Manchester United’s matches and results follow one another and look the same month after month. Despite his miraculous performance at the end of last season, notably thanks to his victory in the FA Cup against Manchester City, Erik ten Hag is still experiencing difficulties this season. There have already been two heavy defeats against Liverpool and Tottenham (3-0) in the league and this draw snatched away at Porto in the Europa League. Last weekend, the sluggish victory against Brentford did not reassure either.
The Red Devils are already far away in the Premier League, 12th, 6 points from the podium and will still not play for the title, barring a crazy turnaround, despite the €215 million spent on the transfer game this summer. The future of the Dutch coach is once again called into question, as during almost every press conference. “The noise is only coming from the media, from some of you, not all of you, creating stories and fairy tales, telling lies because I know we are on the same page within this club» said the person concerned, very annoyed, 4 days ago.
Xavi contacted twice by Manchester United members
The fact remains that Erik ten Hag will not remain in his post at this rate, even if he seems to have immense credit despite the poor performance of his team. The name of Gareth Southgate appeared at the end of last season, then that of Thomas Tuchel, who will finally take the reins of the English selection from January 1. Another coach has been mentioned for a few days and he is rather unexpected. According to the latest information from Daily Mailit’s that of Xavi Hernandez. The latter has been contacted twice by intermediaries from the English club in recent weeks.
A four-man delegation led by general manager Omar Berrada even flew to Barcelona last Thursday. A number of meetings took place in the Catalan capital, and not only to encourage the Ineos Britannia team, beaten in the America’s Cup final against New Zealand. The media still specifies that the very short-term future of Ten Hag is not yet threatened but new disappointments against Fenerbahçe and West Ham could change the situation. For his part, Xavi, without a club since his departure from Barça in June, does not see himself continuing in Spain and is English-speaking.
