Manchester United takeover: Erik ten Hag reveals ‘one plan’ to improve club amid ongoing uncertainty
rik ten Hag has pledged to “fight” for additional Manchester United enhancements this summer season as he develops a plan for extra development regardless of the ongoing takeover uncertainty.
The Red Devils have loved a vastly encouraging first season underneath their fashionable Dutch boss, returning to the Premier League’s high 4 and subsequent season’s Champions League courtesy of a third-placed home end.
United additionally ended their six-year trophy drought with victory over top-four rivals Newcastle at Wembley in February, later reaching the FA Cup remaining earlier than being narrowly edged out by Treble-chasing enemies Manchester City on Saturday.
Ten Hag has achieved such spectacular progress in opposition to the backdrop of a lot uncertainty over the possession scenario at Old Trafford, with nonetheless no most well-liked bidder to purchase the club from the Glazer household introduced.
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani are the 2 events left within the race to take over at United, with reviews over current days that the latter may submit a fifth bid so as to win the race.
Summer planning: Erik ten Hag needs Manchester United to construct on their swift progress
/ PAIt is hardly a perfect scenario from which to strategy an important summer season switch window, which opens subsequent week with United in want of key upgrades – significantly up entrance – so as to proceed their progress.
Quizzed on the takeover once more after United’s agonising FA Cup loss, Ten Hag informed reporters at Wembley: “I’ve just one plan: that’s to improve this club and to improve this crew. I’ll battle for [it]. I’ve my concepts and I already informed the club what now we have to do for that.
“But I’ve to work with my employees, with my gamers to be higher subsequent season. I believe on this second, I do not need to focus on [the takeover]. It’s about finalising the season.
“We have to be quiet, analysing the season, going to the depth, set the correct conclusions, after which take motion. It’s about that.
“The course of, through the season, we’re regularly making issues, actions into course of. But now the season is completed, the conclusion general is we performed an excellent season.
“It’s not in regards to the hole in the summertime, it isn’t about getting gamers in they usually do properly. It’s about we work all season and day-to-day to develop the crew, progress the crew.
“I’m very proud the place we got here from at the beginning of the season. Remember Brentford and the Etihad additionally. Now, we confirmed immediately in opposition to City the house win was not a coincidence and, on one other day, we may win this recreation.”
