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  • Pre-season Games: Ten Hag slams players for losing to Rosenborg

    Pre-season Games: Ten Hag slams players for losing to Rosenborg

    Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag was left fuming with his players after a 1-0 defeat to Rosenborg in a pre-season match on Monday.

     

    Noah Holm scored the only goal of the game with the last kick.

     

    Ten Hag has now informed his squad that they are far from meeting his standards.

     

    Despite most first-team members being on vacation following Euro 2024, Mason Mount, Marcus Rashford, and Casemiro were among those who played.

     

    Ten Hag told MUTV: “The result is not secondary. Of course, it’s pre-season, but at Man United, there is a standard: you win games, definitely, not lose games. If you can’t win games, don’t lose like we did in the end, in the last second of the game. The performance is more important, and the performance was below standard.”

  • EPL: Manchester United begged me to stay – Eric Ten Hag boasts

    EPL: Manchester United begged me to stay – Eric Ten Hag boasts

    Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag, has boasted of being begged to stay at Old Trafford by the management of the club.

    Ten Hag revealed how the Premier League club flew him to Ibiza to convince him to stay after his FA Cup win.

    Ten Hag’s future was uncertain before he led the Red Devils to victory in the FA Cup final.

    However, United have now decided to continue with the former Ajax boss.

    “The club management came to me while I was on holiday in Ibiza,” Ten Hag said on Dutch TV channel NOS.

    “They suddenly showed up on my doorstep and told me they wanted to continue with me.”

    Ten Hag also revealed that new United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe spoke to former Bayern Munich and Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel, about the job.

    “Manchester United have told me that they spoke with Tuchel, but they eventually came to the conclusion that they already have the best manager,” he added.

    “INEOS took their time. They are new in football, it’s normal to reflect on the season. It’s no secret that they talked with multiple candidates.”

  • EPL: Ten Hag gives United three conditions before signing contract extension

    EPL: Ten Hag gives United three conditions before signing contract extension

    Manchester United coach, Erik ten Hag has made three demands before he agrees to sign a new contract at the club.

    Ten Hag and United management has been in talks over a possible two-year extension.

    United made a U-Turn and decided to stick with Ten Hag ahead of next season, despite having sounded out potential replacements in recent weeks.

    The Dutch was on the verge of been laid off before he led United to win the FA Cup against City at Wembley on May 25th.

    A new contract is being discussed ahead of next season.

    However, Ten Hag has listed several conditions to United before he would sign the contract extension.

    First, the 58-year-old will refuse to allow Jadon Sancho back into the first-team squad unless he apologies

    Sancho was loaned to Borussia Dortmund after effectively branding Ten Hag a liar last season, with the expectation he will leave this summer.

    Ten Hag will also push back against attempts from technical director Jason Wilcox to dictate his team’s playing style.

    Another demand will be to renew the contract of forwards coach Benni McCarthy.

    McCarthy revealed last month that he is out of contract in a few weeks, but expressed a desire to stay at the club.

  • EPL: Eric Ten Hag set to sign two-year contract extension at Manchester United

    EPL: Eric Ten Hag set to sign two-year contract extension at Manchester United

    Manchester United, manager Erik ten Hag has been given a new two-year contract extension with the Premier League club.

    The board at United has decided to give the Dutch a contract extension after he led the team to win the FA Cup few weeks ago at Wembley.

    The contract renewal is coming  a day after the uncertainty over his future ended.

    Ten Hag will remain at Old Trafford after senior officials’ review to ascertain whether or not to keep the manager in place.

    United are prepared to back the coach with a new two-year deal.

    That deal, according to the Telegraph, will supersede his current contract, which runs out in 2025.

    This means the Dutchman will have three more years with the Red Devils from this summer.

    United finished eighth last season but qualified to represent England in next season’s Europa League after winning the FA Cup trophy.

     

  • EPL: Continental slots for teams confirmed

    EPL: Continental slots for teams confirmed

    Manchester United on Saturday evening at Wembley grabbed the last Europa League slot in England  after defeating City 2-1 in this season’s FA Cup final.

    United youth prodigy, Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo scored for Erik ten Hag’s men, before Jeremy Doku pulled a goal back late on.

    The result meant that the Red Devils will represent the Premier League along with Tottenham Hotspur in next season Europa League.

    Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa are already confirmed for UEFA Champions League.

    However, Chelsea will now play in the Conference League, while Newcastle have missed out entirely from playing in next season’s continental games.

  • EPL: United legend, Rio Ferdinand reveals when Erik Ten Hag will be sacked

    EPL: United legend, Rio Ferdinand reveals when Erik Ten Hag will be sacked

    Rio Ferdinand the Manchester United legend has posited that manager Erik ten Hag will be dismissed by the club even if he secures an unexpected FA Cup victory at the end of the month.

    Manchester United lost 19 games across all competitions, ended the 2023/24 season on 8th position and are now hoping to win the FA Cup as a means to get a continental slot next season.

    Ferdinand expressed doubts about Ten Hag’s future, predicting that the club’s co-owners Jim Ratcliffe’s INEOS will review and possibly terminate his position following the FA Cup final.

    “Win or lose, I don’t think Ten Hag will be there next season,” Ferdinand stated on his FIVE YouTube channel.

    “I believe the club will look elsewhere. I don’t think winning the FA Cup changes anything in the eyes of INEOS. This is just my assumption, I haven’t spoken to anyone there.”

  • Diallo, Hojlund rescue under-fire Erik ten Hag against Newcastle

    Diallo, Hojlund rescue under-fire Erik ten Hag against Newcastle

    Amad Diallo’s rocket and Rasmus Hojlund’s fine finish secured Manchester United and under-fire Erik ten Hag a much-needed win against fellow European hopefuls Newcastle in their final home match of a season to forget.

    The injury-ravaged Red Devils have lost 19 in all competitions this term and knew defeat on Wednesday would set unwanted records, as well as end any hope of continental qualification through the Premier League.

    But as United’s new decision-makers Ineos consider how to turn the club around, there was a glimpse of what could have been – and perhaps could yet still be – under Ten Hag as they ran out 3-2 victors against Newcastle.

    It was far from perfect but Kobbie Mainoo put United into a deserved lead midway through a first half that saw Anthony Gordon’s penalty appeals rejected and a Dan Burn header cleared off the line by Casemiro.

    Gordon drew Newcastle level early in the second half and Sofyan Amrabat’s block sent an Alexander Isak strike looping onto the bar as Ten Hag’s team wobbled, only for Diallo to laser the hosts back ahead.

    Recently criticised substitute Hojlund drove home a third as the clock wound down, meaning Lewis Hall’s wonderful stoppage-time strike was only a consolation.

    The win puts eighth-placed United level on 53 points with Newcastle in seventh, but they are well behind on goal difference heading into the final day of the season.

  • Manchester United call-off awards night

    Manchester United call-off awards night

    Manchester United are said to have canceled their end-of-season awards dinner.

    The Red Devils lost 1-0 to Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, fielding a weakened team due to injuries.

    The Athletic claim that after talks between Erik ten Hag and the club’s hierarchy, the awards are canceled.

    United’s first team are still within range of winning a trophy, as they take on Manchester City in the FA Cup final.

    However, they are also eighth in the league and have won only one time in the past nine games.

    The club’s youth team have been successful this term, as have the women’s team.

  • EPL: Arsenal pip United 1-0 at Old Trafford, storm back to Premier League table top

    EPL: Arsenal pip United 1-0 at Old Trafford, storm back to Premier League table top

    Arsenal Football club on Sunday evening stormed to the top of the Premier League table after defeating hot rivals Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford.

    The victory over United has now ensured that the Premier League  title race will go down to the final day of the 2023/24 season.

    Arsenal’s  breakthrough though came from a Casemiro error. Positioning himself to play out from the back, Andre Onana instead went long and gave the ball to Arsenal. Kai Havertz was sent down the right, with Casemiro now playing him onside, before cutting the ball into the box. Leandro Trossard arrived from the opposite wing and tapped home.

    Trossard’s goal proved to be the needed tonic Arsenal needed to continue to fight on till the very last day of the season.

    All effort by the Red Devils to score in the game met a brick wall in the Gunners defense.

    Their ever-impressive defence nullified United’s young forward line kept them at bay and earned a clean sheet without heading out of second gear.

    The victory means that Mikel Arteta’s boys stand a chance to win the title provided City with a game in hand falter on the road to the final day of the season.

    This is the first time in many years that the season will go down to the wire.

  • EPL: Two key players resume training for Manchester United ahead clash with Arsenal on Sunday

    EPL: Two key players resume training for Manchester United ahead clash with Arsenal on Sunday

    Two Manchester United players, Marcus Rashford and Lisandro Martinez have resumed training ahead of the Premier League clash against Arsenal on Sunday.

    This was confirmed on the club’s official website on Thursday.

    Recall that United have been struck with too many injuries to the extent that defensive midfielder, Casemiro was drafted to play at center back in the Reds 4-0 drubbing by Crystal Palace on Monday night.

    However, United post reads “Manchester United have welcomed Lisandro Martinez and Marcus Rashford back into first-team training at Carrington.

    “Our exclusive pics from the club’s base show the Argentina international and homegrown forward working with the main group after spells on the sidelines,” it read in part.

    The Red Devils are on the verge of failing to qualify for any European competition, following a 4-0 humiliation at Crystal Palace on Monday.

    However, the availability of Rashford and Martinez will be a big boost for Erik ten Hag, who is under immense pressure at Old Trafford.