Manchester United has its new manager, but it still has its existing structure. So what can be expected of Erik ten Hag, and what will he need to overcome all that ails the club? jonawils on his move to Old Trafford
, with the option of a further year, but it has been a long time since it seemed possible that a United manager might last that long. It may be noted that ten Hag has almost nothing in common with his four predecessors in the unenviable role of replacing Sir Alex Ferguson—nothing other than the fact that, at the right moment, he was highly thought of enough by the right people to attract the attention of the Manchester United board.
First there was the continuity appointment: David Moyes was Scottish, had done well at Everton, and seemed to offer a similarly uncomplicated approach to that of Ferguson. Then there was José Mourinho, all Machiavellian guile and defensive organization but appointed several years after his peak, a guarantee less of trophies than of strife. Then came Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the sunshine man, a welcome antidote to the sourness of the end of the Mourinho era.
Who knows what the board thought it was getting? It smacked, as so much else has in the Glazer ownership, of a complete lack of football understanding. This brings us to where all discussions of Manchester United must inevitably lead: to Cristiano Ronaldo. Solskjaer wanted a holding midfielder, ideally Declan Rice. He was told the budget wasn’t there and that he would have to wait a year, but then the board, with help from Ferguson and former United captain Rio Ferdinand, signed Ronaldo.
Ronaldo, if he stays, will present a problem for ten Hag, whose football demands his forwards press. United, generally, has few players who have experience of pressing, and at 37, Ronaldo simply doesn’t have the stamina to play as ten Hag demands. Much will depend on whether he is content to be essentially an impact substitute, used to rack up goals against weaker opposition and perhaps to break a deadlock against better teams.
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