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And Zizou is very conscious and very careful about that, the quality of the players.

At the moment, when you look at the team, I’m not convinced at all about the level of some players.

If he takes the job at Manchester United, that means he’s got solutions.”

Ten Hag meanwhile is adamant he retains the backing of United’s top chiefs.

Speaking after the goalless draw with Aston Villa, the Dutchman was clear that he had no doubt over his future.

“I speak continually with them and, just after the game, I have to do my job, talk with the players, manage the players, and answer questions for you.

We always talk, every week – I would say every day we talk,” he said.

“So, yeah, I expect I would speak with them [this week].

We are disappointed and we know we have to do better.

Especially, we need to score more because that is, in this moment, the area after this block of games where we are really short.

All the other areas, I think we are doing really well: four clean sheets, so that tells something about the defending, organisation.

Also the defending of defensive transitions, we are doing really well, so we are really improving on that point.