In the fire Erik ten Hag, the manager of Manchester United, is under increasing pressure as Sir Jim Ratcliffe is ready to formally join the Premier League’s biggest owners.

As pressure mounts on Erik ten Hag’s job as manager, new Manchester United executives have reached out to former Chelsea manager Graham Potter.

This season, Ten Hag has led United to a miserable 14 losses from 28 games; the Red Devils most recently suffered a remarkably sluggish 2-1 loss on the road against Nottingham Forest last Saturday. The largest change to United’s football department in ten years has occurred as a result of INEOS chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s agreement to pay the Glazer family £1.3 billion. He will assume leadership of athletic operations by virtue of his 25% ownership.

Ratcliffe also owns Nice, a French team that reportedly contacted Potter when looking for a new manager over the summer through petrochemical firm INEOS. The former manager of Brighton and Swansea, who has been unemployed since the Blues fired him in April, reportedly rejected the proposal but has since heard from Ratcliffe and company again.

The incoming Red Devils executives have reportedly had a casual conversation with Potter over his future plans, according to ESPN. Ratcliffe intends to keep Ten Hag in charge through the end of the current campaign, but there is a growing understanding that if the team’s performance doesn’t improve, United may be obliged to fire him.

Agents supposedly hound INEOS’s CEO of sports, Jean-Claude Blanc, with calls advocating for their clients to take over as the Red Devils’ new manager. However, Ten Hag and Ratcliffe have had meetings this week, and Sir Dave Brailsford, the sporting director of INEOS, has also been present at their past two games.