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The Athletic FC Podcast

How Ten Hag's Manchester United are evolving in the transfer market

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,, Premier League, Champions League, World Cup

4.01.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Adam Crafton and Manchester United correspondent Laurie Whitwell to get a read on the optimism surrounding Erik ten Hag's start at Old Trafford...

Laurie explains how Ten Hag's influence and change behind-the-scenes in how the club look to recruit new players could usher in a far more successful age of transfer business than in recent seasons.

Plus, how the manager's big decisions and authority have even led to talk of a genuine title race, ahead of Saturday's Manchester Derby.


Produced by Adonis Pratsides


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0:00.0

The Athletic.

0:04.0

Well, his Manchester United team are unbeaten since the end of the World Cup,

0:07.6

and they're into the top four now ahead of Saturday's Manchester Derby.

0:11.6

We'll take a closer look at the big decisions, the man management, the playing style,

0:16.3

and of course the January transfer window two when it comes to Eric Tenhag.

0:25.1

And look at why his start at Altrafford has felt more convincing than any manager post-Ferguson.

0:26.3

I'm Mark Chapman.

0:27.2

This is the Athletic Football Podcast.

0:36.0

Certainly after Sir Alex Ferguson left, there was improvements to the made in the scouting department

0:40.6

because a lot of what was done was, you know, based on his instinct, his genius, was word and mouth, it was network.

0:47.8

So I understand United had to modernise, had to add data.

0:51.5

Rashford, like going on.

0:53.7

No, yes, he knows. That is an excellent. Go ahead. had to add data. Rashford, like going on.

0:55.5

Yes, he d'ouse.

0:59.9

That is an excellent goal from Marcus Rashford.

1:04.4

If there's a diving header on the six-yard box for him to fling himself at,

1:08.3

he's going to do it with slightly more gusto than Anthony Marciale did at Moline. The United really won Marcus Rashford injury away from, I think, a lot of this kind of sticking

1:15.8

plaster team that Eric Tenhags got together at the moment, just kind of being in a lot of trouble.

1:27.0

Laurie, let me start with you because obviously you've brought the cynicism to any united

1:31.9

discussion over the last two, three years that we've had.

1:36.4

All me, not you.

1:37.5

Oh, absolutely, all you.

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