Another international break is over, it's just the second one, and there's another to come next month, but I'm sure we are all sick of them now. Many will say that we United fans will not be happy about the break-ending but that's completely not true, everyone wants to see their club play again after such a horrible two weeks, and no matter how much the media milk the stories from
Man United, the time has still not come to hit the panic button and Ineos proved that after the monthly executives meeting which the media alleged will spell the end of
Ten Hag's time as manager. Nothing like that happened and ironically the United manager who had his contract terminated was
Sir Alex, though he's was for his role as an ambassador of the club, Ten Hag is still manager and he held a press conference today where he as usual faced questions about his job.
Ten Hag On His Future And Critics
Erik Ten Hag has accused the media of creating "fairy tales" surrounding his job, saying his job was never in jeopardy. "The noise is only coming from the media, from you guys. From some of you, not all of you, but some of you. Bringing up stories, creating stories, creating fairytales, making noises, bringing lies."
"Of course, we are discussing the position where we are, that we are unhappy in the position where we are and we have to turn the corner, what has to happen with a strategy to turn this corner. But ultimately we are quiet, we are composed, we stay where we are, we stick to the plan and we are very convinced we will make it a success."
Team News And Injuries
The recent international break has brought up a lot of bad news in terms of player fitness and injuries, as Maguire and Mainoo are set to take a few weeks on the sidelines after sustaining injuries at the game against Villa. But Mazraoui who initially said to be out for 2 months is back and available for tomorrow's game. The manager has this to say "Injuries do not help, for sure, you need players available to perform. Kobbie and Harry are out for a couple of weeks, but Mazraoui is good news. He has returned to the training pitch and is available for tomorrow. The boss has also praised the recent resurgence of Danish midfielder
Christian Eriksen saying he is very happy with the Dane's performance so far, "Lately he proved himself within the team with Kobbie and proved they can be a good couple. He's had a good season so far and is important for the team, linking key passes, being creative and composed, and calm. I'm very happy with his performance.
On The Return Of Malacia And Luke Shaw
Left-back has been a problematic position for United since the start of last season,
Malacia sustained a season-long injury which he still hasn't recovered from and
Luke Shaw's old injury problem resurfaced meaning United played for weeks without a recognized left-back, several players had filled the void but Dalot has done particularly well from that position over the weeks. Ten Hag has however confirmed that both players are very much on their way back to the team, "We can't force their return and have to do it cleverly. We don't want them to return and quickly drop out, but of course, we hope they come back as soon as possible because this team needs a left-back
