Manchester United manager Eric ten Haag, 54, has finally exploded at his critics who “don’t know football”.
“I think the United fans are very patient, but some of the comments I’ve seen don’t show that,” he told 90 Minutes on Wednesday, ahead of the game against Arsenal, “They don’t know football, they don’t know how to run a team. They don’t know football, they don’t know how to run a football team,” he said, taking aim at his critics.
Manchester United is in eighth place in the English Premier League (EPL) this season with 54 points. This is in contrast to last season’s third-place finish. This has led to speculation that Van Gaal could be sacked.
However, Van Gaal believes that those who are criticizing him are wrong. It“s because they”re criticizing him without any soccer knowledge.
“I don’t think I’ll be sacked if the United management has any common sense,” he said, despite the speculation.
“We have too many injuries,” he said. We haven’t had a first-choice back four all season and eight center backs have been out injured. We’ve been forced to change our midfield combinations constantly, and we don’t even have a left fullback, and the owners are well aware that this can have a negative impact.”
Despite the difficulties described by ten Haag, United have reached the FA Cup final first. The Red Devils will face local rivals Manchester City on May 25th.
“We are in the competition and we have a big game left, the final,” said van Gaal. I’m very happy that we can compete for that, it could be the highlight of the season,” he said.
United, meanwhile, recently suffered a “humiliation. On July 7, they lost 0-4 away to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in London, England, in the 36th round of the EPL.
This was United’s 13th loss of the season, the most in a single season in the club’s history since the inception of the EPL. With the four goals 토토 conceded on the day, United have now conceded 55 goals this season, the most in 47 years since the 1976-1977 season.
After the game, Ten Haag called it “the worst defeat ever” and said: “We should have done better, especially the younger players didn’t follow the plan, the script and the rules we have. Of course, there were also individual mistakes, which we should have covered up quickly, but we didn’t do that. We let each other down and suffered a terrible defeat,” he publicly criticized his players.
At the same time, Van Gaal was clear about his position at the time. When asked if he was the right man to lead United, he replied, “Of course.”
‘Shocking defeat’ has forced Van Gaal to call his team to the training ground early.
“Van Gaal is pulling out all the stops to turn United’s fortunes around,” the Sun reported on Tuesday. One of the ways he is doing this is by minimizing the players’ rest periods and giving them more training time.
The Sun reported, “Van Gaal has been calling the players early in the morning to get training underway. Ten Haag arrived at United’s Carrington training ground at 7am. Some of the club’s stars, such as Kasemiru and Anthony, entered the training center with a stern look on their faces, and they were not very enthusiastic.”