{"id":292483,"date":"2023-10-30T10:09:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T10:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=292483"},"modified":"2023-10-30T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T10:09:10","slug":"man-utd-have-four-reasons-to-give-ten-hag-vote-of-no-confidence-after-derby-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/man-utd-have-four-reasons-to-give-ten-hag-vote-of-no-confidence-after-derby-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd have four reasons to give Ten Hag vote of no confidence after derby loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Erik ten Hag should and will retain the backing of the Manchester United board despite overseeing one of the club’s worst-ever starts to a season. But the Dutchman has issues he must fix before it goes from bad to worse and pressure reaches breaking point under new sporting decision-makers in Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS.<\/p>\n

Express Sport looks at four things that will be a significant cause for concern at Old Trafford if they don’t improve in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n

Poor recruitment<\/h2>\n

Ten Hag has been handed free reign over recruitment since his arrival last summer, splashing over \u00a3400million on 10 permanent signings and four loans.<\/p>\n

But the Dutchman has had more misses than hits, five of which were on show in Sunday’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City.<\/p>\n

Jonny Evans was partly culpable for leaving Erling Haaland in acres of space for his second goal of the match. The 35-year-old was only starting due to Lisandro Martinez’s long-term injury woes, another major concern.<\/p>\n

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Christian Eriksen was also poor, and Ten Hag hauled Sofyan Amrabat off at half-time for the second successive game.<\/p>\n

Mason Mount replaced him, but it’s been bizarre seeing him start on the bench so often after United spent \u00a360m for his signature in the summer. Especially in favour of Scott McTominay, who Ten Hag was willing to offload.<\/p>\n

Antony was also snubbed and had to settle for a late cameo. But he did nothing to justify his \u00a385m price tag again, and it looks to be a misjudged addition.<\/p>\n

Once Sir Jim completes his \u00a31.3bn deal for 25 per cent of United, inheriting sporting control, a director of football must be one of his first appointments.<\/p>\n