Every Manchester United fan was well aware that it really was only a matter of time before manager Erik ten Hag was handed his P45 and given his marching orders at Old Trafford.
We have had months of speculation about his future, and the rumour mill has been full of potential replacements, as despite his two domestic cup wins, European form has not been great, and ultimately our Premier League performances (and finishes) have just not been up to standard. As every Red Devil knows, this is not solely the fault of the 54 year old Dutchman as there are certainly wider, and long standing problems, at a now very leaky Theatre of Dreams as it pertains to management and ownership, but despite his Ajax reputation, he has just not lived up to an appropriate billing.
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The West Ham United defeat left us 14th in the table, and from nine top flight games we have won only three. In Europe we are 21st out of 36 teams having drawn three on the spin. Even Ten Hag’s supporters would admit his time had long come, whereas others will simply wonder why we did not make better use of the last international break. Plenty will also point to the millions we spent under his tenure, yet he could never foster any real consistency in our performances.
Neutrals will undoubtedly be wondering if he will now go public on life behind the scenes and whether or not the players he signed (and could not get the best from) were actually his choices. They will also be waiting to hear his true thoughts on all the managerial leaks that he had to try and ignore whilst maintaining an air of authority.
In many ways it is difficult not to feel some sympathy for him, despite some of the horrific results we suffered as whatever his own failings here, it is very easy to appreciate that he was never actually in a great situation, he was constantly sidetracked and ultimately, it is about time the club stopped looking at managers and actually sorted out our entire way of operating.
Whatever you think about those who came before Ten Hag, clubs that rotate through managers the way we have – well, the issue is not the manager – and we have had gaffers with records of success, yet two or three years in they leave us battered, frustrated and angry.
There is no real plan to build a competitive first team squad with a long term ethos, we waste millions on players who are not needed, are quickly problematic, or massively fail to perform and we can all look at fellow Premier League clubs and very quickly see far better value for money being spent each and every season, and they are making consistent gains in the league, yet we continue to fall further backwards.
With legend Ruud van Nistelrooy now taking caretaker charge, the newest flavour of the month is thankfully not Gareth Southgate, but two time Portuguese title winner, Ruben Amorim. Talks are apparently already taking place and it is speculated that if agreement is struck, we will have to part with roughly £8 million in compensation for his services.
The same questions remain though. We will hear exactly the same about Amorim as we did Ten Hag, but in two years time will we be hearing the same things about how he failed?
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