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Erik ten Hag reportedly got here near voluntarily stepping down from his position as Manchester United supervisor in the summertime.
On Monday morning, United launched an announcement confirming the sacking of Ten Hag. He was dismissed following a woeful begin to the brand new marketing campaign.
The Pink Devils are at the moment languishing in 14th place within the Premier League after the 2-1 loss to West Ham on Sunday.
Ruud van Nistelrooy has already taken cost on an interim foundation whereas United seek for a everlasting supervisor.
Ten Hag got here very near shedding his job in the summertime however nonetheless someway managed to cling on. United endured an especially poor 2023/24 time period that noticed them end in eighth place, their worst-ever end since 1989/90.
For giant components of the season, the Reds have been extraordinarily poor though they obtained some respite on the finish courtesy of successful the FA Cup on the expense of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester Metropolis – an incidence that performed a giant half in INEOS’ determination to afford Ten Hag extra time to show the scenario round.
Throughout a prolonged end-of-season overview after the FA Cup closing, United are believed to have held talks with various potential Ten Hag replacements together with Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Thomas Frank, Kieran McKenna and Marco Silva, simply to call just a few.
Finally, nothing materialised and Ten Hag ended up staying however in hindsight, that seems to have been the unsuitable selection.
De Telegraaf journalist Mike Verweij studies that Ten Hag “was on the verge of resigning from” United in the course of the summer time when hypothesis over his future was rife.
In keeping with Verweij, the 54-year-old coach was “fed up” with the fixed criticism of his efficiency.
Weggestuurde Erik ten Hag stond in de zomer op het punt om zelf ontslag te nemen bij Manchester United through @telegraaf
— Mike Verweij (@MikeVerweij) October 28, 2024
He was additionally aggravated with the conversations United have been holding with different managers.
United return to Carabao Cup motion on Wednesday once they host Steve Cooper’s Leicester Metropolis. Kick-off is at 19:45 BST.
