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ERIK TEN HAG insists he has the backing of Sir Jim Ratcliffe for the long term.
The Manchester United boss has had a number of meetings recently with the new part owner and his right-hand man David Brailsford.
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GettyThere has been talk that if Ten Hag fails to qualify for the Champions League this season that his position will be in jeopardy.
But the man himself is very confident that he is on the same page as the new men taking control of the football side of the operation and he can carry through their vision.
Ten Hag said: “We speak a lot. I have had many conversations with him and with Dave Brailsford about this club, about this team, about the structures.
“We are very aligned, it totally fits with the ambitions I have, ambitions I had when I came in.”
Ten Hag believes the club remains on the right trajectory to carry through Sir Jim’s plans, pointing to last season’s success and the recent good run of results which have put them back in with a shout for the top four.
He said: “I’m 19 months in and I see we are going in the right direction.
“We have had setbacks in the second season but you see the team coming, the squad developing, work hard on the training pitch, work hard during games, it’s important to have players fit but also to construct the squad.
“We will be strong and we will be even stronger when we add even more qualities to this squad.”
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But what if they don’t reach the top four this season?
He said: “I see the process and I see this team is developing, it’s progressing.
“I see we have now also the right age across the squad, we can make that even stronger and they will grow and we will do everything in our power.”
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