Erik ten Hag has hit again at Cristiano Ronaldo by declaring that the Portuguese admitted Manchester United weren’t effectively positioned to win the most important trophies this season regardless of criticising the supervisor for stating the identical.
In a pre-season interview Ten Hag mentioned United’s possibilities of successful the Premier League and Champions League. “We’re actually a good distance away from that,” he advised the Dutch outlet AD Sportwereld.
Ronaldo referenced these feedback on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, saying: “Manchester United coach, you can not say that you simply’re not going to combat to win the league or Champions League.” However Ronaldo then successfully contradicted himself. “They will win the Carabao [Cup] – Champions League or Europa League or Premier League, troublesome,” he stated.
Ten Hag was requested about Ronaldo’s declare that United’s supervisor mustn’t say the membership can not win the league.
“No, he stated this, should you learn the article very effectively,” he stated. “He’s far-off within the Saudi [Arabian league], so everybody can have an opinion and is entitled to have an opinion. It’s OK.”
Ronaldo’s feedback come after he left United in November 2022 after twice strolling out on Ten Hag’s workforce at Outdated Trafford throughout a pre-season pleasant with Rayo Vallecano and within the Premier League assembly with Tottenham.
Earlier than the worldwide break United misplaced their final two video games, 2-1 at Brighton and 3-0 to Liverpool at dwelling. Ten Hag was requested whether or not this made Saturday’s midday journey to Southampton a must-win.
“Now we have to win all of our video games,” he stated. “We are going to see the place we’re in Might. It is extremely early within the season and it’s about successful trophies, being as excessive as attainable within the league.
“It [noise around the club] doesn’t impression me – I do know within the course of the place we’re. Now we have to combine a number of younger gamers within the workforce. We nonetheless should take care of accidents and convey gamers again into the workforce. Earlier than anybody thinks about excuses: no, we’ve to win each sport.”
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Ten Hag is lacking Leny Yoro, Luke Shaw, Rasmus Højlund, Tyrell Malacia and Victor Lindelöf due to accidents. He stated Højlund and Shaw have been “progressing very effectively however not prepared for this sport” and that the £42m signing Manuel Ugarte was accessible.
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