Ratcliffe will meet top-flight Manchester United on Tuesday after watching Aston Villa take on Ten Hague's side.

Manchester United's decision-makers are due to meet in London within 48 hours of Sunday's Premier League match at Aston Villa as scrutiny mounts on manager Erik ten Haag.

United's executive committee has a long-awaited meeting in the diary for Tuesday, which will bring together part-owners Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Sir Dave Brailsford, as well as recent hires including chief executive Omar Berada, sporting director Dan Ashworth and technical director Jason Wilcox. . United co-chairman Joel Glazer is also flying in from the US to attend. Manchester is also scheduled to be a stop for the meeting.

The executive committee also includes the club's chief financial officer Roger Bell and chief operating officer Colette Roche. Since the INEOS investment, executives have aimed to meet once a month. It is not known at this stage whether a first team performance will be an item on Tuesday's agenda.

athletic Earlier reported that club part-owner Ratcliffe will be at Villa Park on Sunday to watch the team in person for the first time since United's 3-0 demolition of Liverpool.

Any final call on Ten Hague's future will come from ownership, with Ratcliffe, co-chair Glazer and INEOS director of Sport Brailsford forming a three-man committee. They based their conclusions on the recommendations of those on the ground, particularly Berrada, Ashworth, and technical director Wilcox.

Regardless, it is likely that Ten Hague, whose side are 12th in the Premier League, have scored just five goals, and failed to win either of their first two Europa League games, will need his side to show immediate improvement at Villa Park on Sunday. Reassure supporters and the club's hierarchy of its merits.

The United chief considered replacing Ten Haag at the end of last season, talking through an array of possible replacements during the review process, before finally standing by the Dutchman after United's surprise FA Cup final win over Manchester City. United have decided to trigger an extension to Ten Haag's contract, meaning he is signed to the club until the end of the 2025-26 season.

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United have backed Ten Hag considerably in the transfer market, signing his former Ajax defenders Nosair Mazraoui and Matthijs de Ligt from Bayern Munich, Joshua Zirkzy from Bologna, Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain and Lenny Yoro from Lille. Ten Hague was allowed to reshape his backroom staff, as Ruud van Nistelrooy, Rene Heck and Andreas Georgsson all arrived at the club.

Berrada and Ashworth publicly supported Ten Haag in a media briefing on 1 September but also made it clear that the decision to stand by the manager predates their official time at the club, although it is unlikely that they were not consulted. As Berrada and Ashworth speak, United have failed to win five of seven games, beating only Southampton in the Premier League and Barnsley in the FA Cup, with two particularly devastating 3-0 home defeats to Liverpool and Tottenham suggesting many flaws. Staying embedded in Ten Hague's setup last season.

Meanwhile, Ratcliffe is currently enjoying success in his other major sporting passion, reaching the final of the INEOS Britannia America's Cup, the first time a British team has competed for the trophy in 60 years.

Led by Ben Ainslie, INEOS Britannia defeated Italy's Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli to reach the last two, with Ratcliffe watching the decisive race from a tracking boat on Friday afternoon and then celebrating with his team on the yacht's hull. He raised the Louis Vuitton cup with Ainslie and sprayed it with champagne.

Asked about Ten Haag's future at the BBC Sport event, Ratcliffe said: “I like Eric. I think he's a very good coach but at the end of the day it's not my call.

“It is the management team running Manchester United who have to decide how we can best run the team in different areas.”

Ratcliffe added that Berrada and Ashworth have not been in their roles for long and “need to take stock and make some smart decisions”.

The last United executive meeting was at the first leg of the America's Cup in Barcelona last month, with Joel and Abram Glazer flying in to attend.

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