Man Utd: Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells Gary Neville sticking with Erik ten Hag in the summer was a mistake but Ruben Amorim doing 'excellent job'
10 March 2025, 16:08 | Updated: 10 March 2025, 23:30
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says it was a mistake not to sack Erik ten Hag in the summer – but has praised the "excellent job" current head coach Ruben Amorim is doing.
Ten Hag was handed an extended contract at Old Trafford after United beat Man City in the FA Cup final but was then sacked nine games into this campaign.
Speaking to Sky Sports' Gary Neville, Ratcliffe says his newly-assembled leadership team of chief executive Omar Berrada, INEOS director of sport Sir Dave Brailsford and the club's technical director Jason Wilcox failed to come to the right conclusion on Ten Hag's future.
Man Utd are now 14th in the Premier League table, 36 points behind Liverpool, who are set to match Untied's record of 20 league titles.
However, Ratcliffe says he can see signs of progress under Amorim, despite the Portuguese winning just five of his 17 Premier League games in charge.
"It was too early for us to make a big decision in reality," said Ratcliffe when explaining their decision-making in the summer.
"We hadn't been together as a team for very long. It was just a matter of weeks and it's quite a big decision, isn't it? And also, it's quite difficult. It was quite difficult to extract in that season when we arrived, Erik's performance from the structure around him.
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