Erik ten Hag bids emotional farewell at Manchester Airport after brutal Man Utd sacking

Erik 10 Hag was dismissed by United with the nine down successful 14th spot successful the Premier League array pursuing Sunday's 2-1 decision to West Ham astatine the London Stadium

Erik 10 Hag said goodbye to Manchester with a hug for a subordinate of airdrome unit aft the Dutchman was sacked arsenic Manchester United manager connected Monday.

Ten Hag was dismissed by United with the nine down successful a lowly 14th spot successful the Premier League array pursuing Sunday's 2-1 decision to West Ham astatine the London Stadium, with the curtain coming down connected the 54-year-old's often chaotic two-and-a-half twelvemonth spell successful complaint with different defeat.

United, who person appointed Ruud van Nistelrooy arsenic interim boss, said successful a little statement: "Erik 10 Hag has near his relation arsenic Manchester United men’s first-team manager.

"Erik was appointed successful April 2022 and led the nine to 2 home trophies, winning the Carabao Cup successful 2023 and the FA Cup successful 2024. We are grateful to Erik for everything helium has done during his clip with america and privation him good for the future."

Ten Hag was spotted cowering successful the backmost spot of a car which near United's Carrington grooming crushed connected Monday pursuing the news, and helium was soon whisked to Manchester Airport to committee a pitchy location to his autochthonal Holland.

He was seen boarding the level and embracing airdrome unit earlier the flight, which near Manchester for the Netherlands connected Monday afternoon.

United icon Gary Neville said helium wasn't amazed astatine the sacking of Ten Hag, and believed it was inevitable aft his erstwhile side's 3-0 decision astatine location to Tottenham past month.

"That crippled against Tottenham a fewer weeks agone was the benignant of crippled wherever I thought I've seen this earlier and I cognize however it ends," Neville told Sky Sports aft the exit was confirmed.

"It was a truly atrocious time evidently for United and Erik 10 Hag, and it was 1 that I deliberation shocked everybody. I deliberation it was the crippled wherever everyone thought the play could commencement to footwear connected and you consciousness they could retrieve from a hard start, but it's got worse.

"Overall I conscionable deliberation the challenges of the results and the show levels mean that the owners person decided to sack Ten Hag and I don't deliberation anybody volition beryllium genuinely shocked."

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