Next Premier League Manager to Leave: Ten Hag goes from 22/1 to 3/1

• Ten Hag in to 3/14.00 to leave next

• Ratcliffe to decide on manager's future

• Top 4 or trophy could save Dutchman

Manchester United's Erik ten Hag was backed in from 22/123.00 to 3/14.00 in the Betfair Sportsbook's next Premier League manager to leave market amid speculation that Sir Jim Ratcliffe will replace the Dutchman this summer.

Ratcliffe is United's new minority owner and he, along with his team, are in charge of football operations at Old Trafford.

United 15/2 for top four finish

The club are sixth in the Premier League with 12 matches to play - eight points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa.

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS	xGF	xGA	xGD	EXP	FCST
1 Arsenal	38	26	7	5	71	27	85	0	0	0
2 Man City	38	23	9	6	77	35	78	0	0	0
3 Man Utd	38	20	11	7	69	50	71	0	0	0
4 Aston Villa	38	19	8	11	56	49	65	0	0	0
5 Liverpool	38	17	9	12	63	53	60	0	0	0
6 Bournemouth	38	13	18	7	58	54	57	0	0	0
7 Sunderland	38	14	12	12	42	48	54	0	0	0
8 Brighton	38	14	11	13	52	46	53	0	0	0
9 Brentford	38	14	11	13	55	52	53	0	0	0
10 Chelsea	38	14	10	14	58	52	52	0	0	0
11 Fulham	38	15	7	16	47	51	52	0	0	0
12 Newcastle	38	14	7	17	53	55	49	0	0	0
13 Everton	38	13	10	15	47	50	49	0	0	0
14 Leeds	38	11	14	13	49	56	47	0	0	0
15 Crystal Palace	38	11	12	15	41	51	45	0	0	0
16 Nottm Forest	38	11	11	16	48	51	44	0	0	0
17 Spurs	38	10	11	17	48	57	41	0	0	0
18 West Ham	38	10	9	19	46	65	39	0	0	0
19 Burnley	38	4	10	24	38	75	22	0	0	0
20 Wolves	38	3	11	24	27	68	20	0	0	0

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Qualifiying for the Champions League will determine which players United can attract in the summer and it could also have ramifications for their Financial Fair Play status.

But they are 15/28.50 on Sportsbook to finish in the top four - a damning reflection of bettors' lack of faith in Ten Hag's inconsistent squad.

On Sunday they go to Manchester City in the Premier League - a match we will preview on Betting.Betfair with our experts' tips. But even before we drill down into the Opta stats, the basic facts are not encouraging for Ten Hag: the champions beat United 3-0 at Old Trafford in the reverse fixture and, on their last two visits to the Etihad in the league, the Reds have lost 6-3 and 4-1.

Red Devils 8/1 to win the FA Cup

The FA Cup is United's last chance of winning a trophy this season. Lifting the cup at Wembley could be enough to save Ten Hag's job even if, as seems likely, United finish outside of the top four.

They are 8/19.00 to win the FA Cup - something they last did under another Dutchman, Louis Van Gaal, who was sacked shortly afterwards.

The good news for fans is that last night United booked their place in the quarter-finals. The bad news is that they will have to play Liverpool in the last eight.

The match is at Old Trafford but even so Jurgen Klopp's men are 8/111.73 to win.

Last week, Ratcliffe said that, under his leadership, United's aim would be to knock City and Liverpool off their perches. The odds for Sunday's match against the Champions, and the cup tie against Klopp's team, indicate that those words could come back to haunt United's new chief soon.

In the meantime, Ten Hag knows that he is fighting to save his job and to avoid joining the Old Trafford scrapheap of managers who failed to solve United's problems in the past 11 years.

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