Ten Hag decision 'not my call' - Ratcliffe

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says the aboriginal of under-pressure manager Erik 10 Hag is "not my call".

Billionaire Ratcliffe took power of shot operations astatine Old Trafford successful February and, successful July, the nine triggered a one-year extension successful Ten Hag's contract.

But pursuing a hard commencement to the campaign, Ratcliffe said the United hierarchy helium has enactment successful spot indispensable "take banal and marque immoderate sensible decisions".

Asked if helium inactive had religion successful erstwhile Ajax brag Ten Hag, Ratcliffe told BBC Sport: "I don’t privation to reply that question."

Ratcliffe was speaking aft watching Ineos Britannia go the archetypal British sailing squad to reach the Americas Cup last since 1964 connected Friday, and a time aft 10-man United blew a two-goal pb but drew 3-3 astatine Porto successful the Europa League.

Ten Hag's broadside person won lone 3 of their archetypal 10 matches of the play and are winless successful 4 games successful each competitions earlier visiting Aston Villa successful the Premier League connected Sunday.

"I similar Erik. I deliberation he’s a precise bully manager but astatine the extremity of the time it's not my call," Ratcliffe said.

"It's the absorption squad that's moving Manchester United that person to determine however we champion tally the squad successful galore antithetic respects.

"But that squad that's moving Manchester United has lone been unneurotic since June oregon July. They weren't determination successful January, February, March oregon April – [CEO] Omar [Berrada], [sporting director] Dan Ashworth - they lone arrived successful July.

"They’ve lone been there… you tin number it successful weeks astir - they've not been determination a agelong time, truthful they request to instrumentality banal and marque immoderate sensible decisions.

"Our nonsubjective is precise wide - we privation to instrumentality Manchester United backmost to wherever it should be, and it's not determination yet, evidently - that's precise clear."