United dismissed Erik ten Hag after their 2-1 loss to West Ham at the London Stadium on Sunday, which left the club in 14th place in the Premier League ranking.
Erik ten Hag bid farewell to Manchester with a bear embrace to a member of the airport staff following his dismissal as Manchester United manager on Monday.
After United’s 2-1 loss to West Ham at the London Stadium on Sunday, Ten Hag was terminated by the club, which was currently in 14th place in the Premier League ranking. This marked the conclusion of the 54-year-old’s often chaotic two-and-a-half-year tenure as manager.
Erik ten Hag has resigned from his position as Manchester United’s first-team manager, according to a concise statement released by the club. In his place, interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy has been appointed.
Erik was appointed in April 2022 and guided the club to two domestic trophies: the FA Cup in 2024 and the Carabao Cup in 2023. We are appreciative of Erik’s contributions during his tenure with us and extend our best wishes for his future endeavors.
Ten Hag was observed cowering in the rear seat of a vehicle that departed United’s Carrington training site on Monday in response to the news. He was promptly transported to Manchester Airport to board a flight back to his home country of Holland.
He was observed onboard the aircraft and embracing airport personnel prior to the departure of the flight from Manchester to the Netherlands on Monday afternoon.Gary Neville, a United icon, expressed his unsurprising reaction to the dismissal of Ten Hag, asserting that it was unavoidable in light of his former team’s 3-0 loss to Tottenham at home last month.
Neville stated to Sky Sports following the confirmation of his departure, “That match against Tottenham a few weeks ago was the type of game in which I believed I had witnessed it before and knew the outcome.””It was an extremely unfortunate day for United and Erik ten Hag, and I believe it was a surprise to everyone.” I believe it was the game in which everyone felt that the season could begin to take off, and you could see that they could rebound from a challenging start. However, the situation has only gotten worse.
“Overall I just think the challenges of the results and the performance levels mean that the owners have decided to sack Ten Hag and I don’t think anybody will be truly shocked.”
