Now we know exactly what Erik ten Hag said in his first press conference as Manchester United manager because we are looking at a full transcript published by the official Manchester United website.
We know he was asked this question:
‘There is a belief that no-one will win a title while we are in this Klopp, Guardiola cycle of dominance. Do you agree with this?’
And we know he answered by saying…
“In this moment I admire them. I admire them both. They play, in this moment, really fantastic football, both Liverpool and Manchester City. But you will always see that an era can come to an end. I am looking forward to battling with them and I am sure all the other clubs in the Premier League will want to do that.”
So far, so anodyne. And he is right: Eras do come to an end.
He was then asked if that era could come to an end before Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola leave and he said these three words:
“I think, yes.”
And that is all he said on the subject because the conversation moved on.
You know what he didn’t say?
Tuesday’s MAIL Sport: ‘I’ll Knock Big Two Off Their Perch” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/lcgPtCKPq4
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 24, 2022
And the Mail were not alone here. Nowhere close.
The Sun go with ‘I’ll reign on your parade!’ and the Daily Mirror opt for ‘RED ALERT’, merrily going about their business of pretending that Ten Hag said something that he patently did not. Because he is not a f***ing idiot.
Welcome to England, Erik, where you can be very careful about what you say but the press will just pretend you said something contentious anyway.
‘Erik Ten Hag has vowed to end Manchester City and Liverpool’s domination of English football after officially taking over as Manchester United manager.
‘The 52-year-old former Ajax boss was unveiled at Old Trafford and immediately set his sights on breaking the stranglehold of United’s two greatest rivals.
‘Asked if that was possible while…
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