Erik ten Hag breaks silence on Sir Jim Ratcliffe investment ahead of Manchester United vs Aston Villa

Erik ten Hag has revealed he was 'kept informed' during the Manchester United takeover process, which has been brought to an end by the announcement of Sir Jim Ratcliffe's investment into the club.

Ratcliffe has agreed a deal to acquire 25 per cent of shares at Old Trafford for around £1.25billion and Sir Dave Brailsford, who is set to take a prominent role at the club, is at Old Trafford for the Aston Villa game.

INEOS founder Ratcliffe is looking to attend a game in the New Year and could attend Tottenham at home on January 14.

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Ten Hag was asked about Ratcliffe's acquisition, which is subject to Premier League approval, before kick-off by Amazon Prime and said: "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."

United have failed to score in four straight games for the first time since autumn 1992 and Marcus Rashford has returned to the starting line-up, along with Christian Eriksen and Raphael Varane.

Luke Shaw and Sofyan Amrabat are absent from the squad with minor injuries. "Unfortunately, he [Shaw] came back with a minor injury after West Ham, so we had to change," Ten Hag said.

"Rapha and Christian are back so that's positive. If you want to win, you must score and we want to win, we go into every game to win and we can do better. But also we've had great chances, so we have to net.

"You can't put