Erik ten Hag will remain Manchester United manager after positive talks

Erik ten Hag will stay in charge of Manchester United. In his review of the season, Sir Jim Ratcliffe said that the Dutchman deserved to stay.

Because he had won two titles in two years, helped Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho improve, and was a professional with a good sense of honor. Talks have already begun about a new deal for the Dutchman.

The choice changes how people think about Ten Hag's expected future. Ratcliffe and his advisors were going to fire him at first, but ultimately, they decided that Ten Hag should stay.

Ratcliffe and his coworkers were impressed by Ten Hag's 2-1 FA Cup final win over Manchester City last month. It gave Ten Hag two titles in two years as manager.

They were also impressed by how hard the 54-year-old manager worked to make Garnacho and Mainoo regulars in the first team. It is also known that new players André Onana and Mason Mount have not yet fully settled in.

Even though the review lasted for a third week, the club was determined to make the right choice about Ten Hag and are now sure they have. The club's leaders also took into account the fact that he had to deal with more than 60 illnesses.

Aside from the pitch, there were also several problems. Mason Greenwood, Jadon Sancho, and Antony all had their concerns, and the club's control needed to be clarified after the Glazer family put it up for sale in November 2022.

The announcement of Ratcliffe's buy-in as a minority owner marked the end of Christmas Eve. Nonetheless, United's top two recruits—CEO Omar Berrada and sporting director Dan Ashworth—have yet to commence work as they are both on gardening leave in February.

United looked at several other managers, such as Kieran McKenna of Ipswich Town, Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, Roberto De Zerbi, Thomas Frank of Brentford, Gary O'Neil of Wolves, and Gareth Southgate, the manager of England.

However, after the season review, which is thought to have looked at United's eighth-place finish in the Premier League in 2023–24 and the first team's overall operations, the club and Ten Hag had positive talks about how things turned out.

After these things, the boss will stay in his job. He still has one year left on his current contract, so talks about a new one have started.