Manchester United Hierarchy to Discuss Relegation Plan in Monaco

Manchester United chief executive Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox will sit down with Sir Jim Ratcliffe in Monaco this week. The meeting was arranged in advance and will take place in the principality where Ratcliffe lives.

The agenda is expected to be dominated by the future of head coach Michael Carrick. However, a more difficult issue is also likely to come to the table due to the club's poor start to the 2026/27 season: preparing a contingency plan in case of relegation.

After ten league games, Manchester United are in the bottom three with just one win. Minority shareholder INEOS has brought high operating standards and a clear structure to Old Trafford, but the team on the pitch has been drawn into a second consecutive year of a survival battle.

Tottenham Hotspur chief executive Vinai Venkatesham, speaking on The Sports Agents podcast, described the process the club went through last season, when it pulled back from the brink of disaster. Venkatesham said they had worked closely with Thomas Frank and had gone through difficult periods. He called Frank “a complete gentleman”, but added that he respects the privacy of their discussions.