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The strongest trace but that Erik ten Hag goes nowhere, at the least to start out the subsequent season, has arrived from probably the most dependable supply.
It’s Ten Hag himself who has spoken to Manchester United’s official web site and detailed the plans for the pre-season.
Whereas it’s usually not surprising {that a} supervisor/participant seems in promotion materials or membership communications after which leaves, it’s seldom this detailed.
Ten Hag revealed his plans for the gamers, the squad he intends to tackle the tour as properly the modifications from final 12 months that he’s hoping will bear fruit in a while.
On the squad, he mentioned that not like final season, the place there have been two completely different units- first-team and academy, this time, there will probably be one group with a mixture of each.
There’s Copa America in addition to Euros in the summertime so some gamers’ participation will probably be taken out of the supervisor’s palms which is the place the academy kids will fill in.
He mentioned: “We now have a powerful first-team squad there with gamers that may current themselves to the followers, however particularly to us. They’ve the degrees to play in our workforce for subsequent season.
“There will probably be a combination, with skilled gamers along with some younger gamers.
“[The squad will be] as sturdy as attainable, however in fact the gamers who go far within the Copa America and the Euros is not going to be concerned.”
On the plans for the tour, Ten Hag revealed that there will probably be much less travelling and extra give attention to preparations by staying at one base.
He mentioned: “We had fun there [in the US last year]. [This time] we are going to do issues barely completely different. We are going to keep longer within the base camp and never a lot travelling any extra. We are going to play once more in opposition to sturdy opponents.”
5 pre-season excursions have been finalised to date by United as California has been designated as the primary base for the actions.
He mentioned that the first focus will probably be on coaching buildings, patterns of play and imposing sure requirements on the workforce.
The supervisor additionally mentioned that he’s excited for international supporters to have a glimpse of gamers like Kobbie Mainoo, who wasn’t a family title in the summertime of final 12 months.
The hope is that one other Mainoo emerges from an encouraging pre-season and Ten Hag’s detailed feedback clearly level to the truth that he believes he will probably be within the dugout when that participant comes, one thing which Fabrizio Romano additionally alluded to lately.
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