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Erik ten Hag reportedly got here near voluntarily stepping down from his position as Manchester United supervisor in the summertime.
On Monday morning, United launched an announcement confirming the sacking of Ten Hag. He was dismissed following a woeful begin to the brand new marketing campaign.
The Crimson Devils are at present languishing in 14th place within the Premier League after the 2-1 loss to West Ham on Sunday.
Ruud van Nistelrooy has already taken cost on an interim foundation whereas United seek for a everlasting supervisor.
Ten Hag got here very near dropping his job in the summertime however nonetheless in some way managed to cling on. United endured a particularly poor 2023/24 time period that noticed them end in eighth place, their worst-ever end since 1989/90.
For giant elements of the season, the Reds have been extraordinarily poor though they obtained some respite on the finish courtesy of profitable the FA Cup on the expense of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester Metropolis – an incidence that performed a giant half in INEOS’ choice to afford Ten Hag extra time to show the scenario round.
Throughout a prolonged end-of-season evaluate after the FA Cup remaining, United are believed to have held talks with plenty of potential Ten Hag replacements together with Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Thomas Frank, Kieran McKenna and Marco Silva, simply to call just a few.
Finally, nothing materialised and Ten Hag ended up staying however in hindsight, that seems to have been the fallacious selection.
De Telegraaf journalist Mike Verweij experiences that Ten Hag “was on the verge of resigning from” United throughout the summer season when hypothesis over his future was rife.
In keeping with Verweij, the 54-year-old coach was “fed up” with the fixed criticism of his efficiency.
Weggestuurde Erik ten Hag stond in de zomer op het punt om zelf ontslag te nemen bij Manchester United https://t.co/lqps8E3ukB through @telegraaf
— Mike Verweij (@MikeVerweij) October 28, 2024
He was additionally irritated with the conversations United have been holding with different managers.
United return to Carabao Cup motion on Wednesday once they host Steve Cooper’s Leicester Metropolis. Kick-off is at 19:45 BST.
