Gary Neville thinks Man Utd should keep Erik ten Hag on next season as there is “no outstanding candidate” to replace the Dutchman. There have been rumours over the last few months that Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS could decide to replace Ten Hag after the British billionaire completed a deal to buy 27.7 per cent of the Premier League club earlier this year.

Man Utd finished eighth in the Premier League this season and were knocked out of Europe before Christmas by finishing bottom of their Champions League group. That piled pressure on Ten Hag with former players and pundits questioning whether he had a clear playing style – but their win over Man City in the FA Cup final on Saturday might have saved the Dutchman his job. A report since has claimed that Ten Hag has increasing support from some of the Man Utd hierarchy and they could make a decision over his future this week .

And Man Utd legend Neville reckons Ten Hag has “earned the right to go on” despite “an unacceptably poor Premier League season”. “I couldn’t face going to Wembley on Saturday,” Neville said on The Overlap . “That’s how little confidence I had in United’s ability to stop City doing the double again! “And yet it turned out to be a beautiful day.

And a great performance after a horrible season that might just change everything for Erik ten Hag...

“There’s no doubt Ten Hag’s FA Cup win has put Manchester United in an awkward position. This has been an unacceptably poor Premi.