Erik ten Hag breaks silence after being sacked by Manchester United and replaced with Ruben Amorim

Tom OlverPublished Nov 1, 2024, 8:08pm|Updated Nov 1, 2024, 8:09pm

Erik 10 Hag has spoken publically for the archetypal clip since his dismissal astatine Manchester United, thanking fans for their ‘unshakeable’ enactment passim his tenure.

The 54-year-old was relieved of his duties connected Monday connected the backmost of a miserable tally of results this season, with the Red Devils languishing down successful 14th spot successful the Premier League table.

During his two-and-a-half-year reign astatine Old Trafford, Ten Hag steered United to 2 pieces of silverware, the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup, but nine chiefs decided to telephone clip connected the Dutchman’s spell pursuing a 2-1 decision astatine West Ham past weekend.

Ruben Amorim has since been confirmed arsenic Ten Hag’s successor, though the 39-year-old Portuguese volition stay successful complaint of Sporting until the adjacent planetary break.

Ruud van Nistelrooy volition stay astatine the helm connected an interim ground successful the meantime and volition pb United astatine location to Chelsea this play aft a midweek Carabao Cup last-16 triumph implicit Leicester.

In a connection shared by Ten Hag’s agency, SEG Football, the precocious departed manager said: ‘Let maine commencement by thanking you. Thank you for ever being determination for the club. Whether it was astatine a crippled acold distant oregon a pugnacious lucifer astatine Old Trafford, your enactment has been unshakeable.

‘The ambiance astatine Old Trafford has ever been electrifying, acknowledgment to you. I felt it galore times. Also successful distant games, it gave the squad and maine an unthinkable feeling to perceive the United chants taking implicit the opponents’ stadiums, whether the crippled was successful England, Europe oregon during the summertime tours.

‘I ever enjoyed gathering Manchester United fans passim the world. Walking the streets and being capable to chat with fans successful England, Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA – you inspired maine and radiated a beardown consciousness of unity. That’s what makes United supporters truthful special.

‘I privation to convey you for giving maine this feeling and for your support. I besides privation to convey the unit successful each section of the nine for their unwavering enactment successful bully times and bad.

‘We won 2 trophies – achievements that I volition cherish for the remainder of my life. Of course, my imagination was to bring much trophies to the cabinet. Unfortunately, that imagination has travel to an end.

‘I privation each Manchester United fans thing but success, trophies and glory. Your enactment and the warmth I received from everyone astatine the nine helped maine consciousness astatine home. Thank you for this section successful my life. Erik.’

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