MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE sacked manager Erik ten Hag.
The Premier League club confirmed the decision in a short statement.
Ruud van Nistelrooy has taken over as head coach on an interim basis.
Yesterday’s 2-1 defeat to West Ham was the last straw for the Manchester club, who sit 14th in the Premier League table after just three wins in their nine games so far this season.
United have also had a poor start to their Europa League campaign, drawing all three of their matches.
Former Ajax boss ten Hag took over as manager in 2022, leading Man United to third place in the Premier League, an EFL Cup trophy, and the final of the FA Cup in his first season.
But the Manchester side finished eighth in the Premier League in his second season, their lowest in 24 years. Ten Hag was presumed to be under major pressure for his job but another trophy success in the FA Cup resulted in United triggering a one-year extension on ten Hag’s contract.
Van Nistelrooy joined in a coaching staff shake-up last summer but ten Hag has been unable to inspire improved performances from United and they will now begin the hunt for a new permanent manager.
Van Nistelrooy, a brilliant player for United in the 2000s, will serve as the interim head coach, having previously been in charge of Dutch club PSV Eindhoven before joining ten Hag’s staff last summer.
“Erik ten Hag has left his role as Manchester United men’s first-team manager,” reads the official club statement today.
“Erik was appointed in April 2022 and led the club to two domestic trophies, winning the Carabao Cup in 2023 and the FA Cup in 2024.
“We are grateful to Erik for everything he has done during his time with us and wish him well for the future.
“Ruud van Nistelrooy will take charge of the team as interim head coach, supported by the current coaching team, whilst a permanent head coach is recruited.”
No surprise. Beating city in the cup final will live long in the memory.
Next victim please
Lot of bad results led to this decision but he still won 2 cups in 2 seasons lot of clubs in the league would give it all for them 2 cups.
@robbie Delaney: it’s one of the biggest clubs in the world robbie. They’ve been no where near the standard in years
@Mick O’K: 100% agree with but if people say to him he failed he will say 2 cups in 2 years. Hopefully they someone in that is capable of doing a better job
@Mick O’K: well also second place only a couple of years ago
Harsh! It was never a penalty. He should have been given more time.
Worst manager Utd ever had imo. His signing were beyond poor. Fluked the FA cup last year – (Liverpool should have been 5 up at HT in QF). Dismal showing in the league (priority) which given the budget used is disgraceful . This was a total “car crash” and then he started to hallucinate that things were good because he “won trophies”. He leaves a much bigger mess than he inherited. I am not sorry to see him go – Still won’t solve the problem but it might stanch the bleeding a bit. A positive GD this year would be a start. He paid 90m for Anthony- proof in itself of his low football IQ.
@JJB: to be fair he recommended Antony (which should be stackable offence on it’s own), however he didn’t pay that much for him, that was the pure incompetent recruiting department.
They need to get Dyche through the door for there relegation battle :)
Winning the 2 trophies was his highlight but failed to have a style of playing in his time, was hampered by injuries but always felt he was out of his depth,all the best to him
Ten Hag will walk away with a cool 16 mill. Some other gombeen club will hire him for another massive pay day. Nice work if you can get it.
@Michael Carroll: that adds insult to injury.
Big Sam on the way I’d say
@Liam23: always gas when someone says big sam when a manager gets sacked.
@Brian Dunne: well Brian the talk is Big Sam and Gary Neville as his assistant???
Well that doesn’t come as a shock. A part of me is sad though.
They should sack whoever gave him the contract extension.
@michael graham: absolutely spot on comment.
Noooooooooooooooo
@Keith Bourke: Shocking news. He was doing a great job, and given more time would surely have complete the relegation process.
Best of luck Erik….. Thanks for all the lovely gifts over the last two years. You will always be a legend to me.
What he pay off for that?
@Liam Collins: 25 cent
@Shawn: I’d employ him for a severance pay of 25 cents. Pretty darn cheap !
Miles out of his depth. A good honest man but he should never have been appointed. The Erdivisie is mostly League One level apart from 1 or 2 clubs. Naglesmann or Sebastian Hoeness the standout candidates
@John Pembroke: Arne Slot came from the Dutch league.
@John Pembroke: I’d say Ruud until at least Christmas maybe even the summer. Won two cups with Utd but never developed a style and no consistency in teams.
@Cormac: hope not. Go and get a top manager in. Get emeri from villa.
@Brian Dunne: doubt he’d leave Villa. Doing well with them and why leave them to go to Utd and be criticised for every decision he makes. No idea really who they will go for.
@Brian Dunne: Why would he leave Villa for a downgrade?
@John Pembroke: a good honest man? He supported Promes and Overmars while wanting Greenwood back at United.
Good and honest really aren’t words I’d associate with him.
@John Pembroke: cut the bollox it’s a championship level league with about 4-5 premiership standard clubs. Ye are never getting Naglesman, he has a sweet deal with the German national side.
@Brian Dunne: deluded if you believe Emery would walk into the United sh!tshow.
@Brian Dunne: C’mon, really. Genuinely why would he leave Villa where he is flying with them and given everything he wants, to come to the horror show and that’s what it is, at Utd.
Just waiting to hear what Gary Neville has to say and then all the Utd fan boys hanging on every word he says.
Breaking news Gary Neville is probably incorrect an awful lot of the time.
@colin coady: it’s the owners really…
Now go get the sporting manager Ruben Amorim.
This is Manchester United Football Club
Bit Ruud, no?
YAAANIIIIITED! We’re back!
@Dan The Man: Rio
The latest in a long line of scapegoats. Not a brilliant manager but who has been since Ferguson left? The problem at United is right down to the core and culture of the club, staff, players and fans in terms of expectations. Sacking another manager will change essentially nothing.
@Michael Mullins: it’s just down to bad recruitment really…paying over inflated prices for non world class players because other clubs know they’re desperate. The club know this themselves but have to be seen to buy somebody… vicious circle that Liverpool and Arsenal previously found themselves in. Need a lot of luck in the transfer market . Salah was the bit of luck pool needed and they were able to assemble a decent team around him.
Sad to see him go but unfortunately he had to go. So much negativity around him and the club. They should have sacked him in the summer. Saying that he was unlucky with injuries and lost count how many times we have hit the post this year and missed serious chances. Biggest mistake the club made was not having Ralph Ratnick move into a club director role, would not be in the mess and he wouldn’t have allowed that clown Anthony to sign. Absolutely massive diversion for Ineos to replace him with the correct man.
Apparently premier League referee David Coote was spotted in a Ladbrokes on Saturday placing a substantial bet on Eric ten Hag to be sacked!
Ten hag to receive 16 million from utd and 20 million from Ajax apparently???
@John arse: more luck to him.
@John arse: 600 million he spent and not one decent player
@Shawn: with his agent pocketing a good chunk of that transfer spend as “commission” which no doubt found its way back into Ten Hag’s pocket
@Shawn: indeed Shawn.
David Moyes is Available
@Bryan Mc Mahon: They’ve already blamed him unfortunately
Pointless. A new manager won’t be able to fix anything, united need a deep clear out, a new manager is just going to be faced with the same problems as previous managers
@Blue Whale: deep clean out has been shouted from the roof tops for years
@Blue Whale: Hodini couldent fix