neos chiefs have spoken out to back Erik ten Hag in a newly released interview conducted hours prior to the Liverpool game.
Manchester United’s chief executive Omar Berrada and sporting director Dan Ashworth have voiced support for manager Erik ten Hag, after a poor start to the Premier League campaign.
United have scored only two goals in three matches and have lost two games, ranking 14th in the Premier League table.
Omar Berrada on Erik ten Hag
Ineos hired Omar Berrada early in the year, and he officially started work in July. He insists Erik ten Hag has the club’s unequivocal backing as manager.
Berrada is quoted via ESPN: “We’re very happy with that decision [to give Ten Hag a new contract].
“Erik has our full backing and we have worked very closely together in this transfer window.
“We’re going to continue working very closely with him to help him get the best results out of the team.
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“Do we still believe in Erik? Absolutely. We think Erik is the right coach for us and we’re fully backing him.”
Dan Ashworth on Erik ten Hag
Dan Ashworth, who also began his role in early July, also expressed positive words about Manchester United’s manager.
“I’ve really enjoyed working with Erik for the last eight weeks.
“I see my job is to support him in every way I possibly can, and whether that’s operationally, whether that’s with recruitment, whether that’s with medical, whether that’s with psychology, whether that’s training ground flow.
“It’s just to take as much of that off him to allow him to fully focus on the training pitch and the match tactical plan to deliver success for Manchester United.”
Erik ten Hag has to deliver
There is an important distinction to make about Berrada and Ashworth’s comments. They were made before Manchester United’s defeat to Liverpool, under embargo, and have only been released as agreed with media, on Monday evening.
Ineos won’t be changing their stance after one loss. The wording of their comments show total support for the Dutchman.
It was a big call to keep Ten Hag in the summer, and they are not going to change this suddenly two or three games into the season, or 10 for that matter.
Yet the situation is this, Erik ten Hag is in his third season at Manchester United and has to improve on last season’s poor league finish of eighth place.
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