Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has stated he has sympathy for under-fire supervisor Erik ten Hag, as Manchester United house owners left him in a tricky scenario by talking to different managers. He additionally predicted that the Dutchman won’t be accountable for the Purple Devils after the November worldwide break.
Erik ten Hag Is Underneath Immense Stress at Manchester United
Former Ajax supervisor Ten Hag guided Manchester United to a third-place end in his first season on the membership in 2022-23. Naturally, the expectation was to see Man Utd take one step additional in 2023-24, however that didn’t develop into the case. The Purple Devils had a disappointing run within the Premier League final time period and completed in eighth place within the rankings. Fortunately, Manchester United received the FA Cup at Man Metropolis’s expense on the finish of the season, which doubtlessly saved Ten Hag’s job.
Manchester United spent closely in the summertime to get pleasure from a powerful begin to the 2024-25 season. Nonetheless, that plan has fallen flat, with the Mancunians presently toiling in 14th place within the rankings after selecting up simply eight factors from seven video games. It’s United’s worst return in Premier League historical past.
Man Utd have additionally struggled within the UEFA Europa League, drawing their first two video games and slipping to twenty first place within the rankings. With outcomes not going Ten Hag’s approach, hypothesis about his future has reached an all-time excessive, with stories claiming that the membership may dismiss the supervisor lengthy earlier than the top of the season.
Jamie Carragher Feels Sorry for Erik ten Hag
Carragher additionally believes Ten Hag will discover it tough to see the season out.
Talking on Sky Sports activities, he stated:
“I feel he’ll discover it powerful to come back out of the subsequent worldwide break nonetheless as supervisor. Pay attention, if the outcomes flip, after all, he’ll. The factor with Manchester United it’s not nearly outcomes, really. I feel for a very long time, it’s really been about performances.
“And quite a lot of time once they get outcomes, it felt lucky in some methods. I feel final season, it felt like Scott McTominay obtained so many last-minute targets for them. You understand, eventually, if the performances don’t enhance, they will’t get sustained outcomes. They may get a end result right here or there; that’s soccer; that’s why we love the sport. Surprising issues can occur. However the begin of this season hasn’t been too completely different by way of performances and really seeing the identical issues as final season.”
Carragher then defined why he additionally had sympathy for the under-fire Dutchman.
He added:
“Pay attention, I feel it is going to be powerful for him, however I’ve sympathy for him as a result of I feel he’s been frolicked to dry slightly bit on the again of what occurred in the summertime with the possession talking to different managers.
“I really feel for him, no supervisor or anybody in employment would need his bosses talking publically to plenty of completely different folks within the recreation. It’s going to be powerful for him to see out the season.”
In response to stories, Man Utd house owners spoke with Thomas Tuchel earlier than giving Ten Hag a contract extension. Now with the Dutchman’s future up within the air, the German may as soon as once more be within the working for the sought-after job.
