The amount Manchester United would have to pay Erik ten Hag if they were to sack the Dutchman has reportedly been revealed.
Pressure has continued to pile on the Red Devils boss and his role as manager of the club on the back of their 3-0 defeat by Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
United are currently 12th in the Premier League table having lost three of their first six games of the season, which comes in the campaign after Ten Hag delivered the club’s worst-ever Premier League finish.
While Ten Hag himself has insisted he is not worried about his job after being backed by United officials in the summer, calls have come to look for a new manager, with ex-United man Gary Neville branding Sunday’s performance a ‘disgrace’.
And it has now, according to a report, been revealed how much United would have to pay Ten Hag to sack him, with his contract up at the end of next season.
How much Manchester United would have to pay Erik ten Hag if they were to sack the Dutchman has reportedly been revealed
United are 12th in the Premier League table after losing to Tottenham on Sunday afternoon
Owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe chose to back Ten Hag in the summer but could yet change his mind
According to GOAL, it would cost £17.5million for United to look for a new manager on the back of Ten Hag’s one-year extension to his deal that was agreed in the summer.
That’s thought to be £7.5m more than the £10m it would have cost to part ways in June, and around half the money saved from making around 250 staff redundant when Ineos took control earlier this year.
It had appeared that Ten Hag would be moved on in the summer, but Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Co opted to stick with him at the helm after he led United to FA Cup success, beating rivals Manchester City in the final.
The team have shown no signs of improvement this season, however, despite the club spending north of £175m to improve it in the summer.
Sources, however, say the club are remaining calm in the face of the latest storm to engulf Ten Hag and are uncomfortable with any suggestion that he has two games to avoid the sack.
But there is an acceptance that results must improve and United will want to see a reaction from Ten Hag’s team in Thursday’s Europa League tie away to FC Porto and Sunday’s trip to Aston Villa.
It is followed by a two-week international break which would give Ratcliffe a clear opportunity to make a change if he decides that Ten Hag’s time is up.
Ten Hag has insisted that he remains unconcerned about the risk of losing his job as manager
Ten Hag, meanwhile, revealed after Sunday’s game that he isn’t concerned about his position.
‘No, I’m not thinking about this, he said. ‘We all made this decision to stay together, as an ownership, as a leadership group in the summer.
‘Also we made the decision from a clear review what we have to improve as an organisation, but we knew it will take some time.
‘We are all on one page, or in one boat, together – the ownership, the leadership group, the staff and the players as well. I don’t have that concern. Of course, there is always a new game, it will be a new day. We will bounce back.’
