Manchester United sack manager Erik ten Hag

Manchester United manager Erik 10 Hag has been sacked aft a drawstring of atrocious results.

The Dutchman, 54, was informed connected Monday greeting aft 2 and a fractional years successful charge. The squad mislaid 2-1 distant astatine the play against West Ham.

He survived a summertime reappraisal by the club's hierarchy aft an FA Cup last triumph implicit rivals Manchester City successful May.

It came contempt the United ending past play successful eighth spot - their lowest-ever Premier League decorativeness - and crashing retired of the Champions League earlier Christmas.

But a bid of atrocious results, including 3-0 location defeats to Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, earnestly dented the side's commencement to the Premier League season.

Former United defender Gary Neville led the disapproval of his aged side's "absolutely disgusting performance" against Spurs astatine the extremity of September.

"It's 1 of the worst performances I person seen nether Ten Hag - and that is saying something. It is truly bad," helium told Sky Sports.

Ten Hag signed a three-year woody with United successful 2022, taking implicit from the club's interim manager Ralf Rangnick aft erstwhile manager and nine fable Ole Gunnar Solskjaer departed.

United won the Carabao Cup successful 2023 and bushed rivals Manchester City - the Premier League champions - to triumph the 2024 FA Cup final successful a astonishment 2-1 triumph astatine Wembley astatine the extremity of past season.

Ten Hag has often defended his grounds astatine United, pointing to winning these 2 trophies successful his 2 afloat seasons successful charge.

But these moments of glory did not extremity the doubts astir his leadership.

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Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who became a part-owner of United - with power of footballing matters - successful February, said helium wanted to reconstruct the greatness of United and sound existent Premier League champions Manchester City "off their perch".

Asked precocious astir Ten Hag's future, Ratcliffe said helium liked the manager but that results needed to amended - adding that changing the manager was not his determination to make.

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