Towards Ten Hag's End Of Career At Manchester United, There Are Many Reasons And Disputes With Nistelrooy

Erik ten Hag and Ruud van Nistelrooy seemed to clash in the match between Manchester United and Aston Villa (Sky Sports).

JAKARTA - Just counting the hours, Erik ten Hag's career at Manchester United will come to light.

The Red Devils officials have scheduled a meeting with the Dutch manager on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, local time.

The latest news is that Manchester United has also prepared Thomas Tuchel as a replacement for Ten Hag.

The Red Devils bosses were furious with the bad results Ten Hag brought at the start of the season.

In fact, an eight-point record of seven matches (two wins, two draws, and three losses) of the 2024/2025 Premier League is the worst record in club history to start the competition.

The funny thing is, Ten Hag broke his own poor record. Precisely last season, he made history by only winning nine points from the first seven matches.

Last season's score was only done once before. What Ten Hag has achieved in the season equals minor statistics Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the 2019/2020 season.

After equalizing the Norwegian manager's record, Ten Hag even managed to carve a worse record this season, one point less.

Obviously, fans reacted strongly. Moreover, Manchester United brought in a lot of expensive players on the summer market yesterday.

Instead of getting better results than the previous season, the Red Devils supporters were presented with a worse spectacle.

However, Erik ten Hag with a thick face said that he did not know his chair was in danger.

He continued to make many reasons why his team's performance did not match the expectations of many parties.

"We (management) always talk, every week we talk. We are all united, in one goal, we know what we are working on, this is a long-term process."

"We've had two very difficult away games. It's a team, we're showing the confidence and trust we have."

"I think this is the fourth clean sheet of the season. You can see we have very good organization and togetherness. There are good characters and enthusiasm as a team, tough determination," said Erik ten Hag after the match against Aston Villa.

Still Stubborn

Erik ten Hag still insists that there are positive developments in the performance of his students.

He is still stubbornly asking the public to continue to be patient, for example in the matter of minimal goals.

Rasmus Hojlund has not yet reached 100 percent fitness for the match so it cannot be relied on.

A number of names were also named by Ten Hag to replace the role of the Hojlund predator. However, he emphasized that the public needed to be patient regarding their consistency in breaking into the opponent's goal.

"We barely conceded. When you hold on like this and get a bit of luck, in the end they have a great chance. But, in my opinion, it's almost the only chance."

"We created several chances (against Aston Villa), but not many. Hit the crossbar, then Rashford also had a chance. However, both teams were completely balanced," said Ten Hag as quoted by The Sun.

When comparing to the matches throughout this season, Ten Hag emphasized that his troops did not deserve criticism.

Ten Hag believes that his players will be able to answer criticism one day, someday.

"At Porto, our attack was brilliant, very good in the first 25 minutes. We outperformed Porto."

"We are also very good against Crystal Palace in possession. We have a game this season where we are good."

"However, today (against Aston Villa), we didn't create too many chances. We also played with a great team."

"We created a lot of chances in our seven games, but we have to move forward. We have to reconsider Hojlund's return, he's still in full fitness."

"I'm impressed with Rashford, as well as very good Garnacho. He's our goalscorer, I'll say our best goalscorer."

"Other players we know can score goals like Rashford. He scored goals at Porto and provided good assists at Porto."

"Today, he created two very good chances. I think (Alejandro) Garnacho all season is a threat, but also scores goals and provides assists."

"Bruno (Fernandes) also has the ability to score goals. So, we will achieve it. We believe in the players and one day everything will work," said Ten Hag.

The Dutch manager is indeed famous for being stubborn. He seems to always try to convince the public that his system is already the best.

If it still fails, Ten Hag has a myriad of reasons to make the public believe.

However, that reason does not apply to his assistants. Benni McCarthy had already left first to see Ten Hag's behavior.

Most recently, he appeared to be at odds with Ruud van Nistelrooy in the match against Aston Villa.

Ten Hag was caught on camera involved in a fierce conversation with Nistelrooy on the bench.

Nistelrooy seemed to give advice, but Ten Hag seemed to be ignoring his advice.

Ten Hag signaled with his hands and shook his head and put a confused expression on his face.