NEW Manchester United shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe will get veto powers over any transfers made in January - even though his takeover will not be rubber-stamped until February.
Sir Dave Brailsford was in attendance as the club overturned a 2-0 deficit at home to Aston Villa to win 3-2.
Hannibal Mejbri could be the next out of the door, with the Tunisia international - who will not be playing at Afcon - set for a loan switch with Germany a likely destination.
The Man Utd manager gave his thoughts on the changes at the club in the last 24 hours:
I was kept informed during the whole process. I know what is going on, but my focus is on the game. I've not had contact [with Brailsford] because it wasn't allowed during the process, but I kept informed like I said, know what they want, they want to work with us and I want to work with him. Their group has a lot of experience, so I'm looking forward.
Ian Holloway spoke to about the Man United situation:
Look at Erik ten Hag. The dressing room atmosphere can go poisonous when you've got too many players on too much money. It's not the manager's fault, it's those above him who buy the players that should be blamed.
Man United are so used to winning things and now they're not doing that, everyone is looking to point the finger at someone else. I see their players blaming everybody else.
Their captain (Bruno Fernandes) normally moans at everybody, I found that pretty interesting. They gave it to an honest and hard-working guy who loves the club in Scott McTominay against Liverpool and the team worked hard for each other.
All I see is Fernandes throwing his arms up in the air like he's blaming someone else. Come on, put a shift in, Shut up and get on with it!
During coverage of the Liverpool vs Man United game I saw Sky Sports ask McTominay what he thinks about the manager. How can that ever be? I used to work for Sky but what are you doing? You are stepping across boundaries there. You are way out of line! That's absolute nonsense! You should never pressure a player to say what he asks about his manager.
'Are you behind the manager?' What a terrible question to ask. It should be, 'Are you behind the owners?' Because they are the ones trying to bail out, aren't they? It's mental. How can you blame Ten Hag?
