Player rows, secret meetings and help from Al Pacino – how Erik ten Hag survived Manchester United ordeal
Erik ten Hag has been given the green light to continue as Manchester United boss by the club's hierarchy
Erik ten Hag was probably unaware that, on the same day he would board a train to London with his players for an FA Cup final the bookmakers and few others gave Manchester United much of a chance of winning, there were club officials meeting representatives of the Brentford manager Thomas Frank.
It was not a scenario anyone of a United persuasion would have chosen but Mauricio Pochettino’s exit from Chelsea a few days earlier had forced their hand to some extent.
