Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag is now being ridiculed if he loses the event game.
Ten Hag's position at the end of the 2023-2024 season was really threatened. The leaders of the club, including new Manchester United owner Jim Ratcliffe, have agonized over whether to replace coach Ten Hag. Manchester United's leaders discussed the replacement of Ten Hag in such depth that they met with former Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel and coach Robert De Zerbi Olanki Marcéu in person and talked about the manager's position.
However, coach Ten Haach produced an extraordinary event that overwhelmed Manchester City in the English FA Cup. Of course, the new trophy was highly regarded. Manchester United's leadership, which failed to reach an agreement in meetings with candidates for the next coach, including Tuchel and De Zerby, decided to retain coach Ten Hag.
This summer, the club provided exceptional support for Coach Ten Hach, who led Manchester United again. He even brought Joshua Girkj, Lenny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, and Manuel Ugarte to Nusair Mazraoui.
Despite a storm of signings, United experienced their worst start, losing two of their first three games. Immediately, rumors of a crisis are pouring in.
It was an A-match break in September, and coach Ten Haach left Manchester, England for a while and headed to his old team, Witteretch, the Netherlands. Witretch arranged a retirement anniversary game after clubman Mark van der Marrell announced his retirement after 15 years of playing. Van der Marrell is also a student when Ten Hach led Witrech in the past.
Utrecht prepared to face Van der Marrell's team and the team that played for Utrecht in the past. Ten Hach was in charge of the former Utrecht player team. It's an event game where winning or losing is not important, but coach Ten Hag's team lost 1-2.
The British Daily Mail mocked this, saying that despite the absence of English Premier League (EPL) matches during the A-match, the embattled coach Ten Haq was still unable to avoid defeat. If Coach Ten Hach had been leading Manchester United well at the beginning of the season, such ridiculous articles would not have come out.
The only answer to overcome the situation is the result. Manchester United and Ten Hach, who need to win unconditionally. If he fails to bring back the results in a row, it would not be strange for Ten Hag to be the first replacement in this season's EPL.
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