Erik ten Hag lauded Wout Weghorst as "one of the best players on the pitch" in Manchester United's comeback win over West Ham United.
10.02.2023 - 10:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Celtic hero Tom Rogic is facing a fresh battle for relevancy with promotion-chasing West Brom after his boss admitted even a place on the bench is no guarantee.
Carlos Corberan has the Baggies bouncing but there was no place in the matchday squad for the Wizard of Oz in the win over Coventry – something the Spaniard conceded was unfair. Rogic had forged his way into the West Brom reckoning but found himself on the outside looking a week after starting in the FA Cup defeat to Bristol City.
Rogic has made 16 appearances after leaving Celtic in the summer. The 30-year-old was not selected for Australia's FA Cup squad but he has shown flashes of his trademark ability at the Hawthorns. But now his boss – who signed a new deal this week to keep Leeds United at bay – admits Rogic's position in the team is far from a simple one. Corberan said: "It's complicated sometimes to give you the answer. I know how good a player Rogic is and how hard it is to leave a player out who could be in the first XI - not just someone who could be on the bench. We can play with a specific number 10, and then a specific 10 on the bench.
"Or, you play with a number 10 and a player who has a different profile, and you don't take two seats on the bench with two players who give you the same. It depends more on this than the player. I can only tell you that to leave Rogic out of the squad is totally unfair on him. Sometimes to leave out another player is unfair for him too.
"When you have a squad with lots of players, you have a problem - you're leaving out good players. When you have a squad without enough good first-team players, you don't have players who can play at the same level if someone is injured. At the end, I think fortunately we have very
Erik ten Hag lauded Wout Weghorst as "one of the best players on the pitch" in Manchester United's comeback win over West Ham United.
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