Gaz Drinkwater, co-host of BBC Radio Manchester’s The Devils’ Advocate podcast, told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast that he thought Erik ten Hag would have been dismissed following Sunday’s home defeat to Tottenham.
United look set to stick with manager Ten Hag for matches against Porto and Aston Villa this week.
“It has got to the point now where it feels like we have just delayed the inevitable,” Drinkwater said. “There’s a new setup at the club and the decisions are being made by people who understand football, rather than those involved in the Glazer family.
“I thought under Ineos, and the way they looked at replacing him in the summer anyway, that it would be different news this morning.
“Instead he has two more games before the international break which have to go well for him to remain at the club.
“I can’t see that happening.”