Erik ten Hag insists he is still proving himself at Manchester United after playing down concerns about his own contract situation at Old Trafford.
10.01.2024 - 13:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Former Manchester United stars Gary Neville and Roy Keane believe the club must get their recruitment department right in order to make progress.
The Reds are in the midst of a January transfer window where major signings are not expected with loans the likely avenue for any arrivals. United spent big in the summer with mixed results and their recruitment policy over the past decade has been disjointed.
Coupled with regular manager changes, it's meant United have struggled for any continuity. With Inoes and Sir Jim Ratcliffe having completed their 25 per cent investment in the club and taking over sporting matters there is hope for an improvement. And Neville and Keane believe getting it right off the field and having the right people in place to allow the manager to focus on results is imperative.
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Neville, speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet, said: “Why should the manager be responsible for spending £80million and £20m in salary for four years on a player, when they could potentially only be there for year or two – why should they be the one who signs the player?”
“What happens is you go into a window [with] all good intentions, all on the same page thinking, ‘we need four players’, and you pick the profile of the player that you want. He's got to be six foot, he's got to hold the ball up, he's got to score 10 to 15 goals – you're looking for that profile and then basically what you want is your head of recruitment, your sporting director and your team of scouts to go out there and bring back three or four really good
Erik ten Hag insists he is still proving himself at Manchester United after playing down concerns about his own contract situation at Old Trafford.
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