Eric ten Haag's start to life at Manchester United has already been 'killed' by the club's board of directors, claims Dutch football legend Marco van Basten. increase.
The former Ajax and his AC Milan striker feels United's 'ridiculous' pre-season activity has forced Ten Hag to catch up to his new role, and the new manager has already The pressure is on. United made his two-and-a-half-week tour in Thailand and Australia during pre-season, playing four friendly matches. Three of his matches were against Premier League teams, including Liverpool.
United played Atlético his Madrid in Norway before the final pre-season match the following day, with Old He drawing 1–1 with Rayo his Vallecano at Trafford. Van Basten is adamant about his busy schedule, and the trip proves to be expensive for Ten Hug and his players.
"What I find strange is that they do a world tour every year to prepare," Van Basten told Dutch broadcaster Zigo Sport. . "It kills groups. It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous. They have to stop doing it. Physically, it's just heartbreakingly bad.
"They want more money.
Cristiano Ronaldo will not join United while abroad for family reasons and will continue to play for the team. returned to Carrington, England, before returning to training. New arrivals Christian Eriksen and Lisandro Martinez got to work immediately after the team had been waiting for over a week to return from Australia.
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Eamon and James Clark)United's commitment to a far-reaching tour It has been a problem in the past, with former boss Louis van Gaal lamenting it in 2014. Commercial activity, scary distances, when you have to fly a lot, and when you have jet lag, it's not so good to be well prepared.
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Eamon and James Clarke)United then played the Premier League opener. They lost 2–1, lost at home to Brighton, and surrendered 4–0 at Brentford at the weekend. Having just been announced as the club's new boss at the end of April, Ten Hag faced a major challenge of planning ahead of the new campaign.
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Eamon and James Clark)United took a feverish approach to the transfer market this summer, largely unsuccessfully. work. From Juventus Their latest bid to sign Adrien Rabiot collapsed because of his wage demands, with only about two weeks left before the deadline for United to bring in recruits. Hmm.
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Eamon and James Clark)Perhaps even more worrying for Ten Haag is rivals Liverpool on the horizon. His United are clearly off the pace. The former Ajax coach called in his United players for additional training on Sunday after an embarrassing defeat to Brentford.
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Eamonn and James Clarke)In his post-match remarks, Ten Hag admitted: We should have been prepared, but we weren't. I'm sorry. It's hard for me.
``I'm surprised to start the game like this. I'm so sorry, they've tried their best to support us, and we let them down."
