Gary Neville reckons Manchester United chiefs will give Erik ten Hag ‘until Christmas’ before making a decision on whether to sack him or not.
It comes after a shocking defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford where the Red Devils were destroyed 3-0.
United were never in the contest while Casemiro was guilty of two massive errors that handed Liverpool two goals with Luis Diaz capitalising.
Mohamed Salah then confirmed the result after half-time with a deadly strike to make it three.
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It compounds a miserable start to the season for the Red Devils, with one win in four results including a penalty shootout defeat to Manchester City in the Community Shield.
United fans are already losing patience with Ten Hag and are demanding that he get the sack.
But Neville reckons United’s new powers, INEOS chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Sir Dave Brailsford, will hold off on any decision until at least Christmas.
However, sitting alongside him on Sky Sports was Jamie Carragher, who said that it might be too late by then.
“I think Ten Hag is going to get until at least Christmas,” Neville said live on co-commentary.
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“The board aren’t going to do anything stupid. He’s going to get a few months, there’s no doubt about that.”
Carragher disagreed, replying: “Why would it be stupid? We can see after three games what Arne Slot is about. After two years of Ten Hag, we still can’t see it.”
Indeed, Liverpool’s hiring of Slot is already looking like a masterstroke with three wins out of three – including the 3-0 win over United on Sunday.
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The Dutchman, who joined from Feyenoord over the summer, has replaced Jurgen Klopp and already looks like he can try challenge Pep Guardiola at Manchester City whereas Ten Hag is still struggling to make his stamp on the Red Devils.
Ten Hag said: “Liverpool have great players but I think we have such players as well.
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“Zirkzee had very good positions and was nearly there.
“We will be fine. We have to improve, we know that. Today we have to take this but we will bounce back.
“It was the first start from Zirkzee and Alejandro Garnacho this season. We had players who came on to make an impact.”
United are now on a break with international duty set for next week before they face Southampton on September 14.