Sir Jim Ratcliffe leads Man United's power brokers Sir Dave Brailsford and Dan Ashworth - the men who will decide whether to sack Erik ten Hag - into his Knightsbridge offices for exec meeting

Sir Jim Ratcliffe was spotted starring Sir Dave Brailsford and Dan Ashworth into his offices connected Tuesday greeting up of their highly-anticipated executive meeting.

United's activity squad are gathering successful London for a scheduled meeting, which has taken connected other value amid doubts complete Man United head Erik 10 Hag's future.

Ten Hag is nether aggravated pressure aft a woeful commencement to nan play which leaves nan 13-time Premier League champions 14th successful nan array connected conscionable 8 points from 7 matches - their worst ever commencement successful nan competition.

Two draws successful nan past week, including a 3-3 stalemate against Porto successful nan Europa League and a goalless run-out against Aston Villa yesterday, person staunched a drawstring of defeats but done small to dependable Ten Hag's position.

Ratcliffe was spotted starring Brailsford and Ashworth into his offices successful Knightsbridge connected Tuesday greeting for nan meeting.

Minority proprietor Ratcliffe watched United's goalless tie pinch Aston Villa connected Sunday on pinch head Brailsford, main executive Omar Berrada, sporting head Ashworth and method head Jason Wilcox.

Discussions complete Ten Hag's early continued into Monday and it will beryllium connected nan schedule again erstwhile co-chairman Joel Glazer, main operating serviceman Collette Roche and main financial serviceman Roger Bell subordinate them for nan executive committee gathering connected Tuesday.

United are wary of fuelling speculation complete Ten Hag's early aft Thomas Tuchel and Simone Inzaghi were linked pinch nan occupation if he is sacked aft two-and-a-half years successful complaint astatine Old Trafford.

Ratcliffe is known to beryllium an admirer of Tuchel and met nan German coach successful Monaco during nan summertime erstwhile Ten Hag's early was successful uncertainty earlier nan FA Cup final.

Tuchel is still disposable but it's unclear if nan obstacles that prevented him from replacing Ten Hag past tin beryllium flooded now.  

Money was said to beryllium 1 of them. It's understood location has been nary caller interaction betwixt United and his representatives astatine this stage.

Tuchel's imaginable assignment would spot him return to negociate successful nan Premier League for nan first clip since leaving Chelsea successful 2022.

The different evident action unfastened to United is to instal Ten Hag's caller adjunct Ruud van Nistelrooy arsenic interim boss. 

The erstwhile United striker returned to Old Trafford arsenic portion of a summertime shake-up of nan coaching squad having had managerial acquisition astatine PSV Eindhoven. Van Nistelrooy has sewage to cognize nan players and staff, and is good respected astir nan club.

Otherwise, nan scenery has changed very small since June erstwhile United decided that keeping Ten Hag was nan champion people of action and gave him a one-year statement extension.

Meanwhile, plans for a caller Old Trafford stadium took different measurement guardant past period arsenic nan first images of a imaginable regeneration were revealed.