Ten Hag has Man Utd backing despite Liverpool loss

Manchester United head Erik 10 Hag has nan backing of elder Old Trafford figures to present nan sustained occurrence nan nine craves.

After surviving an eighth-placed decorativeness past play - United's worst since 1990 - acknowledgment to nan FA Cup last triumph against Manchester City, nan Dutchman is nether unit again aft Sunday's 3-0 location conclusion by Liverpool.

The consequence dropped United to 14th successful nan Premier League, pinch 3 points from their opening 3 games.

If they suffer astatine Southampton aft nan world break connected 14 September, it will correspond their worst commencement since 1986-87, erstwhile they picked up 1 constituent from their first 4 games. Within 2 months, Ron Atkinson was sacked and replaced by Sir Alex Ferguson.

For now astatine least, Ten Hag has nan support of nan caller shot building put successful spot by co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Speaking to reporters earlier nan Liverpool game, some main executive Omar Berrada and sporting head Dan Ashworth confirmed that though neither was progressive successful nan post-season reappraisal that wished Ten Hag would support his job, moreover successful nan arena of a dense conclusion to Liverpool - which turned into reality - nan Dutchman still had their backing.

"It was a determination taken anterior to some of our arrivals, but we are very happy pinch it," said Berrada.

"Erik has our afloat backing. We deliberation he is nan correct coach for us.

"We person worked very intimately together successful this transportation model and we are going to proceed moving very intimately pinch him to thief get nan champion results retired of nan team."

Although Brighton sacked Chris Hughton arsenic head 3 months aft Ashworth began activity arsenic nan Seagulls method head successful 2019, Eddie Howe remained arsenic Newcastle head passim nan 53-year-old's 19 months astatine St James' Park. Ashworth said it was not different for a sporting head to nexus up pinch a head already successful place.

"Very seldom do you spell into a occupation arsenic a sporting head and location is nary head successful place," he added.

"All I tin do is reiterate that I've really enjoyed moving pinch Erik for nan past 8 weeks.

"My occupation is to support him successful each measurement I imaginable can, whether that's operationally, pinch recruitment, medical, psychology, [and] nan training crushed travel to let him to afloat attraction connected nan training transportation and lucifer tactical plan, to present occurrence for Manchester United."

Confirmed successful his domiciled connected 1 July aft spending an extended play of clip connected farming time off aft telling Newcastle he wanted to quit, Ashworth's attraction during his early weeks astatine United was solely focused connected nan transportation window.

He estimates 32 deals were done, including signings, income and caller contracts, including 1 for skipper Bruno Fernandes, which he said was "a important portion of nan transportation strategy".

One of nan astir high-profile exits was not confirmed until agelong aft nan transportation model closed.

United are still paying a mini information of England guardant Jadon Sancho's salary pursuing his move to Chelsea, but pinch nan woody containing an responsibility to make nan move imperishable successful 12 months, Ashworth feels it was nan champion result for some parties.

"We are not kicking players retired of nan club, but erstwhile they person a penchant to move and it is correct for them and us, you person to research it, whether it's Jadon, Scott [McTominay] aliases Aaron [Wan-Bissaka].

"We've sewage 4 really bully wide players, truthful we felt we had capable extent successful that peculiar position to screen it, which enabled is to make nan decision."

In an extended chat, Ashworth and Berrada besides said astir a number of different transfer-related issues.

Are you assured successful nan squad now?

Dan Ashworth: "I've astir apt done 25 windows now. I don't deliberation there’s ever been 1 wherever we've gone, 'it's gone perfectly perfectly, we've done each azygous successful and each azygous out'. But successful nan main, pinch nan target positions we wanted to strengthen, nan players we've brought successful and nan extent and options Erik has erstwhile everybody is afloat fresh that Erik has, I'm pleased yes."

How agelong will it return for you to beryllium consistently successful?

Omar Berrada: "It's almost intolerable to put a timescale to that question. When you look astatine nan teams who person been successful consistently for galore years it's because they person nan correct coach, person signed nan correct players and person nan correct structure. You request to return bully decisions consistently for galore years to get into a position wherever you are a financially sustainable nine that is competing to triumph each azygous competition. That is wherever we want to be. We don't want to conscionable triumph 1 Premier League and beryllium satisfied. We want to create a squad that is tin of competing for nan Champions League, for nan Premier League and for nan home cups connected a accordant basis. To build that, we request to beryllium doing much of what we person done successful this window. Dan and nan squad did a awesome occupation successful nan negotiations process. If you make a correction and you overspend aliases get a subordinate who tin costs you excessively much, it tin group you back. Which is why you request to beryllium capable to return those decisions and make nan correct ones consistently complete clip to beryllium successful a position to triumph consistently. There will beryllium immoderate mistakes that we made, it's normal location are definite factors we can't control. But each of nan controllables, we are going to put our champion ft guardant to get it right."

Have you adopted a different attack to trading players?

Omar Berrada: "The process for trading is very akin to nan process for buying. You person a framework, you cognize what you are trying to execute and it has to make consciousness for nan nine and nan player. If you enactment wrong those parameters and you are decisive, past mostly you get it right. It is existent we person been much unfastened to structuring nan contracts successful a measurement that tin present worth for america successful nan short-term, but besides successful nan future, introducing higher sell-ons and much realistic contingents. We person done that pinch practically each of nan players who person gone out. We person besides tried to put successful spot definite policies to protect america successful nan future. So we person nan expertise to bargain backmost a player, Willy Kambwala for instance, if he does really well."

Dan Ashworth: "Sometimes you person to beryllium rather brave and make decisions that possibly you don't want to make. You can't person a bloated squad, and you're besides dealing pinch players that yet want to play football. The schedule, particularly pinch nan caller Europa League format, is beautiful punishing. So we want to make judge we've sewage capable extent while keeping nan players motivated, and pinch nan thought that they've sewage a chance of playing. If you tally pinch excessively large a squad, it tin origin problems. The rules and regulations mean you person to churn. You person to make money to beryllium capable to walk that money backmost retired arsenic well. So nan number of one-club players is astir apt changing. That's an unintended consequence of nan rules and regulations."