After many weeks of speaking to what seems like every other available manager, the United chief and his board are saving on redundancy money - for now.
But they have not exactly filed Ten Hag with much confidence and he is still not out of the water.
It took an age to decide to keep the Dutchman at Old Trafford after he led them to their worst-ever Premier League campaign.
The second results start to turn in the new season, Ratcliffe may not be able to resist his twitchy trigger finger.
Erik ten Hag led Man Utd to FA Cup success (Image: Getty)
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The only way Ten Hag can stay alive is by shooting out of the blocks and showing his team can compete with Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool.
And he will have everything crossed that the Three Lions boss remains in charge of the national team.
Woods new coach
TIGER WOODS has hired his 15-year-old son Charlie as his swing coach for the US Open.
But that is masking why the teenager will really be by his side for every hole at Pinehurst - to get first-hand experience of what playing a Major is like for when his dad eventually passes over the baton.
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BEATING Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros has always been deemed the toughest test in tennis, if not all of sport.
But there is about to be an even more monumental task for players - beating Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz on the same side of the net at the Paris Olympic Games.
