Manchester United have been slammed as ‘not value watching’ underneath Erik ten Hag as former Netherlands participant and pundit Wim Kieft ideas the Dutch tactician to be coming in the direction of the tip of his time in cost at Previous Trafford.
Ten Hag loved a good first season at Man Utd final time period, getting the membership again into the Champions League, while additionally beating Newcastle United to win the Carabao Cup remaining, and reaching the ultimate of the FA Cup, albeit then shedding to rivals Manchester Metropolis.
Now, nevertheless, issues actually haven’t progressed as many would have hoped for United, with critical questions being requested of Ten Hag as his facet completed backside of their Champions League group and face an uphill battle to complete within the high 4 once more.
Kieft is clearly not too satisfied by Ten Hag, although he additionally made it clear that the surroundings isn’t preferrred for the previous Ajax boss both, as different high managers have additionally struggled within the job.
Ten Hag tipped to be in his remaining yr at United
Writing in his De Telegraaf column, Kieft stated: “Ten Hag didn’t handle to get his manner of taking part in at United … The soccer at Manchester United remains to be not value watching and that’s the reason I anticipate Ten Hag to be in his final yr. The surroundings during which he has to work at United can also be utterly completely different from that at Metropolis.
“You see a sure ambiance among the many neighbours, there’s a true soccer tradition and every little thing on the high resembles a group. Txiki Begiristain is the technical director and, aside from Guardiola, he works with extra former Barcelona individuals.
“United hasn’t had a group like that for a very long time. There should be one thing severely mistaken with that membership. As a result of Mourinho and Van Gaal weren’t small trainers who died there both.”
This sounds fairly damning for Ten Hag, however it’s arduous to argue with it actually, and there’ll absolutely be many followers open to the concept of a change, with the latest buy of a minority stake within the membership from Sir Jim Ratcliffe maybe representing an opportunity for a contemporary begin.