Winning the FA Cup famously saved Sir Alex Ferguson’s bacon, and now it seems to have come to Erik ten Hag’s rescue too.
From a dead man walking at Wembley 18 days ago, Ten Hag finally has a vote of confidence and the promise of a contract extension.
‘Football, bloody hell,’ was Ferguson’s most memorable quote, and never did it feel more apt than when news of United’s U-turn broke late last night.
An end-of-season review that felt like little more than camouflage for Sir Jim Ratcliffe and new minority owners Ineos to hawk his job to anyone who would listen has ended, quite extraordinarily, with the Dutchman staying in charge.