After weeks of deliberation, Manchester United’s new sporting owners have made a call about their men’s first team managerial position; Erik ten Hag stays.

Yes, two trophies in two seasons makes for quite the narrative for this fallen-giant, waterfall-boasting circus of a footballing institution, but with United entering the off-season on the back of their lowest Premier League finish in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era, can we really say that one good underdog performance is worth ignoring the other dross?
It’s not. Like the last Dutch manager before him who won the FA Cup at Old Trafford, Ten Hag would—many would say, should—have been dismissed after the season gone by in another time. This time, however, his cup lift has arrived timely with a strike of fortune that sees United sticking with him not because they want to, but because they have to.
An organisation of the size and ambitions of Man United ought to have a succession plan in place for these managerial roles. But given this is modern-day Man United, under a new ownership no less, you better believe there is no such thing.