It is never easy, but we will go for it and have to believe it — as we did last season — and often against good opponents we play our best football," Ten Hag said. “I expect the same on Saturday.”
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