Why Man United are unlikely to sack Ten Hag – yet
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The Athletic
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🗓️ 13 December 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Man United are out of Europe, 10 points off top spot in the Premier League and it’s not even Christmas…
In normal circumstances, any Manchester United manager would be under almost unbearable pressure…
So why aren’t the club going to sack Erik ten Hag just yet?
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic's Adam Crafton, Man United writer Laurie Whitwell and our German football writer Raphael Honigstein
Produced by Adonis Pratsides
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:03.8 | Manchester United are out of Europe, |
| 0:11.5 | 10 points off the top spot in the Premier League, |
| 0:14.4 | and it's not even Christmas. |
| 0:16.4 | In normal circumstances, any Man United manager |
| 0:18.8 | would be under almost unbearable pressure. So why aren't |
| 0:22.6 | the club going to sack Eric Ten Hag just yet? I'm I, I'm I. Wicimulare. Welcome to the Athletic |
| 0:28.3 | Football Podcast. And there is the full-time whistle, and Manchester United's elimination from Europe is confirmed, and there are booze at full-time. |
| 0:46.1 | It's another problem for Eric Tenhard. |
| 0:52.6 | Alongside me for this one, we've got Adam Crafton. |
| 0:54.9 | We've also got a Manchester United writer, Laurie Whitwell, |
| 0:57.5 | and our German football writer, Raphael Hunningstein. |
| 1:01.0 | Laurie, oh, Old Trafford last night. |
| 1:03.2 | You even managed to record your podcast, Talk at the Devils. |
| 1:06.6 | What was the reaction last night from the fans anyway? |
| 1:09.2 | Yeah, we always try and record in Old Trafford, if we can, altogether, really capture the |
| 1:13.9 | atmosphere in the mood. There wasn't much atmosphere by the time we got round to speaking because |
| 1:19.2 | long before the final whistle, it was clear that United were going out of Europe entirely. |
| 1:24.5 | There was no sign of a comeback against a pretty functional buying team that |
| 1:28.5 | were probably playing in second gear. Fans sort of stayed with United to near the end, but then |
| 1:34.8 | when Copenhagen had won their game, clearly the Champions League progress was over and people |
| 1:40.1 | left. And so it was pretty flat. In fact, the atmosphere never really picked up too much |
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