LONDON, United Kingdom — Manchester United have sacked supervisor Erik ten Hag following the membership’s lackluster begin to the season, the fallen Premier League giants introduced Monday.
United dropped to a lowly 14th within the desk after struggling their fourth defeat in 9 league video games at West Ham on Sunday and have received solely certainly one of their final eight video games in all competitions.
“Erik ten Hag has left his position as Manchester United males’s first-team supervisor,” stated a membership assertion.
“Erik was appointed in April 2022 and led the membership to 2 home trophies, successful the Carabao Cup in 2023 and the FA Cup in 2024.
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“We’re grateful to Erik for every thing he has performed throughout his time with us and need him nicely for the long run.”
United added former striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who returned to the membership as Ten Hag’s assistant in July, would now function interim supervisor “while a everlasting head coach is recruited.”
Even earlier than the West Ham loss, Dutch supervisor Ten Hag had presided over United’s worst begin to an English top-flight marketing campaign because the 1989/90 season.
The 54-year-old’s place had been repeatedly known as into query after United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe stored the previous Ajax boss, on board following an inside overview of his place on the finish of final season after an eighth-place Premier League end.
Ten Hag was even rewarded with a one-year extension of his contract to June 2026 after a shock FA Cup closing victory over rivals Manchester Metropolis in Might.
Nevertheless, he failed to seek out the options to lots of his facet’s struggles from final season.
Former Ajax boss Ten Hag, who joined United in Might 2022, had fiercely defended his file in current weeks after successful two trophies in his two full seasons in cost.
United ended a six-year anticipate silverware by beating Newcastle within the 2023 League Cup closing.
FA Cup reprieve
The Pink Devils additionally reached the FA Cup closing and completed third within the Premier League in an encouraging debut season for Ten Hag.
Nevertheless, the wheels got here off in his second season as accidents to key gamers, the dearth of a significant affect from massive cash signings and Ten Hag’s failure to implement a transparent type of play led to a lot of embarrassing outcomes.
United crashed out of the Champions League on the group stage after defeats by Galatasaray and FC Copenhagen, whereas Bournemouth, Brighton and Fulham have been among the many different sides to win at Outdated Trafford within the 2023/2024 marketing campaign.
The implementation of a brand new sporting construction at United, spearheaded by co-owner Ratcliffe, noticed widespread change over current months off the sector with the appointment of a brand new chief govt, sporting director and technical director.
However Ten Hag’s shock victory over Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering Metropolis facet at Wembley within the FA Cup closing, noticed him handed a keep of execution.
Any hope United’s FA Cup glory might act as a launching pad to extra common success rapidly unravelled within the opening weeks of the brand new season.
Liverpool and Tottenham coasted to 3-0 wins at Outdated Trafford in September, whereas United did not win both of their opening two Europa League matches in opposition to FC Twente and Porto.
For all Ten Hag’s faults, he oversaw only a small interval of United’s extra normal decline since legendary former supervisor Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.
For the reason that Scot’s departute from the Outdated Trafford sizzling seat, 5 everlasting managers have now been dismissed with out United even posing a problem for the Premier League title — a trophy they received 13 time underneath Ferguson.
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