Why Ten Hag survived Man United overhaul
The Athletic FC Podcast
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🗓️ 5 July 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Just weeks after considering managerial replacements, Manchester United have extended Erik ten Hag’s contract until 2026.
With so much structural change at the club, is this a genuine show of faith in the manager?
And with preseason starting Monday, what are the problems that still need to be fixed before the Premier League returns?
Host: Adam Leventhal
With: Mark Critchley, Dan Sheldon
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producer: Jay Beale
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| 1:09.2 | Just weeks after considering managerial replacements, Manchester United extended Eric Ten Haug's contract until 2026. |
| 1:19.7 | With so much structural change at the club, is this a genuine show of faith in the manager? |
| 1:25.9 | And with preseason starting on Monday, what are the |
| 1:28.8 | problems that still need to be fixed before the Premier League returns? I'm Adam Leventhal. |
| 1:34.3 | Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast. |
| 1:49.8 | Well, joining us today, we have athletic writers Mark Critchley and Dan Sheldon. |
| 1:51.6 | Dan, thanks very much for being here. |
| 1:53.3 | I'm going to start with you. |
| 1:58.1 | Just give us the details, first of all, of Eric Tenhag's new contract. So the top line is it's been extended to 2026, which it was initially due to expire next year in 2025. There was some initial confusion as to whether he had signed a new contract or whether the club had just triggered the option of the additional twerthons, which is something they had the right to do. We then got clarity |
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