Hello, this is international football commentator Derek Ray, and you're listening to the Ranks

FC podcast. Hello, Rank Squad and welcome to Ranks FC.

It's your favourite transatlantic football podcast.

My name's Jack Collins, and I'll be your host today, live from London, and joining me

across the water all the way from San Diego.

It's Mr. Dean Jones. How you doing, mate? Yeah, better than Eric Ten Haug, mate across the water all the way from San Diego, it's Mr. Dean Jones.

How you doing, mate?

Yeah, better than Eric Tenhag, mate.

That's probably the way to put it.

Although maybe, actually, Eric Tenhag's happier than he's been in a long time.

You could argue that, I think.

The weight off his shoulders, I think.

Exactly.

There were some nice emotional moments, in all of this. I don't know if you saw the video of him giving a hug to whoever his friend was at the Manchester Airport.

I don't think it was a friend.

I think it was just anyone he could possibly get some comfort from.

I don't know. I think he felt like he's probably built a relationship.

And that's someone, you know, he'll go back to Old Trafford at some point, right?

He will be, he'll be taking back there. He's a manager who, in the cold light of day, in a couple of years time, will be looked back at as someone who won them two trophies in two

years. And although everything wasn't perfect, and we're not going to sit here and pretend that this

sacking hadn't been coming, I don't think. There is also an element in hindsight, this tenure

might look a little bit better, especially given the domination the city

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