Manchester United boss Erik Ten Hag on his future at the club amidst rumours part-owners INEOS plan to sack him and comparisons to Louis Van Gaal's sacking at United
Carrington, Manchester, UK
Carrington, Manchester, UK
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00:00 Your fellow Dutchman, Louis van Gaal, had a difficult second season in charge at United
00:06 in the Premier League in Europe, but then went on to win the FA Cup, but to his great
00:10 disappointment was sacked. Have you got any concern that the club, even if you go on to win
00:17 at Wembley, that the club might end up making a similar decision to what they did over Louis?
00:24 No, I think they have common sense and they see when you have 32 different back lines,
00:31 when you have eight centre-backs, you use eight centre-backs. If they see we use 13
00:39 partnerships in centre-halves, when they see when we don't have a left full-back,
00:43 when we have so many injuries, they know that will have a negative impact on the results.
00:49 And still we are fighting and it's a huge FA Cup final. So we are very happy to be there and
00:57 can still be a highlight for this season. And of course we are not happy, but we know the reasons
01:05 why we are performing, underperforming in the ranking now and that causes the injuries.
01:12 And I'm a realistic person and I see this when I make this analysis. And no team will perform
01:20 when you have so many injuries in key areas.
01:23 I think most fans will probably accept the other problems you've had to face with the injuries.
01:31 You say you've had productive conversations with the owners behind the scenes, but do you not think
01:36 it would be of value for the owners to say, beyond any doubt, that you're going to be manager here
01:40 at the start of next season? Because that way all the uncertainty just goes away, the fans start
01:44 speculating, the players are sure of what's happening. Do you not think that would help
01:48 if the owners came out and said? This question you have to make to the owners, not to me.
01:53 It sounds like you would quite like them to do that.
01:57 Once again, you have to make this question and it's your opinion.
02:00 And you have to make this question to them and not to me.
02:04 But that's part of why you're in such an unfortunate position, because you have to sit
02:08 here in front of us and the owners aren't in front of us. But that's my job and I take responsibility
02:15 for that, to speak with you. That's why I'm the manager, to give the answers. I don't care if
02:25 they do or they don't. I'm working on improving my team, to develop my team and that's my job here.