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.

United should be achieving more than salvation from a 0-0 draw at Villa, but Ten Hag made some unexpected decisions that paid off

United are stuck in midtable and will be whether they stick with Ten Hag or decide to change the man in charge