Sir Jim Ratcliffe holds hands up to Erik ten Hag error

• Erik ten Hag handed new Man Utd contract in summer but sacked three months later
• Dutchman won domestic cups in both of his seasons in charge at Old Trafford
• Ruben Amorim getting to grips with new role and challenging squad

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has admitted Manchester United made a mistake by extending Erik ten Hag contract in the summer.

The Dutchman was rewarded with a หากคุณสนใจเล่นพนันออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด สามารถสมัครสมาชิก UFABET ได้ที่นี่ พร้อมรับโปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ new deal. After leading United to a 2-1 win over neighbourhood rivals Manchester City in last season’s FA Cup final. Even though the club had just record their worst-ever Premier League finish of eighth.

United earned passage into the Europa League as a result. But wouldn’t have been playing continental football had they not won the cup.

There was hesitation over whether or not to extend Ten Hag’s contract. After weeks and weeks of speculation, Ratcliffe and his newly installed hierarchy opted to hand him a new deal. Three months later, United had to walk that decision back as they sacked Ten Hag following a disappointing start to the season.

“I agree the Erik ten Hag and Dan Ashworth decisions were errors. I think there were some mitigating circumstances, but ultimately they were errors. I accept that and I apologise for that,” Ratcliffe

“If you look at the time we made the decision about Erik the management team hadn’t been in place more than five minutes. It became clearer three months later and we got it wrong, but we’d moved on. I think we corrected it and we are in a very different place today.

“It was too early for us to make a big decision in reality,” Ratcliffe elaborated in time spent Gary Neville. “It was quite difficult to extract Erik’s performance from the structure around him. Was the erratic performance a function of Erik. Was it a function of the organisation?