Alan Shearer bluntly warns Erik ten Hag amid war of words - 'Whether he likes it or not'

Alan Shearer and Manchester United brag Erik 10 Hag person traded assorted blows this year, and the Dutchman has been issued with different informing by the Match of the Day pundit

Alan Shearer has warned Erik 10 Hag that his Manchester United side indispensable support up bully results oregon hazard being heavy scrutinised further.

Ten Hag came into the 2024/25 run needing to amended upon last season's worst finish of the Premier League era. Despite being shown religion via a caller one-year declaration extension - that keeps him astatine the nine until 2026 - they slumped to just 8 points from the archetypal 7 games.

This mediocre commencement led to rumours that the 54-year-old could beryllium sacked, portion Ten Hag and his United subordinate were being powerfully critiqued by Shearer, among assorted different pundits. The 2 past exchanged words successful the media, and Ten Hag dubbed the erstwhile England striker ‘stupid’.

United bounced backmost to bushed 2-1 Brentford connected Saturday – helping them ascent up to 11th spot – acknowledgment to a much promising performance. Despite this, however, Shearer – who memorably didn't clasp backmost successful a tense interrogation with Ten Hag conscionable aft United had won the FA Cup backmost successful May – has further warned that the pair's warfare of words volition proceed unless the Red Devils support connected improving and getting results.

“They did really, truly good yesterday, but you’ve got to support that up,” Shearer admitted aft United's Brentford triumph connected The Rest is Football podcast.

“Otherwise, we’re gonna support talking astir him and his aboriginal and whether he's gonna beryllium the Man United manager - oregon whether helium agrees oregon disagrees with our opinion.

“They are 1 of, if not the biggest shot nine successful the world, and erstwhile they are sat successful 14th presumption successful the Premier League, past whether helium likes it oregon not, we’re each gonna speech astir it.”

The remark that rubbed Ten Hag up the incorrect mode precocious came erstwhile Shearer took purpose astatine the substituted Marcus Rashford for his mediocre show successful arguably the club's lowest constituent this play - a 3-0 derby time decision to Liverpool astatine Old Trafford.

"Everyone gets disapproval from you guys,” Ten Hag exclaimed successful the aftermath of Shearer’s comments. “It doesn't substance what we are doing, if we are winning, if we are losing. If I instrumentality a subordinate off, the decision is I was not blessed with him.

"It is not wherefore I took him [Rashford] disconnected due to the fact that his performances oregon level were not close - no, we had to rotate and we person bully players connected the seat arsenic well, you bring caller energy. There volition beryllium rotation, and if past determination is the decision the subordinate is not performing. Can beryllium sometimes, decidedly it wasn't successful this case. Stupid analysis, successful this case, from the pundit."

Shearer past issued his response: "I wholly get wherefore he's trying to support his player, helium couldn't accidental thing different... but I deliberation the information beryllium known astatine Man United thing overmuch has changed implicit the summer, has it? Certainly not successful the performances we've seen."

The erstwhile Southampton, Newcastle and Blackburn Rovers antheral has since praised the Red Devils with their performances having concisely picked up, but volition stay connected Ten Hag’s backmost if a drop-off successful signifier occurs yet again.

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