Thomas Frank addresses Man Utd vacant job and sends message to Erik ten Hag

Ben FlemingPublished Oct 28, 2024, 3:21pm|Updated Oct 28, 2024, 3:22pm

Brentford manager Thomas Frank expressed sympathy for precocious sacked Manchester United manager Erik 10 Hag but distanced himself from the vacant job.

A late decision to West Ham connected Sunday signalled the extremity of the roadworthy for Ten Hag who was relieved of his duties astatine Old Trafford connected Monday with the nine sitting 14th successful the Premier League and without a triumph successful Europe this season.

Ten Hag’s erstwhile assistant Ruud van Nistelrooy volition instrumentality complaint of the team on an interim basis and is the existent odds-on favourite to beryllium fixed the occupation connected a imperishable basis.

United, though, are said to beryllium drafting up a shortlist of different imaginable candidates for the role, with Frank said to beryllium a sanction nether consideration.

The Dane has enjoyed a hugely palmy spell with Brentford since achieving promotion to the apical formation successful 2021 and presently has the Bees sitting ninth successful the table.

Known for his tactical flexibility and skilful handling of the media, his assignment would correspond a departure from the accustomed large names brought successful to negociate astatine Old Trafford.

Frank, however, insisted helium is inactive precise blessed with his existent relation successful South West London and is not looking to determination connected immoderate clip soon.

‘It is simply a delicate question. I person a large work to Brentford, the fans, players and staff,’ helium told reporters connected Monday.

‘We volition absorption connected Sheffield Wednesday [in the Carabao Cup connected Tuesday]. I americium precise blessed present it’s 1 of the champion clubs successful the world. What happens successful the future, who knows

‘I volition repetition myself. I’m precise blessed present and tin spot myself being present for a agelong time. If thing comes up, let’s see. Now? No. Very happy.’

Asked for his thoughts connected the departure of Ten Hag, Frank added: ‘Of people I consciousness for Erik. He is simply a large manager and has a large career. He did a bully occupation astatine Man United, 2 trophies successful 2 years.

‘It’s a non-stop processing shot satellite and that [record] is much than acceptable. At these large clubs, determination are monolithic expectations but I besides deliberation determination has to beryllium a world check. Clearly connected paper, determination are 3 clubs astatine the apical of the array are successful a amended spot [City Arsenal and Liverpool].

‘When you are a caput manager yourself, You ever consciousness for guys who suffer their jobs and I’m definite Erik gave everything.

‘There are amended radical to justice that [improvement]. He had a precise bully archetypal play and had much than a fewer wounded problems that doesn’t help.’

Sporting Lisbon brag Ruben Amorim is different sanction linked to the recently vacant post, but the Portuguese manager was likewise coy erstwhile asked astir a imaginable move.

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