There’s enough blame at Manchester United again for the manager to take some of it. But Erik ten Hag ought to be absolved until he can say his squad is truly his own…
With Erik ten Hag finally able to pause for breath, just as he feels Jurgen Klopp’s on the back of his neck, the Manchester United manager might reflect on some of his decisions during a frantic, manic second half of the season that has opened the door for Liverpool.
Ten Hag is fortunate to be the first manager since Fergie for whom the players have been held accountable before the boss. Some of the individuals who’ve represented United in the last decade, and the cliques that formed between them, have got away with murder, but often it was the boss who carried the can. For too long the question was ‘what can the manager do for the players?’ while more often than not, nothing was being offered in return.
Rome wasn’t built in a day and Manchester United cannot be rebuilt in a year. Ten Hag is making good progress on the job, though. Gone are some of the individuals he nor any other serious coach could trust. The obvious one being Cristiano Ronaldo. Instead he has had to make do with Anthony Martial and Wout Weghorst. Ten Hag has tried to offer Martial as many chances as he thinks he might need to finally come good but the manager, like everyone else, would surely have seen that the Frenchman is never going to be the striker United need him to be. Neither his mind nor body will facilitate that.
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