Gary Neville has claimed Manchester United do not want to sack Erik ten Hag, despite their poor start to the season.
United have failed to win any of their last five games across all competitions and their on Sunday means they have now made their worst ever start to a campaign, having picked up just eight points from seven matches.
As a result, Ten Hag has once again come under increasing pressure over his position and the in London on Tuesday, with co-chairmen Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Joel Glazer both set to attend.
However, Neville believes United want to keep Ten Hag in charge, telling : "They definitely won't want to do anything this season. No club wants to sack a manager during the middle of the season.
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"It's not just a reflection on the manager, it's a reflection upon them. Even though INEOS have come into the club in the last few months in terms of taking control of the football side - and Dan Ashworth and Omar Berrada have only been in for a couple of months - you can't really land the blame at their door.
"They're going to need two or three years to sort this out. But the club did make the decision to keep Ten Hag in the summer, so they won't want to reverse that decision within the first six or seven games. They have just got to hope [something happens] in this next couple of weeks - through maybe a reset, some thinking time, some planning."
However, Neville has warned that the "next few weeks are critical" for Ten Hag as he aims to keep his job. He continued: " fans, coaches, players have talked about this new structure that surrounds Ten Hag, it needs to go to work quite quickly in the next few weeks.
"If the next international break comes around and Manchester United are still in that 13th, 14th position in the league, I think there's going to be a lot of pressure. The next few weeks are critical in making sure they can somehow get some momentum for the rest of the season so that Ten Hag can keep his job.
"Because no United fan wants to see Ten Hag lose his job either, that would just feel like we're on a roundabout, just spinning the same way we have for the last 10 to 12 years."
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