Ten Haag: “We are united, we are building the team and we are developing”

He optimistically faces the situation prevailing in Manchester United her coach, Eric Ten Haagin statements he made ahead of the derby with Chelsea (6/12, 22:15) for the exciting 15th matchday of the Premier League.

The Dutch coach denied that he has missed the dressing room, making it clear that his team remains united and moving in the right direction.

What the Manchester United coach said in detail:



If there is a unity issue in his team: “Like for example the games against Brentford, against Burnley, against Fulham, in each of those games the team was there, showing character and determination together. You can’t play as good football as we’ve played recently if you’re not a united team. There are many rumours, but they don’t put us off.

We are on the right path, we know we are in a transitional stage, but we are going in the right direction. We build a team and develop it. We are progressing, young players are coming into the first team and everyone can see that they have the potential to contribute to a successful Manchester United of the future.”.

On whether footballers have expressed complaints to him: “Of course, always and in every team there will be players who don’t play as much as they want and are not happy, that’s not something strange. They have to wait for their chance. I am always open to my players, anyone can come and talk to me. Maybe one or two have expressed their disagreements, but the majority wants us to play aggressively, dynamically, bravely. They can back it up, we saw it with Galatasaray and Everton.”.

On the Newcastle defeat: “We didn’t play well against Newcastle, we know that. We are not happy with the performance but we stayed in the match and had two good chances to get the point. With a little more determination, we would have gotten something. We are not robots. If you play three matches in six days, difficult matches, eventually fatigue will be an issue. Never as an excuse, but there is”.