Afrigather Erik ten Hag retains the complete backing of Manchester United’s soccer management crew, regardless of sporting director Dan Ashworth and CEO Omar Berrada not being concerned within the determination to retain the supervisor.
The three-0 humbling to Liverpool at Previous Trafford on Sunday, the membership’s second defeat of their opening three Premier League fixtures, has directed strain again on the Dutchman.
Ten Hag survived an end-of-season overview, led by the membership’s co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS sporting director Sir Dave Brailsford, after United recorded their lowest ending place of the Premier League period.
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Additionally they exited the Champions League on the group stage, however completed the marketing campaign by securing FA Cup glory – a second trophy below Ten Hag.
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A prolonged course of to find out whether or not the 54-year-old ought to maintain his job included the membership sounding out Thomas Tuchel, Roberto De Zerbi, Mauricio Pochettino, Kieran McKenna and Thomas Frank.
Nonetheless, the selection was made to stay somewhat than twist, and a one-year extension in Ten Hag’s contract was triggered, though the teaching workers had a shake up.
Regardless of the end result of the overview previous Ashworth and Berrada’s employment with United, the pair insist Ten Hag retains the overall religion of the hierarchy.
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They consider him to be a prime supervisor, who now has the construction and experience in place to correctly help him.
“By way of the contract, that was a call that was taken previous to each of our arrivals,” Berrada defined in a sit down at Previous Trafford upfront of the undressing towards Liverpool.
“However we’re very pleased with that call. Erik has our full backing and we’ve got labored very carefully collectively, as Dan has stated earlier than, on this switch window.
“We’ll proceed working very carefully with him to assist him get one of the best outcomes out of the crew.
“Can we nonetheless consider in Erik? Completely. We predict Erik is the precise coach for us and we’re totally backing him.”
Ashworth underscored: “Very not often do you go right into a job as a sporting director and there isn’t any supervisor in place. All I can do is reiterate I’ve actually loved working with Erik for the final eight weeks.
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“I see my job is to help him in each method I probably can, and whether or not that is operationally, whether or not that is with recruitment, whether or not that is with medical, whether or not that is with psychology, whether or not that is coaching floor movement, it is simply to take as a lot of that off him to permit him to completely deal with the coaching pitch and the match tactical plan to ship success for Manchester United.”
Jason Wilcox, the technical director, is the member of the soccer management crew that spends probably the most time with Ten Hag and is tasked with serving to design the sport mannequin throughout the membership.
Nonetheless, Jamie Carragher doesn’t reckon the construction or the recruitment achieved by United over the summer season will alter the best way the supervisor approaches matches.
In a heated debate with Gary Neville stay on Sky Sports activities, he stated: “I do not assume something goes to alter when it comes to the soccer.
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“I’ve seen this earlier than at Liverpool. Return earlier than Jurgen Klopp got here in when there was speak of Brendan Rodgers shedding his job after one season. They weren’t positive what to do, FSG [Liverpool’s ownership], they usually stored him and Rodgers modified his workers.
“You count on one thing totally different, however the supervisor is the primary man. Rodgers was gone in October. Ten Hag stated in his interview ‘we are going to see the place we’re on the finish of the season’.
“I’d be stunned if he’s nonetheless there on the finish of the season.”
Neville responded: “I feel Ten Hag goes to get till at the least Christmas.”
