The Erik ten Hag era at Manchester United is no more. INEOS have opted to part ways with the Dutchman following an insipid start to the 2024/25 campaign.
United’s new owners decided to hand the former Ajax boss another chance after he guided the club to FA Cup glory in May, but Ten Hag’s woes permeated into the new season despite yet another busy summer at Old Trafford.
If a porous defensive structure was the primary issue for their issues last season, a distinct inability to put the ball in the back of the net has proven to be Ten Hag’s undoing in 2024/25.
It was a reign that initially offered so much promise, but that’s often been the case for United managers in a post-Sir Alex Ferguson landscape. We’ve seen ideologues, pragmatists and gegenpressing pioneers arrive from all corners of the continent in a bid to return the Red Devils to the promised land.
There have been glimmers from some, but ultimately all, including Ten Hag, have failed. How bad, though, does the Dutchman’s tenure compare to those who’ve also been swallowed up by the Old Trafford entorno since 2013?
A 2-1 defeat at West Ham was Ten Hag’s 128th and last in charge of Manchester United. The loss was his 36th at the helm in all competitions and 27th in the Premier League.
He won just 51.8% of his Premier League matches, with a bulk of those victories arriving during his impressive debut season in 2022/23 which saw United finish third with 75 points. Ten Hag’s maiden campaign at the helm also returned Carabao Cup success, with the Red Devils beating Newcastle in the final at Wembley.
His record in the domestic cups was excellent. Ten Hag may have benefitted from fairly kind draws, but he oversaw wins in 19 of 22 games and United’s triumph over Manchester City in the 2024 FA Cup final will be remembered as the highlight of the Dutchman’s reign.
The club’s sole Champions League campaign with Ten Hag in charge was an unmitigated disaster as they failed to get out of a pretty tame group containing Bayern Munich, Galatasaray, and Copenhagen. United lost four of their six group games.
His side didn’t fare too much better in the Europa League as they crashed out of the competition two years ago following a humbling 5-2 aggregate defeat to Sevilla in the quarter-finals. United started the all-new league phase this season with three consecutive draws under Ten Hag’s watch.
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