Manchester United boss Ten Hag on investment in the club, facing Sheffield United and Sancho (Full presser)
Manchester United boss Erik Ten Hag on possible investment at the club, facing Sheffield United and no update on Jadon Sancho
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00:00 Eric, first of all, there's been a lot of talk during the break about potential investment from Jim Ratcliffe.
00:10 Are you aware of anything? Have you been told anything about what is happening?
00:14 No, so I'm not involved in this and others in the clubs are dealing with this.
00:21 I'm focusing on my team, I'm focusing on the coming block and I'm focusing on most important,
00:27 most priority next game. It's all about that.
00:30 Someone who presumably is not going to be involved is Jadon Sancho.
00:36 There's a lot of talk about him as well.
00:38 Is there any change to his situation as far as you're concerned?
00:42 I have everything said about it.
00:45 You went into the international break on the back of a pretty memorable ending to a game that looked as though it wasn't going to turn out very well.
00:56 Can you use that last couple of minutes against Brentford to almost restart your season?
01:03 You can't restart, but what you can do is...
01:09 What you see is there is a strong dressing room and they are aligned, they are on one page and they are so determined and willing to win games.
01:20 That is what we have seen in the last couple of minutes and we invest a lot in that game.
01:25 In the end, we beat them because the opponent were beaten.
01:31 Physically, we were very strong and we kept going.
01:36 Mentally, we were very strong and of course, that gives spirit.
01:40 Eric, there's been a lot of criticism and noise around Andre Anana and his performances.
01:48 You know what a strong personality he is.
01:51 I just want to know how has he been dealing with everything that's been happening?
01:55 And how are you helping him through it?
01:56 He knows, we know he will do much better.
02:02 As every player who's coming into the Premier League, you need an integration period.
02:09 But he has to step up.
02:12 Also, big United keepers like Petey Smyth, like David de Gea, they started also not too good.
02:20 I think for Andre it's good to know, but a little bit from the history.
02:28 But we live now, we live in the future.
02:34 He has to make his future by giving better performances.
02:39 He will do, I'm sure.
02:40 He already showed that so many times in big clubs like Barcelona when he was young.
02:47 Ajax, Inter Milan.
02:49 He was in the semifinal of the Champions League, he was in the final of the Champions League.
02:53 He's a great player and I'm sure he will give his performance.
02:57 I'm sure we will have a lot of joy from him.
03:01 Harry Maguire is still the subject of boos and abuse.
03:05 As a manager, how hard is that for you to take?
03:09 I haven't heard it, not in England, not in the last game against us.
03:13 I think everyone, all the fans, were supportive for us in the game against Brentford and also
03:21 the games before.
03:22 I think we have a strong boundary with our fans.
03:27 So I don't think Harry is booed.
03:31 He doesn't also deserve it because his performance against Brentford was very good.
03:35 And also I think for England, in particular, it was a very good performance.
03:40 Eric, Sheffield United may sit at the bottom of the Premier League table, but does a side
03:45 who are so desperate for three points, does that make them even more dangerous tomorrow?
03:51 Every game in the Premier League is difficult.
03:54 You have seen their results against City, against Perth, and they were very narrow wins
04:01 from both.
04:02 So if you don't play your best football, you can have a problem.
04:07 So it's up to us.
04:08 United are currently fourth from bottom in the league when it comes to your away record.
04:13 Is there anything you can put that down to specifically or how do you go about rectifying
04:16 that?
04:18 We won our last game away.
04:20 So finally it's not about that.
04:24 So you can't figure out the past.
04:28 So I can also say we were last year third in the league, we won a cup, we were in another
04:35 final, but that was the past.
04:37 We live in the future.
04:38 So we have to change the future and we have to take control of the future.
04:46 In terms of Viktor Lindelof, I just wondered how he was after the situation he experienced
04:51 earlier in the week and is he okay to be involved this weekend?
04:55 Terrible situation.
04:56 I feel really sad for the victims, for all the relatives, family, friends from the victims
05:07 there in Brussels.
05:09 It's a crazy world.
05:12 Of course, Viktor had a problem.
05:20 It's a bad experience.
05:22 As a Swedish national team, he was the captain.
05:25 So he had to stay in front and give statements.
05:30 But he dealt well with it.
05:32 Of course, he's exhausted after this experience because also they didn't sleep overnight,
05:39 return.
05:40 But yesterday he was back in training.
05:46 He dealt with the situation.
05:49 Our thoughts, once again, were with Viktor.
05:55 We were with the victims' relatives and the victims.
05:58 But we're looking forward to the game.
06:01 Viktor has energy and is ready to play this game.
06:09 Hi Eric, Bruno Fernandes has once again shown for Portugal during the European qualifiers,
06:15 which has revitalised the discussion about him being a little bit lost at United lately.
06:20 As many see him being one of the best number 10 around, but has often been played on the
06:24 right wing in the last few games.
06:26 Would it be an option for you to swap the position of him and probably Mason Mount?
06:32 Push Mason Mount to the right and keep Bruno in the middle.
06:40 As a squad, in periods of the season you have to deal with certain situations like injuries.
06:46 We didn't have left full-back or we didn't have a right wing in the last couple of games.
06:53 Then you have to find solutions.
06:54 Bruno is a very good right winger as well.
06:58 But of course he is playing that position in his way.
07:03 And he has his freedom there.
07:04 He's there playing, not typical as a right winger, but more coming inside and playing
07:10 in the 10-roll.
07:11 So coming in situations where he can give key passes, final passes, score a goal.
07:16 That is always, you want to use a player like Bruno Fernandes.
07:21 Because we know that if he's a player, he probably creates one of the most chances in
07:29 all the games, internationally.
07:31 And I think in stats, he is one of the players who creates the most chances in the Premier
07:37 League.
07:38 So you always want to bring him in a position where he's at his best because it will contribute
07:43 to the team result.