Manchester United’s Dutch supervisor Erik ten Hag (Picture by PAUL ELLIS/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
Erik ten Hag has admitted ‘there’s strain’ on his job proper now, however feels the backing of Man Utd house owners INEOS.
The Dutch tactician signed a brand new deal at Outdated Trafford over the summer time after main United to a shock FA Cup ultimate win over Manchester Metropolis.
That was Ten Hag’s second trophy in two years at Man Utd after main the membership to the 2022/23 EFL Cup.
Nevertheless, final season’s Premier League efficiency was removed from ok, ending eighth within the desk and solely securing European soccer because of that FA Cup triumph.
The Crimson Devils haven’t made a terrific begin to his season, both, taking simply six factors from 4 Premier League video games, together with a humiliating 3-0 thrashing at residence to arch-rivals Liverpool.
Man Utd are making ready to face Crystal Palace away on Saturday night. Talking to Sky Sports activities forward of that match, Ten Hag has addressed questions on his job safety and backing from Man Utd house owners INEOS.
“I do know after we are shedding, there’s strain, there’s noise so I don’t must learn these articles what’s arising as a result of I do know it’s there,” stated Ten Hag.
“However sure, to reply your query, I really feel the backing. I really feel we’re on this collectively and we’re in a brand new season and yeah, we are going to go once more for silverware and we are going to go once more to assemble a superb workforce and yeah, after all, we hope to do it as within the first season, but when we’ve got say setbacks, we’ll cope with it after which nonetheless we’ve got to win.”
Critics ‘at all times need Man Utd to fail’, says Ten Hag
There have been indicators of enchancment with Man Utd profitable their final two video games 3-0 and 7-0 towards Southampton and Barnsley, respectively.
Nevertheless, it’s going to take rather more than that for Ten Hag to persuade followers and his critics that he’s the suitable man for the job.
Certainly, the previous Ajax supervisor believes he’s additionally battling towards a panorama by which many are actively prepared Man Utd’s demise.
“Oh, they at all times need to let Manchester United fail,” Ten Hag added. “And the one manner we are able to change this, and that’s we as a workforce we’ve got to show this round and we all know the right way to do it and we all know we’ve got to win. And after we don’t win, there’s the criticism and we’ve got to cope with this.
“However after we do the issues proper, we’re assured we are able to cope with all of this and we are able to carry out, and we’ve got proven it so usually.”
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