According to the Manchester Evening News, Manchester United will defer the decision regarding Erik ten Hag’s future at the club until incoming chief executive Omar Berrada arrives.
Berrada, formerly the chief football operating officer at City, opted to join United in January. He is set to assume his new role in the summer, with co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe entrusting the decision on Ten Hag to the upcoming CEO.
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The MEN adds: “Sir Jim Ratcliffe does not want to intervene to determine Ten Hag’s fate and intends to delegate to the football expertise of Berrada, who is on gardening leave at Manchester City.
“The Ineos sporting director Sir Dave Brailsford has attended the majority of United’s matches since the petrochemicals group agreed to a 28% stakeholding in the club on Christmas Eve. Although Brailsford is conducting a thorough audit on United and sits on the football board, a well-placed source said he will not decide Ten Hag’s position.
“United would prefer that a settled structure oversees any managerial change but Dan Ashworth’s protracted arrival from Newcastle United is not thought to be imminent. John Murtough remains the football director but Ratcliffe glossed over his role in a round-table with journalists last month.
“Ten Hag is expected to see out the season with United after an uplifting couple of weeks climaxed with a raucous FA Cup quarter-final victory over Liverpool at Old Trafford on March 17.”
