Erik ten Hag expressed his shock at seeing Manchester United capitulate to a 4-0 defeat at Brentford that leaves the Red Devils backside of the Premier League for the primary time in 30 years.
But after simply two video games in cost, the Dutchman is getting a crash course in United’s new actuality.
The 20-time English champions have now misplaced seven consecutive away league video games for the primary time since 1936.
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That run included comparable thrashings at Manchester City, Liverpool and Brighton. Indeed United have conceded 4 or extra targets seven instances within the Premier League because the begin of final season.
Any hope of a brand new daybreak below the previous Ajax boss has been blown aside by the identical failings on and off the pitch which have continued throughout a decade of decline at Old Trafford.
Ten Hag’s predecessor Ralf Rangnick signed off from his depressing caretaker spell final season by stating the United squad wanted “open heart surgery” and up to 10 new gamers after labouring to a sixth-placed end within the Premier League.
Two video games into the brand new season, solely three new faces have arrived within the type of Lisandro Martinez, Tyrell Malacia and Christian Eriksen.
The United squad is arguably even weaker than final season with Paul Pogba, Edinson Cavani, Jesse Lingard, Nemanja Matic and Juan Mata having left totally free, whereas goalkeeper Dean Henderson has joined Nottingham Forest on mortgage.
United’s switch window has as an alternative been dominated by two strikes that haven’t occurred.
Despite Barcelona’s desperation to promote, Frenkie de Jong has resisted the prospect to reunite together with his former Ajax boss.
Cristiano Ronaldo, in the meantime, is eager to minimize brief his second spell at Old Trafford however can not discover a Champions League contender prepared to pay up for the five-time Ballon d’Or winner.
The membership’s homeowners, the American Glazer household, are once more on the forefront of the followers’ fury.
Protests forward of the 2-1 house defeat to Brighton final weekend compelled the membership store to be closed earlier than kick-off.
More demonstrations are deliberate for United’s subsequent match at house to Liverpool, a fixture that was postponed in May 2021 when supporters stormed the Old Trafford pitch in protest at plans for a European Super League.
“The time has come for the Glazer family to sell the football club,” stated former United captain Gary Neville.
“The people above him should have known that was an unacceptable situation to hand Erik ten Hag that squad.”
The lack of a coordinated switch technique on the membership was uncovered this week as United reportedly pulled out of a transfer for 33-year-old Bologna ahead Marko Arnautovic due to a fan backlash.
Interest in one other goal, Adrien Rabiot, was closely criticised by former United midfielder Lou Macari on the membership’s personal in-house tv channel.
All the whereas Ten Hag is left to flip round a sinking ship with the squad he largely inherited.
“I asked them to play with belief and take responsibility for your performance and that is what we didn’t do,” he stated.
“It seems like what happened in the past, last season, comes into this season and we have to change that quickly.”
United have wanted change for the previous 9 years since legendary former boss Alex Ferguson retired.
Ten Hag is the sixth supervisor to take the United job since then.
But until there’s a extra elementary restructure within the operating of the membership, United appear doomed to repeating the identical errors as they hit new lows.
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