Ten Hag on Munich anniversary and facing West Ham (Full Presser part two)
Manchester United boss Erik Ten Hag on the anniversary of the Munich air crash and facing West Ham
Transcript
00:00 This Tuesday is the Munich anniversary,
00:02 could I ask you what you've learned about the anniversary
00:06 and what you've come to understand during your time at the club?
00:10 I think it tells a lot about the legacy of this club,
00:14 so the DNA of this club, about having big setbacks, tragedy,
00:23 but fight back, fight back also with young players,
00:28 young players who should express resilience,
00:32 like for instance Kobe Mino, his academy product,
00:37 he showed that resilience today,
00:40 but Munich was a disaster for the club,
00:45 and how the club recovered from it,
00:49 but also how individuals recovered from it,
00:52 it was great, such a disaster, you survived this,
00:59 and then a couple of years later you're lifting the biggest trophy
01:04 in European football, that is immense.
01:08 I think we always should remember this,
01:11 that this is the legacy of why Manchester United exists,
01:17 and what we should match as a club, as a team, as an individual.
01:24 Could I just ask, obviously Torma Pusby used a lot of young,
01:28 home-grown players, is that a responsibility that you have
01:31 as manager of Manchester United to try and bring through players from the academy?
01:36 I've always been driven by this motivation,
01:41 and that's one of the reasons why I'm here, to develop young players.
01:47 You need patience, but also you need the right structures,
01:56 you need capable coaches in the academy for football,
02:03 but also other sides, personalities you have to develop,
02:10 and to bring young players in is a big advantage,
02:17 because they know the DNA of the club.
02:21 Last question, Tom.
02:23 Hi, Eric, can I just ask you about Rasmus?
02:25 He's probably played more this season than you may have expected,
02:28 when you brought him in, maybe more than he expected.
02:31 He's had some difficult moments in a struggling team,
02:33 but he's never gone missing.
02:35 What have you made of his attitude and his character this season,
02:38 and the way he's qualified his business with young players?
02:41 He is a great character, he always keeps going.
02:45 He always wants to improve, and you see now the team is better,
02:53 the team is more stable, now we serve the front-line better,
02:57 and he starts scoring.
03:00 You see there's something growing with Messi, with Canaccio,
03:08 with Bruno in the back, also other players from the second and third line,
03:15 so he's coming more into position to score.
03:18 But I can tell you it's not easy for a striker when you have high expectations from yourself,
03:25 and also I think the outside world has high expectations to fulfil that.
03:31 And when it's not working, of course, that is the character every striker needs.
03:38 He gets angry, he gets mad when he's not scoring,
03:42 but also, and that's why we selected him, he has the resilience and calmness
03:49 to perform under that stress.
03:51 He doesn't have any moment that he wants to give up,
03:57 he keeps going, every time he keeps going to put him in the right position.
04:02 I'm happy that he's now starting to score,
04:06 but that counts for many players, for young players,
04:11 I think there's a lot of space for improvement,
04:14 but he's still now on very good levels.
04:16 Okay.
04:17 Thank you.
04:18 You're welcome.
04:18 You're welcome.