Stefan Borson suggests the real reason Man United pulled plug on Ten Hag sack

Manchester United’s decision to keep Erik ten Hag is unlikely to have been made as part of a cost-saving measure despite INEOS’s attempts to reduce spending at Old Trafford.

That is the view of finance expert Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider some of the candidates the new regime interviewed for the managerial position may have been put off by Man United’s efforts to cut costs next season.

Old Trafford chiefs decided to hand Ten Hag another opportunity to prove himself following the conclusion of their end-of-season review.

Football Insider revealed on 11 June both Mauricio Pochettino and Thomas Tuchel were out of the running to be the Man United manager after holding talks with Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Man United didn’t want to take Erik ten Hag sack hit after FA Cup success

Borson suggested Man United chiefs were perhaps not sufficiently impressed enough by the other candidates to sack Ten Hag following the FA Cup final success over Manchester City.

“It’s hard to think keeping Ten Hag is a cost-saving measure because he’s only got a year left on his contract,” Borson told Football Insider.

“It’s likely in any event there is a clause that regulated what that cost might be.

“I think the Ten Hag decision is nothing more complicated than when they spoke to and interviewed other managers, they weren’t sufficiently impressed to take the hit of sacking Ten Hag on the back of the FA Cup.

“I suspect the cost-saving element probably put people off as opposed to being the key driver why they decided to keep Ten Hag.”

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