Eddie howe

UEFA Champions League: Manchester United are first in action in the Premier League this weekend in a game that will draw a lot of attention from fans, pundits and probably the club's directors and potential new investors.

Another woeful performance in the 3-0 Carabao Cup defeat at home to Newcastle United in midweek, which came on the back of last weekend's humiliation at home to Manchester City, has catapulted Erik ten Hag to the top of the list of favourites to be the next coach in the league to lose their job.

Defeat away to Fulham would only see the odds on Ten Hag's sacking rise ever higher, but more than anything the coach needs his players to put in a performance that shows they have faith in him, otherwise his position will start to become impossible, reports Xinhua.