Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag continues to obtain the backing from the hierarchy and the following two video games towards Porto and Aston Villa may determine his future, as per Fabrizio Romano.

The Pink Devils suffered a heavy 3-0 Premier League defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. They had been second-best for many of the contest and will have simply misplaced by extra objectives. Andre Onana made some stellar saves at Previous Trafford.

With the loss, the stress is clearly mounting on ten Hag, contemplating Man United are languishing twelfth within the desk and have picked up solely 7 factors from 6 video games. That is their joint-worst begin to a Premier League marketing campaign.

Talking in his Right here We Go podcast, Romano has now revealed that the membership proceed to assist ten Hag, however there’s ‘stress rising’. He added that the video games towards Porto and Villa are essential for the Dutch head coach.

Make or break

Ten Hag retained his place as United supervisor after guiding the membership to FA Cup glory towards Manchester Metropolis in Could. The membership completed a disappointing eighth within the league, however certified for the Europa League via the FA Cup.

This satisfied INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliff to proceed with him as a substitute of pursuing a alternative. The Dutchman was backed with an enormous spending spree, however issues haven’t gone as deliberate with United struggling as soon as extra within the league.

The membership are already 6 factors behind the highest 4 and face a tough league recreation at Villa Park earlier than the internationals. In the meantime, United are additionally struggling in Europe with 1 level to this point and face a tough opponent in Porto on the highway.

The Portuguese heavyweights have a 100% report at house this season with 11 objectives scored and simply 1 conceded and United have their work lower out to beat them on Thursday. Ten Hag might need to ship at the very least 1 win to maintain his job past the break.

If the membership had been to lose in each outings, the board may decide to half methods with the 54-year-old.