Set for the sack? ‘Ten Hag has LOST the Man Utd dressing room’

Carlo Garganese

• 31 Oct 2023 08:00 GMT
• 3 min read

Erik ten Hag has lost the Manchester United dressing room and his future at the club is very much under threat.

Those are the words of English football broadcaster Richard Keys, who claims that Ten Hag has lost the players at Old Trafford.

Ten Hag is enduring a disastrous season at Man Utd, with the club making their worst start to a campaign for over 30 years.

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He has also faced big problems off the pitch, the latest being the freezing out of Jadon Sancho after a public falling out.

What did Richard Keys say?

"Clearly the job is too big for Ten Hag. Clearly he’s lost his players,” Keys wrote in his blog.

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“Clearly his ‘game plans’ are nonsense. Does he really believe that Utd (in their 3-0 derby defeat to Man City) were ‘toe to toe’ with City in the first-half? Clearly he’s deluded if he does.

"That was City’s easiest three points of the season. Brighton made them work harder. And Wolves. Even Sheffield United gave them more of a run for their money.

"The tin pot tough guy has lost his silly fight with Sancho and had to back off from his scandalous treatment of Maguire. Both battles cost him dressing room support.

"His players look bored. They’ve heard the same tedious post-match routines too often and are fed up taking the blame for ten Hag’s mistakes. There’s nothing new here - these are things I’ve been saying for months. As a side issue - name me a Dutch coach that’s been a success in the Premier League.”

Manchester United are currently eighth in the Premier League, having lost five of their opening 10 matches of the season.

They are already 11 points behind league leaders Tottenham and eight points off a Champions League spot.

United also have a lot to do to qualify from their Champions League group having lost two of their opening three matches in the tournament.