Ineos-led football department scrutinising team’s style of play, with manager safe for now
Erik ten Hag has overseen one win and two defeats at the start of this Premier League season. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty ImagesErik ten Hag’s game model has to start impressing Manchester United’s Ineos-led football department or he is in danger of being removed, with the manager’s style of play so far this season viewed as underwhelming.
United entered the international break having won once and lost twice in the Premier League in a disappointing start. There is recognition inside the club that Ten Hag has been undermined by injuries and needs time to integrate his five summer signings, but also serious concern regarding how he sets up the side. The Dutchman’s game model is being scrutinised by United’s football department, which is overseen by Jim Ratcliffe and led by Dan Ashworth, the sporting director, and Jason Wilcox, the technical director. A major part of Wilcox’s role is to monitor how the first team play. United’s 3-0 loss to Liverpool on Sunday came in a display that featured Ten Hag’s team being vulnerable in midfield and defence, as they were in a 2-1 defeat at Brighton. The 1-0 victory over Fulham in the opening game also failed to convince and derived from a late Joshua Zirzkee goal, United again lacking control.Uefa and ECA agree to increase solidarity payments for Irish clubs to €3.58mTen Hag has been strongly backed by Ashworth and Omar Berrada, the chief executive, in recent days and this support remains for the immediate future. Yet Ten Hag, who signed a contract extension in the summer after United considered other candidates, has to begin to show his team can dominate games and opponents. In the summer Ten Hag signed Leny Yoro, Joshua Zirkzee, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte. Yoro will be unavailable for at least another month owing to a foot injury sustained in pre-season and Ten Hag has stated that Ugarte requires time to attain match fitness after not featuring for Paris Saint-Germain before his £42m transfer. Rasmus Højlund, Ten Hag’s first-choice number nine, has also yet to play. The Dane is back training after a hamstring injury so may return after the international break when Luke Shaw, the senior left-back, is expected back after a calf problem that has ruled him out so far this term. Tyrell Malacia, Shaw’s deputy, who has not played for United for more than a year because of a knee problem, is due to return in the next month. Victor Lindelöf has an unspecified issue that has made him unavailable all season. In the space of almost six weeks after the break United have nine games: the league trip to Southampton, the Carabao Cup hosting of Barnsley, Crystal Palace , FC Twente and Tottenham , Porto , Aston Villa , Brentford , and Fenerbahce .Uefa and ECA agree to increase solidarity payments for Irish clubs to €3.58mIf you want to know whether Sinn Féin’s housing policy will work, look at what it achieved in the North Man allegedly beaten at Dublin city squat says he ‘didn’t want to die’ in country he sought refuge inIf warnings about Atlantic ocean circulation are correct, Irish people could become climate migrantsFormer archbishop says scoping inquiry may be underestimating extent of abuse in religious schoolsIreland’s disease of high prices is getting worse – has the Government added €1,000 to your household bills? ‘I’ve paid St Anthony a fortune’: Dublin woman makes appeal after losing sentimental ring while making charity donation Latest news from the world of sport, along with the best in opinion from our outstanding team of sports writers
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