Sir Jim Ratcliffe has four key questions to answer whether Man United keep or sack Erik ten Hag

It is now five days since Bruno Fernandes carefully removed the lid of the FA Cup before thrusting it to the heavens on a day a Manchester United dignitary's spouse dubbed "a miracle".

United's compact and tethered set-up off the ball and intense attacks suggested otherwise. Their performance and result was the season's zenith and Saturday was United followers' sweetest day at Wembley since the 1996 final success against Liverpool.

Inevitably and understandably, the victorious manager's press conference was dominated by questions centred on his future. Plenty of supporters have taken umbrage at this when it is the question they want answered as much as journalists: will Erik ten Hag stay or go?

Ten Hag does not know and has fielded umpteen queries on his future. It is a question Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Sir Dave Brailsford ignored as they strolled towards the dressing room. Their silence remains deafening.

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As senseless as Mauricio Pochettino's sacking was at Chelsea, that basket-case of a club was at least swift and decisive. On Sunday, Ten Hag was up in the air, heading on holiday, with his future up in the air.

Nobody anticipated a quiet week covering United or this midweek lull. There has been a suggestion the decision will be communicated on a "quiet day" this week. Someone else said it will be next week. The United director of communications is on holiday, though it is half-term.

Ratcliffe and his Ineos cohorts have been coy since he held court with nearly a dozen of us in the group's plush Knightsbridge office on February 21. Ineos were strong in numbers in the Wembley