Gary Neville predicted that Erik ten Hag only has until the end of the season at Manchester United unless things dramatically improve at Old Trafford.
United lost their ninth league game of the season on Saturday when Nottingham Forest ran out 2-1 winners at the City Ground.
Ten Hag’s men sit seventh, and while they are just nine points from the top four, their inconsistent form does not yet suggest they are capable of battling their way back up the table.
Neville, who has often been critical of the club since the retirement of Alex Ferguson in 2013, thinks that new co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his team will not immediately react.
He told Sky Sports: "They will make a decision on the manager before the end of the season, I have no doubt, even though they will keep him in charge until the end of the season. They have been so poor though and if that continues, Erik ten Hag will find himself under real pressure.
"Ten Hag did a very good job in his first season, now the new ownership will be on a watching brief and [David] Brailsford will look at what this club is and he is not going to like what he sees.
"I have more optimism under the new owners. They are currently operating without a sporting director, without a CEO and without a head of recruitment. What club in the world does that?
"Ten Hag is operating without a management team around him, which is incredible to think. He has been handed the keys to the safe and that shouldn't happen."