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Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag has obtained right into a fairly public argument with a Dutch journalist over his taking part in fashion.
The Dutchman loved a profitable first season in England however this one has became a nightmare.
Ten Hag made the fairly peculiar determination to tear up the fairly profitable playbook from final 12 months and try to show his facet right into a transition primarily based facet.
This has gone spectacularly mistaken as they discover themselves in seventh place and have conceded a mammoth 77 objectives in all competitions.
Ten Hag has infuriated followers as of late along with his fixed defence of the damaged fashion and just lately claimed that the matchday goers at Outdated Trafford “don’t perceive” when he subbed off Kobbie Mainoo final weekend in opposition to Burnley to a cacophony of boos.
Just lately, the under-fire coach additionally bizarrely claimed that his facet had been “one of the crucial dynamic and entertaining groups” within the Premier League, which has been ridiculed in most quarters.
In an interview with ViaPlay (through The Metro) Ten Hag has as soon as once more doubled down on this view and argued over the assertion with Dutch reporter, Koen Weijland.
When requested to clarify his earlier feedback the previous Ajax supervisor snapped, “if you happen to would do your analysis, you’d see in our information that we’re very dynamic by way of attacking play.”
The journalist then requested the United coach to make clear what he meant by the time period “dynamic” and Ten Hag angrily retorted, “I’m simply attempting to clarify that to you.”
“In case you did your job, you’d see that we’re the workforce that’s at present probably the most enticing and vertical workforce in the whole Premier League by way of velocity and motion.”
Ten Hag has actually lower a curt, bristled determine in his press conferences these days and he offers off the impression of a person who is aware of his destiny is sealed no matter how the season ends.
One other instance of that was his interview with Sky Sports activities, when he criticised the membership for purchasing skills and never stars like Harry Kane, which is a direct contradiction of what his new boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe mentioned lower than two months in the past in a really public interview.
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