Ten Hag makes the thinly veiled dig at Glazers

Jacque Talbot

• Updated: 21 Jul 2024 12:42 BST
• 3 min read

Erik ten Hag has taken a thinly veiled swipe at the Glazers.

The Manchester United owners recently gave up a 30 per cent share to Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos.

This means that the club's recruitment has seen something of a reshuffle in terms of the recruitment department.

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The Red Devils have been among the most active sides in the window, bringing in Joshua Zirkzee and Leny Yoro.

And it seems like a million miles away from how recruitment was handled by the previous regime.

Ten Hag spoke to reporters about the operation and how it differs from before - along with a small snipe at the Glazer family.

The Dutchman said via The Telegraph: “The new owners take me more into the process, what the consequences are of deals you make, what opportunities it offers when you sell a player. It’s still early days. But the signs when it comes to communication & cooperation are very good”

Meanwhile, the head coach revealed how last season was the “toughest of his career”.

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Ten Hag said in an interview with AD Sportwereld: “When communication decreases at some point, you naturally feel that. It was clear: there was less communication during that period.

“Whereas before, it was always there, and good too. I had to initiate communication more often. Even after the final.

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“The communication did fall away, yes. But I was just celebrating holidays with my loved ones, and I let things happen. I have no influence on that.

“Of course that is a strange state of affairs. But it’s not like I panicked. It’s a decision that was out of my hands. I just waited it out. At that moment you just think in two scenarios: either we continue or not. It’s that simple and I’m level-headed enough to look at it that way.

“They didn’t say ‘we still want to continue’ but ‘we want to continue’. The argument they gave was in short: we have looked at everything and compared everything, but we think we already have the best manager in house.

“Then I said, ‘then we have to discuss a number of things about how we will interact with each other and work together’. We had a good, honest, but also challenging conversation about this. As it should be at the top.”