Sir Jim Ratcliffe admitted that Manchester United made a mistake by extending the Erik Ten Hag contract in the summer.
The Dutchman was awarded a new contract after led by United to 2-1 Win over the neighboring rivals of Manchester City Last season of the FA Cup finals, although the club has just recorded its worst end of the Premier League in the Premier League.
United has earned a passing into Europa League As a result, but they would not play continental football if they had not won the Cup.
There were hesitation about whether or not to expand ten fabric contracts, but after weeks and weeks of guess, Ratcliffe and his newly stalled hierarchy decided to surrender to him a new contract. Three months later, United They had to return that decision as they fired ten haga after a disappointing start of the season.
“I agree that the decisions of Erik Ten Hag and Dan Ashworth were mistakes. I think there were some facilitating circumstances, but ultimately there were mistakes. I accept it and apologize for that,” Ratcliffe admitted BBC Sport.
“If you look at the time when we made a decision on Erika, the managerial team was not in place more than five minutes. It became clearer three months later and we made a mistake, but we moved on. I think we correct it and today we are in a very different place.
“It was too early to make a big decision in reality,” Ratcliffe elaborated on time spent on time Sky Sports Pundit Gary Neville. “It was quite difficult to draw Erik’s performance from the structure around him. Was a messy performance function of Erika or was it a function of the organization?
“And I suppose we didn’t really be able to reach the bottom of the answer to that question, so we gave Erika benefit from doubt.”
Ratcliffe also discovered ten Hag’s roles in signing new players for United, suggesting that some of the Dutch contingent of the club were brought only because of its influence.
“We had a problem with the coach, is that that or not? So, do we include a coach or do we not include a coach? Are we,” Ratcliffe said.
“He was involved in the discussion, so he influenced … I mean, a decision about a new player or buying is not a decision of one person usually, is it a group of people who influence that decision in one way or another.
“Well, he had a voice, which made it one or two Dutch players.”
Ratcliffe’s wide interview also saw him admit that The number of United players are “not good enough” and “overpaid” – fighting forward Rasmus H
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