If they want him to go in Jan they have to let him go on a free. No obligation for him to renew lol.
Even if he does improve will he progress to Klopp/Guardiola level? Even with a good manager the gap will get bigger to the clubs with elite managers.All too easy for Liverpool, Arsenal are not really progressing under Arteta in any real fashion thats going to frighten the top sides.
Top 4 is the big prize but getting top 4 in the PL going forward when the top 6 and more find form will be like winning the league in some other countries. It’s not like the old days before we had an unofficial top 4 with Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. Saying that with Arteta you may not finish in the top 4 again at all whileBiggest spenders in Europe this season and it looks like the only improvement we might be making is maybe moving from 8th to 7th, or 6th. It should now be either get top 4 or bye bye, but he'll likely get a new contract. If United get Ten hag then it really is game over for us. Rather than go and get a top quality manager to replace Arsene Wenger, they chose the safe option in a decent, but not great manager in Emery and then decided to be clever and go the cheap route and hire a rookie thinking they would be unearthing the second coming of Pep Guardiola.
What a good waste of juice.