London (AFP)
Dutch coach Eric Ten Hag, coach of Manchester United, stressed that he is completely focused on his work before his upcoming confrontation with his neighbor, City, in the FA Cup final on Saturday, which is decisive for European qualification and his personal future.
The Dutchman’s future seems to depend on the result of the final match, after a disappointing season in the English Premier League, where he finished eighth, and the match against “City”, which was crowned champion of the league for the fourth season in a row, may be his last with the “Red Devils”, if he fails to lift the cup. At Wembley Stadium.
“I have nothing to say,” Ten Hag said at the press conference, in response to a journalist’s question about this possibility.
He continued, “I am focusing on the task that I must do, which is to win Saturday’s match, and after that we are in the project. Continue to move forward with the project.”
The eighth place for “United” is its worst position since the English Premier League saw the light of day with its new system in 1992, and the worst for the former Dutch coach of Ajax Amsterdam with the “Red Devils”, after he finished third last season, also achieving the English League Cup title.
The cup competition represents the last hope for United to qualify for one of the continental competitions next season, through the European League “Europa League”.
The Dutch coach explained, “Of course, after every season, we evaluate and see where we have reached in the project and what needs to be changed.”
He added, “We talked about it finally. There are very good things, the players who are emerging, the players who are developing, and the values that are asserting themselves.”
International centre-back Harry Maguire will miss the match on Saturday after suffering a muscle injury during training earlier this month, according to Ten Hag.
But on the other hand, he hopes to be able to rely on the return of Swedish defender Victor Lindelof, midfielder Mason Mount, and French striker Anthony Martial, who participated in the team’s training before the confrontation at Wembley Stadium.
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