Erik ten Hag: Man Utd supervisor retains full backing of membership’s soccer management regardless of Liverpool defeat

Erik ten Hag retains the total backing of Manchester United’s soccer management group, regardless of sporting director Dan Ashworth and CEO Omar Berrada not being concerned within the resolution to retain the supervisor.

The three-0 humbling to Liverpool at Outdated Trafford on Sunday, the membership’s second defeat of their opening three Premier League fixtures, has directed stress again on the Dutchman.

Ten Hag survived an end-of-season evaluation, led by the membership’s co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS sporting director Sir Dave Brailsford, after United recorded their lowest ending place of the Premier League period.

In addition they exited the Champions League on the group stage, however completed the marketing campaign by securing FA Cup glory – a second trophy underneath Ten Hag.

A prolonged course of to find out whether or not the 54-year-old ought to maintain his job included the membership sounding out Thomas Tuchel, Roberto De Zerbi, Mauricio Pochettino, Kieran McKenna and Thomas Frank.

Nonetheless, the selection was made to stay somewhat than twist, and a one-year extension in Ten Hag’s contract was triggered, though the teaching employees had a shake up.

Regardless of the end result of the evaluation previous Ashworth and Berrada’s employment with United, the pair insist Ten Hag retains the entire religion of the hierarchy.

They imagine him to be a prime supervisor, who now has the construction and experience in place to correctly assist him.

“In terms of the contract, that was a decision that was taken prior to both of our arrivals,” Berrada defined in a sit down at Outdated Trafford upfront of the undressing towards Liverpool.

“But we’re very happy with that decision. Erik has our full backing and we have worked very closely together, as Dan has said before, in this transfer window.

“We’ll proceed working very carefully with him to assist him get the perfect outcomes out of the group.

“Do we still believe in Erik? Absolutely. We think Erik is the right coach for us and we’re fully backing him.”

Ashworth underscored: “Very hardly ever do you go right into a job as a sporting director and there isn’t any supervisor in place. All I can do is reiterate I’ve actually loved working with Erik for the final eight weeks.

“I see my job is to support him in every way I possibly can, and whether that’s operationally, whether that’s with recruitment, whether that’s with medical, whether that’s with psychology, whether that’s training ground flow, it’s just to take as much of that off him to allow him to fully focus on the training pitch and the match tactical plan to deliver success for Manchester United.”

Jason Wilcox, the technical director, is the member of the soccer management group that spends probably the most time with Ten Hag and is tasked with serving to design the sport mannequin throughout the membership.

Nonetheless, Jamie Carragher doesn’t reckon the construction or the recruitment completed by United over the summer time will alter the way in which the supervisor approaches matches.

In a heated debate with Gary Neville dwell on Sky Sports activities, he stated: “I do not assume something goes to alter when it comes to the soccer.

“I have seen this before at Liverpool. Go back before Jurgen Klopp came in when there was talk of Brendan Rodgers losing his job after one season. They weren’t sure what to do, FSG [Liverpool’s ownership], and they kept him and Rodgers changed his staff.

“You anticipate one thing completely different, however the supervisor is the primary man. Rodgers was gone in October. Ten Hag stated in his interview ‘we’ll see the place we’re on the finish of the season’.

“I would be surprised if he is still there at the end of the season.”

Neville responded: “I think Ten Hag is going to get until at least Christmas.”