“Ineos faces pivotal decision under new Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe regarding Erik ten Hag’s tenure at Old Trafford”

It will be a big deal for Sir Jim Ratcliffe to decide what to do with Erik ten Hag in the coming months.

They are 11 points behind the top four teams and 6 points behind fifth-placed Tottenham, even though United has played one more game. Also, they were kicked out of Europe, and this month they have a tough FA Cup match against Liverpool.

Some will say that Ten Hag hasn’t been responsible for many of United’s problems. There have been problems on and off the pitch, like the sagas involving Mason Greenwood and Jadon Sancho, and the team has had a lot of injuries, which would have made any manager have a hard time. One could also say that the Dutchman deserves the chance to work for a real football club, since Ratcliffe plans to make big changes.

But there are high hopes at Old Trafford, and United have fallen badly since coming third last season. Ratcliffe and his Ineos group have big plans, and many people are wondering if Ten Hag will be able to help them reach their goals. Roberto de Zerbi, the manager of Brighton, is one of the people being considered to take over for the former Ajax manager.

It is the first time in Brighton’s history that they have made it to Europe thanks to the Italian. They will now play Roma in the last 16 of the Europa League. They also made it to the semi-finals of the FA Cup last year, but lost to Manchester United on penalties at Wembley.

But, like Ten Hag’s team, Brighton has been falling behind lately, though it hasn’t been as bad. De Zerbi’s team has only won five of their last 21 league games. They are now ninth in the table, which means they will not be able to go to Europe.

Also, it’s important to know that De Zerbi doesn’t remain. He spent almost three years at Sassuolo, which is the longest time he has ever spent at one club. Before that, he was at Shakhtar Donetsk for just over a year, and before that, he played for even shorter periods of time at Benevento and Palermo in Italy.

Palermo was the only team to fire him, so it’s possible that many of those short stints were because he moved on to bigger and better things. He has only been in charge of Brighton for 18 months, but their second season at the Amex has been tough. This suggests that his ways may not be working.

At United, De Zerbi would have access to more tools and might be able to work with better players, but Brighton’s slide is a red flag. If Ratcliffe wants patience to catch up to Manchester City, Liverpool, and Arsenal, is there any promise that De Zerbi will be in charge long enough to make the changes that need to be made?