He was still in the royal box at Wembley, savouring the win against Manchester City and I managed to worm my way past security to get close enough to shout at him. To his credit, he came over and shook my hand, though he said nothing when I implored him: "Don't sack Ten Hag!"
That was my position then, and it hasn't changed, despite the club's awful start to the season. It might have made more sense to do it in the aftermath of the win against Manchester City, but an end-of-season review, that included playing footsie with potential replacements, ended with Erik ten Hag confirmed as the man for Ineos.
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