The Old Trafford giants introduced in November that the board was exploring strategic alternate options to reinforce the membership’s development, with a full sale one possibility being thought of.

Friday was the third, and what's anticipated to be last, deadline for events to make provides to purchase the membership, with Sheikh Jassim and Sir Jim Ratcliffe each submitting bids.

Now the the Glazer family should resolve how they need to proceed - a course of that threatens to wreck the progress made throughout Ten Hag’s first season in cost.

United are heading in the right direction for a top-four end and have the prospect so as to add the FA Cup to the Carabao Cup, however the monetary backing for enhancements is unclear even to the supervisor.

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Asked if he has been informed he has the funds to do what he needs to this summer time regardless of how the takeover course of pans out, Ten Hag mentioned: "No, I don’t have. I don’t have influence on that, I don’t have... also I don’t know.

"The solely factor what I do know is that Man United is without doubt one of the largest golf equipment and I feel it’s amongst possibly (the) two largest golf equipment on this planet from a fanbase perspective.

"So, I think this club has to compete for the highest in the world, so Champions League, Premier League.

"But in soccer you want funds to assemble squads as a result of ultimately of the day the extent out of your gamers makes if you're profitable or not."

Ten Hag says "everybody is aware of you want funds to assemble a squad" and that "excessive degree gamers price some huge cash" in elite football.

"I, we see this as a undertaking," the United boss said. "In a undertaking additionally it belongs that you're in home windows, that you simply strengthen your squad wants or to make refreshments, so that you simply get extra stability, positively, and also you convey younger gamers in.

"But I think we already have shown and proved that we can beat the best teams in the world, so, yeah, I think we can compete in the Champions League.

"But on the finish of the day we need to be within the winter additionally within the Champions League and we need to compete, and knock all of them out, so then we now have a solution to go."

United are preparing to take on Brighton in the Premier League on Thursday after beating Aston Villa 1-0 to a backdrop of protests against the Glazers on Sunday.

Ten Hag was seen after the match at Old Trafford picking up a green and gold scarf as he headed down the tunnel game, holding it up before throwing it back to fans.

When asked if it was an act of solidarity with the fans, the United boss said: "No, it was simply well mannered.

"But I know what’s going around, what the symbol of it is, but this matter was just polite."

Ten Hag, understandably, avoided publicly criticising his employers at this stage of the season however his want for readability on the membership’s future is palpable.

Asked how necessary it's to get the takeover course of resolved as quickly as potential, Ten Hag mentioned: "Yeah, I think it’s clear what I want but it’s not up to me.

"It’s about others on this membership, lastly there are the homeowners they usually make the selections, so it’s less than me.

"So, I do everything I can and I influence the processes I’m in charge of."