Manchester United interim boss Ruud Van Nistelrooy spoke on the sadness of Erik Ten Hag leaving and his disappointment that it didn't work out ahead of their Premier League clash with Chelsea
Carrington, Manchester, UK
Carrington, Manchester, UK
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00:00Have you spoken much to Erik since Monday?
00:03Yes, I've seen him Monday here and I've spoken to him yesterday before the game.
00:09Obviously very disappointed and touched because he really cared for the club.
00:15I said also yesterday that in the first conversation we had over talks,
00:20for me to come back to the club with him, I really felt that he cared and loved the club
00:27and wanted to bring this club forward and that's why we connected.
00:32That's why he's also heard that he had to leave,
00:37but also proud of his achievements here with the two Cubs
00:40and obviously the history that he's leaving with that.
00:44Can you explain why it's not worked out?
00:47When we saw everyone in Los Angeles in the summer,
00:51there was a lot of optimism around the club, the signings came in,
00:55it seemed as though everything was aligned and ready to go forward and it's just not happened.
01:01No, I think in the end it's also clear in football that it's the results,
01:07and Erik also said, as you say, in pre-season we had a new staff
01:15and all very positive and working hard to bring the club forward.
01:19Obviously, there are things you can't explain sometimes.
01:25I also remember the Brighton goal we scored,
01:29Ghana, Villar, Josh in, and then you concede the 2-1.
01:34There have been so many games where we felt that we could get a better result for the way we played,
01:42I'm talking Palace, I'm talking West Ham, I'm talking Fenerbahce, I'm talking Porto.
01:46But in the end we also know that it's about results, this game,
01:51and that's part of it, of our jobs.