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Manchester United are in a stronger position than they were 12 months ago, says manager Erik ten Hag – even though they could be swapping a third-place finish for eighth.
Unless United can better Newcastle’s result at Brentford when they head to Brighton for their final Premier League game of the season on Sunday, they will end up in their worst league position since 1989-90.
Defeat would also give them
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says he is not concerned about the prospect of getting sacked at the end of the season.
Monday’s 4-0 defeat by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park leaves United eighth in the Premier League, with Arsenal to come at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Manchester City await United in the FA Cup final at Wembley on 25 May, when the club could salvage their season with
Ten Hag’s future as United manager has been up for debate for months – despite the Dutchman having a year left on his contract.
They have taken 10 points from the past 11 Premier League games and conceded late goals against Fulham, Brentford, Chelsea, Liverpool and Burnley in that run, costing them 10 points.
Ten Hag says he is battling against an injury crisis, the like of which he has
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United remain in sixth spot, one point ahead of Newcastle, in the battle for a place in next season’s Europa League.
Ten Hag defended his decision to take off Rasmus Hojlund and Kobbie Mainoo after 65 minutes, which sparked boos from home supporters, and warned fans need to show patience after the Red Devils targeted younger players last summer.
“It was a high intensity game, our third in quick succession,
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag banned three media outlets from asking questions at his news conference on Friday.
The Dutchman did not take questions from the Sun, the Mirror and the Manchester Evening News.
Their journalists were present at the news conference, but had been made aware in advance they would not be invited to ask questions.
United and Ten Hag were widely criticised after their FA Cup semi-final
Former Premier League striker Chris Sutton has been one of those to criticise the performance of Ten Hag’s side, saying there is “no coming back” for the Dutchman.
The FA Cup final against Manchester City next month will be Ten Hag’s second in two years as United manager, after they lost to their Manchester rivals in last season’s Wembley showpiece.
Asked if he understood the negative reaction to their narrow
Simon Stone, BBC Sport chief football reporter
Since his co-ownership was announced on Christmas Eve, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and new United director Sir Dave Brailsford have presided over a complete overhaul of United’s backroom team.
The latest appointment was Jason Wilcox as technical director after his exit from Southampton was successfully negotiated.
United hope to secure the services of Dan Ashworth as sporting director but there is still no agreement
Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho has apologised to Erik ten Hag for liking social media posts critical of his substitution against Bournemouth.
The winger, 19, was removed at half-time during the 2-2 draw on 13 April.
He has since unliked the posts and manager Ten Hag said that they are moving on from the incident.
“Alejandro is a
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag wants to sign a striker in the summer transfer window.
The Dutchman felt his goalscoring options for this season “should have been enough”.
But with seven games to play in the Premier League, United have just 45 goals, the fewest of the top 10 teams.
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