Odds for Erik ten Hag to be sacked as Man Utd manager are dropping, making him less likely to stay and other candidates more likely to be appointed.

Erik ten Hag is under immense pressure at Manchester United, with bookmakers slashing the odds on him becoming the first Premier League managerial casualty of the season. United had a miserable start to the season, leading to their worst start to a season since Sir Alex Ferguson replaced Ron Atkinson 37 years ago. They have lost four of their seven league games to date, and have no points from their opening two Champions League games.

The result was further compounded by a humiliating 3-2 home defeat to Galatasaray in the Champions League, with United leading twice courtesy of a brace from summer signing Rasmus Hojlund, only to be undone by their calamitous defending at the back.

Despite the outside turmoil, the United hierarchy reportedly retain faith in Ten Hag and have no plans to axe the 53 year-old. There is sympathy towards the manager for the club's injury list, which rose to nine players in the treatment last month, whilst Ten Hag has had to deal with numerous off-field distractions. Jadon Sancho was banished from the first team after publicly calling out Ten Hag, whilst his 2022 summer signing Antony has only just returned from a leave of absence following allegations of abuse by several different women.

Zinedine Zidane has been installed as the favorite to become the new Manchester United manager should Ten Hag's reign come to an end at 4/1. The French icon claimed three consecutive Champions League titles with Real Madrid between 2016 and 2018 and guided Los Blancos to the La Liga title in 2019/20, before leaving for a second time in 2021. Julian Nagelsmann is second favourite at 5/1, whilst Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi has been tipped at 15/2. Former United midfielder and current Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick is also in the running at 12/1.

It remains to be seen what the future holds for Ten Hag, but bookmakers have made their predictions and it's now all eyes on the United boss to see if he can turn the club's fortunes around.

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