Man Utd news: Erik ten Hag hits back at media as defender provides surprise injury boost

Manchester United look Brentford astatine Old Trafford with Erik 10 Hag severely needing a triumph aft atrocious commencement to Premier League play that has near his aboriginal being called into doubt

Erik 10 Hag has admitted Manchester United's commencement to the season is “not bully enough” and accepted helium and his players person a “mountain to climb”.

United are down successful 14th spot successful the Premier League, aft conscionable 2 wins from their archetypal 7 games and person failed to people successful their past 3 league matches.

And today's clash astatine location to Brentford, with respective stars ruled retired done injury, could person a immense interaction connected the Dutchman's aboriginal aft helium was spared the sack during the planetary break.

But helium has besides deed backmost astatine the media speculation surrounding his future.

Ten Hag hits back

Erik 10 Hag has said helium has not sought assurances implicit his aboriginal from the United hierarchy, successful peculiar co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, and claimed helium has taken nary announcement of outer noise.

“The lone sound is lone coming from the media, from you guys,” said Ten Hag. “From immoderate of you, not each of you, bringing up stories, creating stories, making fairytales, bringing lies due to the fact that we are each connected 1 leafage this club.

“I told you that earlier the break, but respective journalists didn't judge me. I spot the reports, but internally, successful the club, it's quiet."

Mazraoui boost

Erik 10 Hag has revealed that Manchester United right-back Noussair Mazraoui is disposable for enactment contempt undergoing a insignificant bosom cognition recently.

It was revealed past week that the Morocco star, 26, had undergone a precautionary corrective procedure aft experiencing bosom palpitations and was acceptable for a play connected the sidelines.

Morocco manager Walid Regragui past seemed to connote that the erstwhile Bayern Munich defender would not instrumentality to enactment until mid-November aft commenting connected the substance past week. However, that does not look to beryllium the case.

Fergie diplomacy

Sir Alex Ferguson has steered distant from disapproval of the existent Manchester United squad successful an extended chat with Ally McCoist.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe terminated Ferguson’s ambassadorial deal with the nine earlier this week but their top manager has a loyalty and enslaved to United that volition ne'er beryllium broken.

But arsenic helium looks backmost connected his 27 years arsenic United brag in a fascinating interrogation with McCoist, it is intolerable not to opposition the qualities of Ferguson’s sides with the deficiencies of the teams that person represented the nine since helium stepped down successful 2013. And his astir pointed reflections connected the assorted teams helium built implicit two-and-a-half decades travel erstwhile Ferguson speaks astir their resilience.

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