Erik ten Hag signing told he is ‘never a Manchester United player’

One of Erik 10 Hag’s summertime signings, Joshua Zirkzee, has been told helium is ‘never a Manchester United player’ pursuing the sluggish commencement to his Premier League career.

Ten Hag sanctioned United’s summertime determination for Zirkzee, who completed a £36.5m determination from Bologna and signed a five-year declaration astatine Old Trafford.

Zirkzee had spent 2 years astatine Italian broadside Bologna, scoring 14 goals successful 58 appearances, including 11 successful Serie A past season.

The 23-year-old, who has 3 caps for Netherlands, enjoyed a imagination commencement to his Manchester United career, scoring the victor connected his debut to assistance Ten Hag’s broadside bushed Fulham connected the opening time of the season.

Zirkzee has offered small since then, however, failing to find the backmost of the nett oregon supply immoderate assists successful his past 9 appearances successful each competitions.

Manchester United fable Paul Scholes was among those to criticise Zirkzee pursuing Sunday’s goalless gully with Aston Villa, questioning his champion presumption and doubting his quality to beryllium a accordant goalscorer for the Red Devils.

‘In guardant areas especially, I conscionable don’t deliberation the prime is there,’ Scholes said aft an uneventful clash astatine Villa Park.

‘We spell backmost to the astir palmy teams, they’re susceptible of scoring goals. What person we scored? Five goals successful 7 games.

‘Now we had 3 oregon 4 forwards who could get you 20 goals truthful you’re looking astatine 80 goals a play determination and I conscionable don’t spot that successful the guardant enactment astatine Manchester United.

‘Look, [Rasmus] Hojlund does alright but is helium gonna people you 20 goals? I don’t deliberation so. Zirkzee… what is he? Is helium a No.9 oregon a No.10? Is helium going to get you 20 goals? I don’t deliberation so.

‘I deliberation they’re relying much connected anticipation than existent proven prime and they spent truthful overmuch wealth arsenic well.’

Ex-Premier League midfielder Craig Burley has besides criticised Zirkzee, claiming helium is ‘never a Manchester United player’.

Speaking connected ESPN, the erstwhile Chelsea and Scotland prima besides urged United to propulsion the plug connected struggling manager Ten Hag during the planetary break.

The Manchester United committee are acceptable to conscionable up successful London this week wherever conversations implicit Ten Hag and the team’s deficiency of advancement volition undoubtedly beryllium held.

United person conscionable 8 points from 7 league games and beryllium 14th pursuing a tally which represents the club’s worst-ever commencement to a Premier League campaign.

‘It wasn’t 1 of Manchester United’s worst performances. It wasn’t superb but it wasn’t 1 of the worst,’ Burley said aft the gully with Aston Villa.

‘That’s the worst-ever commencement by United successful a Premier League season. Erik 10 Hag broke his ain grounds from past year.

‘If Ineos don’t marque a determination that everyone knows they should make, possibly he’ll get a 3rd accidental to interruption that grounds again. What is the point?

‘Ten Hag said “that’s different cleanable sheet”, aft losing by the magnitude of goals they did past week, aft conceding the magnitude of goals they did successful Porto, aft signing each these players successful the summertime and leaving them connected the bench. 

‘Some of the signings person been perfectly horrendous. Hojlund hasn’t worked retired obviously, we’ve talked astir Zirkzee. My god, he’s ne'er a Man United player. De Ligt has conscionable travel successful and looks similar a shambles.

‘There’s nary surviving successful this occupation for Erik 10 Hag. So what is the constituent of kicking the tin down the roadworthy different mates of weeks oregon months?

‘It was anserine to springiness him a caller contract, they request to marque a large determination [during the planetary break] due to the fact that the nine isn’t going to guardant nether Erik 10 Hag. There’s nary motion of this getting better.’

Former Chelsea brag Thomas Tuchel has emerged arsenic a imaginable campaigner to regenerate Ten Hag if Manchester United bash determine to sack the Dutchman.

Tuchel held talks with United implicit the summertime earlier the fallen Premier League giants decided to springiness Ten Hag much time.

Manchester United invited Brentford to Old Trafford successful their archetypal crippled backmost from the planetary break, earlier facing Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce successful the Europa League.

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