Or maybe, as Erik ten Hag said, they are colleagues with whom he is in constant communication. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Sir Dave Brailsford, Omar Berrada, Dan Ashworth and Jason Wilcox sat in a row at Villa Park. The new Manchester United hierarchy, the Ineos administration, always intended to make regular assessments of how it is going at Old Trafford.
Red Devils facing more defensive headaches after battling draw against Aston Villa
Thomas Tuchel was in the frame to replace Erik ten Hag in the summer and is under consideration again by Man United.