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Dutch legend Willem van Hanegem has poured scorn on Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag’s reign regardless of the current FA Cup success.
The previous Ajax supervisor loved a profitable first season in England as he guided his aspect to a Carabao cup trophy and a third-place end within the league.
Nonetheless, his second season has been rather more difficult as his aspect completed eighth within the league and had been pitifully dumped out of the Champions League earlier than Christmas as they ended the group with solely 4 factors.
Ten Hag’s future has been the topic of a lot hypothesis and there have been stories earlier than the ultimate that United had already determined to sack him.
Even a spectacular win over Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup ultimate has not been sufficient to quell such rumours as he admitted after the sport in his post-match interviews that he was at the hours of darkness over the place his future lies.
While the cup victory is alleged to have emboldened a few of his supporters within the United hierarchy, there’s nonetheless a robust faculty of thought that implies United will sack the Dutchman and usher in a substitute with Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino or Kieran McKenna all seen as potential choices to take the Outdated Trafford hotseat.
One man who was not so impressed by the supervisor’s achievements at Wembley was former Feyenoord participant, Van Hanegem.
Writing in his column for the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, the pundit criticised Ten Hag for defending his efficiency on the membership.
The United supervisor has admitted that outcomes haven’t been adequate however has firmly acknowledged again and again that he’s doing job on the membership and in the event that they don’t need him, he’ll go and win elsewhere.
Commenting on Ten Hag’s time in Manchester, Van Hanegem wrote, “He gained the FA Cup and he pretended that he had been doing effectively there in England for 2 seasons.
“How are you going to say that? He introduced within the incorrect gamers for a hell of a fortune. Manchester United’s soccer hurts the eyes.
“Within the semi-final, the entire of England had been in stitches as a result of Coventry Metropolis got here again from 3-0 all the way down to 3-3. Ten Hag’s group had been on the point of getting knocked out however they finally made it as a result of a Coventry participant was offside by a millimetre.
“Then you definitely win the cup after which immediately, you might be proper.”
While Van Hanegem does elevate some legitimate factors in regards to the FA Cup victory glossing over a poor season, his snarky tone appears to point that his observations are clouded by some private animosity.
Not even Ten Hag’s largest detractor can declare that he didn’t get his ways spot on, particularly within the first half in opposition to Manchester Metropolis.
The victory was sensational and probably the most spectacular FA Cup ultimate performances the membership has ever produced and the Dutchman should obtain his credit score for that, even whether it is finally not sufficient to avoid wasting his job.
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