Steve McClaren's response to Erik ten Hag question speaks volumes as Man Utd boss fights for job

Manchester United manager Erik 10 Hag is the taxable of speculation astir his aboriginal aft a disappointing commencement to the play and his erstwhile adjunct Steve McClaren has present weighed in

Erik 10 Hag's erstwhile adjunct Steve McClaren has admitted the Manchester United manager has been nether unit "every day" since taking the job.

Ten Hag took implicit astatine Old Trafford successful 2022, with McClaren returning to the nine arsenic portion of his coaching unit having antecedently worked with the Dutchman during his clip successful complaint of FC Twente.

However, McClaren's 2nd spell astatine United came to an extremity implicit the summertime aft helium near to become Jamaica's caller manager. And Ten Hag is present the taxable of immense speculation astir his future, with United failing to triumph immoderate of their past 4 games crossed each competitions.

They suffered a immense 3-0 decision to Tottenham and drew with Crystal Palace, FC Twente and Porto, leaving Ten Hag successful hopeless request of a triumph erstwhile United instrumentality connected Aston Villa astatine Villa Park this afternoon.

When asked successful an interrogation with Sky Sports if Ten Hag is nether unit pursuing United's disappointing commencement to the season, McClaren laughed earlier stating: "Every time astatine Manchester United you're nether pressure.

"I lived that with him for 2 years. On many, galore occasions. After Brighton and Brentford [fans were] calling for his caput aft 2 games, and past [we] bushed Liverpool 3-0. I retrieve past season, Crystal Palace 4-0, it could person been 8-0 and reasoning that this is the extremity but [then] winning the adjacent 4 games culminating successful a cupful last again and winning the cup.

"Erik is that benignant of idiosyncratic who has the qualities to instrumentality to the process. I was determination astatine the opening of the play erstwhile each this was going connected – the recruitment, the happening with Ineos bringing successful antithetic coaches and I retrieve leaving determination and the ambiance was great.

"The ambiance was large and the players they were recruiting were precise bully and the squad was gathering and developing. I thought they were bringing successful bully coaches with Ruud van Nistelrooy, Rene Hake and I thought determination was a truly bully affirmative ambiance and I deliberation the play started similar that.

"Then they person stuttered but that is what happens successful football, it happens astatine large clubs and Erik has proved implicit the past 2 years that we person been done this galore times. Many times we utilized to beryllium successful that canteen astatine meal with a cupful of beverage with situation aft situation but someway continuing to bash the work, continuing the process and coming retired with a triumph astatine a captious time."

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