{"id":299696,"date":"2023-12-04T19:24:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/?p=299696"},"modified":"2023-12-04T19:24:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:24:47","slug":"erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik ten Hag is &apos;battling to keep key Man United players onside&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Group of Man United stars &#8216;are becoming disillusioned with Erik ten Hag&#8217; after Newcastle defeat&#8230; with the manager &#8216;fighting to keep the backing of the dressing room&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Man United boss Ten Hag is reportedly battling to keep his players onside\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This comes after their 1-0 defeat to Newcastle on Saturday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ten Hag has not located the soul and heartbeat of United and, without it, they are screwed &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester United players are reportedly becoming &#8216;disillusioned&#8217; under manager Erik ten Hag and he is &#8216;battling to keep key players onside&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the Red Devils fell to defeat at the hands of Newcastle on Saturday, their 10th defeat of the season in all competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Ten Hag&#8217;s side sitting 7th in the table and five points off the top four, the pressure is on the head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Man United also sit bottom of Group A in the Champions League with one match to go and know that they must beat Bayern Munich to have a chance of making the knock-out stages.<\/p>\n<p>Things have gone from bad to worse for Ten Hag, with ESPN reporting that he is now &#8216;battling to keep key players onside&#8217; ahead of these crucial few weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/18\/78564753-0-image-a-45_1701713946169.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United players are reportedly becoming &#8216;disillusioned&#8217; under Erik ten Hag<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/18\/78564693-0-image-a-46_1701713953153.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>With Ten Hag&#8217;s side 7th in the table and five points off the top four, the pressure is on Ten Hag<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The report continues to state that &#8216;a group within the first-team squad are becoming disillusioned&#8217; after their loss to Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a number of players &#8216;remaining behind Ten Hag and his staff, there are concerns\u00a0within the club that the mood inside the dressing room will dip even further&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN continue to detail the reasons behind player&#8217;s becoming disillusioned, pointing at the Dutchman&#8217;s training methods.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Among the issues being raised privately among some players are Ten Hag&#8217;s intense training sessions since the preseason tour of the United States, and what are considered to be cavalier tactics which have left the team open,&#8217; the report states.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ten Hag has backed his players publicly despite their poor performances this season.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN report that this is in an attempt to cool the hostile atmosphere within the club.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen as to what the future holds for Ten Hag after he guided his side to a Carabao Cup trophy and Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Things appear to have turned sour quickly for the Red Devils boss, who will look to turn things around in the coming days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/18\/78564719-0-He_has_refused_to_openly_criticise_his_players_who_are_reportedl-m-48_1701713984268.jpg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He has refused to openly criticise his players, who are reportedly losing faith in the manager<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12824513\/Erik-Ten-Hag-Man-United-players-Newcastle-loss.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group of Man United stars &#8216;are becoming disillusioned with Erik ten Hag&#8217; after Newcastle defeat&#8230; with the manager &#8216;fighting to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Erik ten Hag is &amp;apos;battling to keep key Man United players onside&amp;apos; - USA SportsRadar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Erik ten Hag is &amp;apos;battling to keep key Man United players onside&amp;apos; - USA SportsRadar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Group of Man United stars &#8216;are becoming disillusioned with Erik ten Hag&#8217; after Newcastle defeat&#8230; with the manager &#8216;fighting to [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"USA SportsRadar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-04T19:24:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jose\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Erik-ten-Hag-is-aposbattling-to-keep-key-Man-United-players-onsideapos.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jose\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/\",\"name\":\"Erik ten Hag is &apos;battling to keep key Man United players onside&apos; - USA SportsRadar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-04T19:24:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-04T19:24:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Erik ten Hag is &apos;battling to keep key Man United players onside&apos;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/\",\"name\":\"USA SportsRadar\",\"description\":\"usasportsradar.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Jose\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jose\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Erik ten Hag is &apos;battling to keep key Man United players onside&apos; - USA SportsRadar","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Erik ten Hag is &apos;battling to keep key Man United players onside&apos; - USA SportsRadar","og_description":"Group of Man United stars &#8216;are becoming disillusioned with Erik ten Hag&#8217; after Newcastle defeat&#8230; with the manager &#8216;fighting to [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/","og_site_name":"USA SportsRadar","article_published_time":"2023-12-04T19:24:47+00:00","author":"Jose","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Erik-ten-Hag-is-aposbattling-to-keep-key-Man-United-players-onsideapos.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jose","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/","url":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/","name":"Erik ten Hag is &apos;battling to keep key Man United players onside&apos; - USA SportsRadar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-12-04T19:24:47+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-04T19:24:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/erik-ten-hag-is-battling-to-keep-key-man-united-players-onside\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Erik ten Hag is &apos;battling to keep key Man United players onside&apos;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/","name":"USA SportsRadar","description":"usasportsradar.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Jose","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jose"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}