In difficulty with Manchester United, coach Erik ten Hag could soon pay the price for the situation. This is the clear opinion of Gary Neville.
The seasons pass, the coaches too, and Manchester United is still chasing its former glory. Since the end of the Sir Alex Ferguson era twenty years ago, the Mancunian club has no longer managed to occupy a leading place on the national and international scenes. Certainly, there have been some highlights, such as the Europa League won in 2017 or the FA Cup won a year earlier, but apart from that, the supporters are not celebrating. The coaches may come one after the other, but nothing happens and the dismissals follow one another. Currently in office, Erik ten Hag could very soon find himself unemployed. This is the opinion of a former United glory.
Consultant on the English media side, Gary Neville does not lose sight of the club of his heart. Desperate to see what the Red Devils have become over the years, the former defender could not help but notice their new shipwreck on Wednesday evening against Newcastle, in the round of 16 of the League Cup (0-3). Enough to make him say that Erik ten Hag’s days on the Mancunian bench are now numbered. He said this in a long message posted Thursday morning on social networks. “ Last night we saw the Theater of Dreams transform into the Theater of Nothing. Every single United fan was tired and listless. On the pitch, players in a state of shock, distressing performances and a coach in complete disarray before our eyes. We’ve seen it before, we know how it’s going to end, and we’ve had enough.“
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— Gary Neville (@GNev2) November 2, 2023
Hope disappointed
An observation which therefore already sends Erik ten Hag to the door, without it seeming to be a real wish. Gary Neville instead described a general situation that afflicts every supporter of Red Devils for two decades. The difference in level between their team and that of their neighbor Manchester City is increasingly obvious and important each season. A glimmer of hope had arisen in recent months when the possibility of a complete sale of the club by the Glazer family to Qatar had been raised. But since then, the bellows have fallen and the idea of a simple entry into the capital (25%), from Sir Jim Ratcliffe, no longer reassures at all. The vagueness that has surrounded Manchester United for so many years does not seem ready to dissipate and Erik ten Hag could well follow all this from afar if he does not manage to redress the situation quickly.
