00:00Rich Foe here from Manchester World bringing you the latest on Eriksen Hogg's Manchester United future.
00:06And the news is, well it's the same as last week, Eriksen Hogg is set to take charge of Manchester United
00:12when they face Brentford in the Premier League this weekend.
00:15And he's set to stay in charge for the foreseeable future if all things go according to plan.
00:20Of course there was a lot of emphasis placed on the latest Manchester United executive committee summit in London a week ago.
00:28United sources maybe want to distance themselves from the importance of that meeting.
00:35It was a pre-arranged calendar event, it wasn't a reactionary meeting due to United's poor start to the season.
00:41It had been in the calendar for a while.
00:43We understand that United's poor start to the season was discussed as well as the future of Eriksen Hogg.
00:47Is he the right man to lead Manchester United?
00:50But having backed him in the summer, they have to back him now really.
00:54I know United will accept that the start to the season hasn't been good enough.
00:58But what has changed since the summer really in the managerial landscape?
01:02Gareth Southgate, the only notable name, who is now without a job.
01:06And he last week ruled himself out of taking any job for the next year.
01:11United of course extended Tim Hogg's contract.
01:13They backed him with another £200m in the transfer window as well.
01:18And now they need to try and reap the rewards for doing that and keeping their faith in the manager.
01:23It's United's third season at Manchester United.
01:25They are 14th in the Premier League, which I know isn't acceptable and sounds very, very bad.
01:30But it is quite sensational to suggest that is maybe work on a finish.
01:35Tim Hogg keeps on talking about May.
01:37He keeps on saying judges at the end of the season, judges on trophies then.
01:40He's still confident United might win some more silverware.
01:43And while the start to the season has been bad, it only takes two wins and United are back in the top four discussion.
01:49Not winning in the Europa League is obviously not ideal.
01:51But it's so difficult to actually get knocked out of the revamped competition this year.
01:55There's no real issues with that either.
01:57United of course into the next round of the Carabao Cup as well.
02:00They face Leicester at the end of the month.
02:02And the FA Cup will start the new year as well if Tim Hogg happens to be in charge by then.
02:07It is, you know, more faith in Tim Hogg for the foreseeable future.
02:11Like we said, there has to be an improvement.
02:13There can be no ignoring the fact that the results and the performances just haven't been good enough.
02:16But right now United are sticking by the under-fire manager.
02:19It is now down to him to guide United out of these choppy seas and to keep his job for the rest of the season.
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