Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe says he does not hold power over the future of boss Erik ten Hag, amid the Red Devils' woeful start to the season. (More Football News)
United have taken just seven points from their first six Premier League matches, only beating Fulham and Southampton while suffering back-to-back 3-0 home defea♏ts versus Liverpool and Tottenham.
That is their joint-worst return through six games of any s🍎eason in the competition, having made identical ༒starts under David Moyes in 2013-14 and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2020-21.
In the Europa League, m𒁃eanwhile, United were pegged back in a 1-1 draw at home to Feyenoord on matchday one then squandered a 2-0 lead in Thursday's 3-3 draw at Po💖rto.
Those results have led to fierce criticism coming Ten Hag's way, but Ratcl𓄧iffe says United's new football hierarch🐓y will make any decisions regarding the Dutchman's future.
Asked if he retained faith in Ten Hag, who signed a new contract in pre-season, R🐻atcliffe told BBC Sport: "I don't want to answer that quest🍌ion.
"I like Erik. I think he's a veꦑry good coach but at the end of the day♋ it's not my call.
"It's the management team that's running Manchester United that have to decide h🅠ow we best run the team in many different respects.
"But that team that's running Manchester United has only been together since June or July. They weren't♒ there in January, February, March or April – [CEO] Omar [Berrada], [sporting director] Dan Ashworth – they only arrived in July.
"They've only been there… you can count it in weeks almost - they've not been there a long time, so ꦅthey need to take stock and make some sensible decisions.
"Our objective is very clear – we want to take Ma😼nchester United back to where it should be, and it's not there yet, obviously – t🐬hat's very clear."
United go to Aston Villa for their n𒐪ext Premier League game on Sunday, having won 40 Premier League games against the Villans, with only the Red Devils themselves beating an opponent more often in the competition's history (41 ver♔sus Everton).
Villa have won just one of their༒ last 25 Premier League home games against United (eight draws, 16 losses), with that victory coming in Unai Emery's first game in charge of the club in November 2022 (3-1).
