Liam Fox knows Dundee United sack could still come despite Mark Ogren backing for salvage job

Liam Fox has thanked Dundee United chief Mark Ogren for his public backing – but knows he could still be sacked at any point.

The Tannadice owner told Arabs on Wednesday there will be no immediate changes despite unrest among the fanbase with a section of the support calling for the removal of sporting director Tony Asghar and also, at times, Fox. The manager, however, knows things need to change quickly as United languish at the bottom of the Premiership.

Fox admitted: “It is good from the chairman to come out and say that personally. I am also under no illusions that football can change quickly. Twenty-four hours in football is a long time. I believe in the players and what I am doing. If we keep working the way we are working we will get our rewards at the end of it and get away form relegation. I believe that.

“We have stuck to our messages and work, there will be no radical changes, we are also short of bodies with injury as well. Moments like this you need to stick to what you believe in and that is what we are doing.”

Fox might be new to management but he is adamant he is more than able to take the heat.

“I think any football manager knows there’s a period of time where you’re vulnerable,” he acknowledged. "I know that, I knew that when I took the job but I am enjoying the job.

"I am enjoying the heat because if you don’t enjoy the heat and don’t enjoy the pressure, then you’re in the wrong job. Football management is up and down, it has been a difficult time for everyone at the club.

"We are under no illusions about the situation we’re in and I have had a lot of chats with the chairman about it. As far as I’m concerned it’s business as usual this weekend and we’re doing everything we can to get the three