After the defeat against Tottenham, Erik ten Hag (54) is more threatened than ever at Manchester United. The English press has also announced that Sir Jim Ratcliffe intends to check in with him after the next two matches. But the Dutchman is not worried as he admitted this Wednesday to Skysports. “I don’t think about it, I’m not anxious. We created cohesion this summer with the owners and managers. We made this deal and we all supported it. We know the strategy is to bring in young players during a transition period. They also know that in the month of May, during my last six seasons, there have always been trophies and that is what we are aiming for. If you lose faith, you lose everything. We have to continue and stick to the plan. We have been in transition at Manchester United for a long time. From the moment I arrived, we knew we had to change. We had to replace some older players.”
He added: “Our choice was to bring in young players and it takes time to get the messages across, to adopt a playing model and to introduce a new culture. It takes time. In the meantime, we have to win and I think we have proven over the last two years that we are winning. I have proven throughout my career that I will always win. In the last six years, I have won eight trophies (…) We will succeed this season. Nothing is easy, but I must not panic. We can fix the problems, this team can fix this.” Finally, he indicated that he had the support of his players, whom he did not blame after the recent results. “When players perform poorly, I didn’t do my job well because they didn’t perform the way I expected. We are here together and we must fight together to get out of this situation. We continually discuss, but we think about how we can improve the process. We are all very impatient, our fans are too and they have the right to be, but so are we. Everyone is now waiting for a response on the ground.
