Manchester United: Keane not ruling out Ten Hag sacking in ‘October or November’

Roy Keane has not ruled retired Erik 10 Hag being sacked by Manchester United successful “October aliases November” and dismissed nan value of nan Dutchman’s caller contract.

Ten Hag survived an soul reappraisal from caller number owners Ineos that assessed each aspects of nan nine astatine nan extremity of nan play and was handed a 12-month hold to a woody that was owed to expire astatine nan extremity of nan coming campaign.

United vanished eighth successful nan Premier League successful 2023-24 but ended nan play connected a precocious by defeating Manchester City to triumph nan FA Cup.

Keane says it was correct to widen Ten Hag’s woody but thinks United request to get disconnected to a beardown commencement to debar speculation complete his position starting erstwhile again.

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The erstwhile United skipper told nan Stick to Football podcast: “The cup crippled gave him immoderate breathing abstraction and rightly so, but he can’t beryllium finishing eighth adjacent year.

“They person to beryllium competing adjacent twelvemonth successful nan apical four. It’s going to beryllium difficult to triumph but it’s astir competing, nan records they’ve created nan past 12 months successful nan league, it’s truthful poor.”

What did Keane opportunity astir Ten Hag?

On Ten Hag, he added: “He only had 1 twelvemonth near connected his statement and they didn’t want nan uncertainty going into nan caller season. 

“The clauses will still beryllium nan aforesaid and it’s not to mean that they won’t get free of him successful October aliases November, it’s conscionable a connection to springiness him a backing.”

United’s reappraisal did consequence successful respective off-field changes pinch Omar Berrada poached from City to go CEO, Dan Ashworth yet installed arsenic sporting head and Jason Wilcox joining arsenic method director.

United are presently connected a pre-season circuit successful nan United States. They mislaid 2-1 to Arsenal astatine nan play – a crippled that saw caller signing Leny Yoro suffer a perchance superior injury – and return connected Real Betis overnight tonight.