Manchester United boss Ten Hag was relaxed over job despite intense sack speculation

Erik 10 Hag insisted he ne'er panicked while an soul reappraisal astatine Manchester United wished whether he would support his job.

It was wide expected nan Dutchman would depart Old Trafford this summertime aft 2 seasons successful complaint but caller number proprietor Jim Ratcliffe, and his Ineos group, decided alternatively to connection him a 12-month statement extension.

Ten Hag spent nan deliberation play connected vacation pinch family and said he was relaxed knowing it was retired of his hands.

He told AD: “I conscionable celebrated holidays pinch my loved ones, and I fto things travel to me. I person nary power connected that anyway.

“It’s not for illustration I panicked. Why? It’s a determination that wasn’t successful my hands. I conscionable waited for it.

“At that infinitesimal you conscionable deliberation successful 2 scenarios: whether we continue, aliases not. It’s that elemental and I’m level-headed capable to look astatine it that way.”

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Ratcliffe explored different options

It was reported Ratcliffe said to different coaches, including erstwhile Bayern Munich and Chelsea leader Thomas Tuchel, while Ten Hag was besides fixed nan chance to coming his lawsuit during a gathering successful Ibiza.

The 54-year-old admitted it was a frank chat pinch some sides getting nan opportunity to person their opportunity connected what went incorrect past play arsenic United vanished eighth successful nan Premier League, though they did extremity connected a precocious by beating Manchester City to triumph nan FA Cup.

“They didn’t opportunity ‘we still want to spell on’, but: we want to spell on,” he added.

“The statement they gave was successful a short summary: we looked astatine everything and put it adjacent to each other, but we deliberation we already person nan champion head successful house.

“Then I said: ‘then we person to talk a number of things, astir really we interact pinch each different and activity together.’ We had a good, honest, but besides confrontational speech astir that. As it should beryllium astatine nan top.

“I besides said to them then: if you deliberation this is not nan way, past we conscionable person to break up.”

Ten Hag handed Yoro

Ineos person already proved they are fresh to backmost Ten Hag by sanctioning nan signing of French defender Leny Yoro yesterday for an first £52million.

But their pre-season run sewage disconnected to a disappointing commencement connected Monday erstwhile they went down 1-0 to Rosenborg successful Trondheim and gave a capacity Ten Hag described arsenic “not nan modular for apical football”.