According to ESPN, Ten Hag is confident he will not be sacked at Tuesday’s executive meeting, but his job hangs in the balance after United’s woeful start to the new campaign. Thomas Tuchel, unemployed after leaving Bayern Munich last summer, is reportedly under consideration should the beleaguered Dutchman be dismissed.

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has spent much of his time in charge at Old Trafford fighting off talk over his position, but the chatter may have finally caught up with him.