A little over a year ago, Manchester United sacked Erik ten Hag ... just a couple months after a month-long review that resulted in the club opting to keep Erik ten Hag as manager. United had just lost to West Ham, 2-1 .
"Sources told ESPN that United bosses made the decision to sack Ten Hag after losing faith that the Dutchman would be able to turn things around after a poor start to the new campaign," ESPN's Rob Dawson wrote at the time . "After earning just 11 points from nine league games, there are already concerns that United are too far adrift to qualify for next season's Champions League."
United had finished in eighth the season before, and were sitting in 14th. Then, they hired Ruben Amorim and ultimately finished that season in 15th.
Their points-per-game declined fro

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