NEW DELHI: Manchester United have parted methods with supervisor Erik ten Hag, the Premier League membership introduced on Monday. The staff is presently 14th within the standings after 9 video games.
“Erik ten Hag has left his position as Manchester United males’s first-team supervisor,” the membership confirmed in a press release.
Ruud van Nistelrooy will step in as interim head coach, supported by the prevailing teaching employees, till a everlasting head coach is appointed.
Ten Hag, 54, confronted hypothesis about his job for a lot of final season after United completed eighth within the Premier League, their worst end in years.
This was additionally amid modifications with British billionaire and INEOS chairman Jim Ratcliffe taking on soccer operations.
Regardless of a shocking FA Cup last win over Manchester Metropolis and attributing poor type to quite a few accidents, Ten Hag earned one other probability and even signed a contract extension till 2026.
Nonetheless, the staff’s early performances this season instructed that Ten Hag won’t be capable to flip issues round.
Ten Hag, who was appointed from Ajax, had the daunting process of restoring Manchester United to their former glory, because the membership had been struggling because the retirement of legendary supervisor Alex Ferguson in 2013.
Regardless of securing the League Cup and the FA Cup in his inaugural season at Outdated Trafford, Ten Hag was unable to considerably enhance upon the membership’s worst league efficiency in over three a long time.
Ten Hag’s job was saved by an surprising overcome arch-rival Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup last in Might, adopted by a complete evaluation of the membership’s efficiency on the finish of the season. Because of this, his contract was prolonged by one 12 months, retaining him on the membership till 2026.
His exit coincides with a interval of great change at United, following the acquisition of a minority stake by British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe. Ratcliffe has assumed management of United’s soccer operations, appointing a brand new CEO, sporting director, and technical director in latest months.
Ten Hag was the fifth everlasting supervisor to take the reins at United since Ferguson’s departure, following within the footsteps of David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
United’s upcoming match is a house fixture in opposition to Leicester within the English League Cup on Wednesday.
