Erik ten Hag's Pre-Match Press Conference | Southampton vs United, Premier League Match 4
Rob Dawson
Speaking at his press conference this afternoon, Ten Hag says Luke Shaw and Rasmus Hojlund are "progressing very well" but won't be available to face Southampton on Saturday. Ugarte arrived back from international duty today and could make his debut.
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Simon Stone
Erik ten Hag confirms Luke Shaw and Rasmus Hojlund both still missing for Man Utd trip to Southampton. Manuel Ugarte is available. Returned from South America today.
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Ten Hag on Cristiano Ronaldo comments re negativity of saying Man Utd are far away from winning the league: "No, he said this. If you read the article very well. He is far away in Saudi, far away from Manchester. He is entitled to have an opinion, it is okay."
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Erik ten Hag on reaction to outside noise: "It doesn’t impact me, I know in the process where we are. And what we have to do. Where we are going."
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Simon Peach
Erik ten Hag on the outside noise around #MUFC: “It doesn’t impact me. I know in the process where we are, what we have to do, where we are going. I have said before we are still in a transition period"
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Manuel Ugarte returned to #MUFC from Uruguay duty today & is available to face the *mighty* #SaintsFC. Too soon for Luke Shaw & Rasmus Hojlund
https://x.com/SimonPeach/status/1834253937819468141
Erik ten Hag on Cristiano Ronaldo's comments about him: "He said that Manchester United can’t win the Premier League. No, he said this if you read the article very well. So, he’s far away in Saudi, far from Manchester. Everyone is entitled to have an opinion. It’s OK"
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Chris Wheeler
Ten Hag dismisses criticism from Cristiano Ronaldo that he lacks ambition as Man Utd manager, and suggests the Portugal star said something similar about Utd's prospects in Rio Ferdinand podcast
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Ten Hag: ‘He said that, that Manchester United can’t win the Premier League. He said this if you read the article very well. He is far away in Saudi, far away from Manchester, so everyone can have an opinion and is entitled to have an opinion, it is okay.’
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Ten Hag says new signing Manuel Ugarte is available for Saturday's trip to Southampton after returning from international duty. Rasmus Hojlund and Luke Shaw 'progressing well' but won't be ready
https://x.com/ChrisWheelerDM/status/1834253935600705809
Ten Hag on Utd's poor start and early-season pressure on him: 'We will see where we are in May. It is very early in the season and it is about winning trophies, being as high as possible in the league, do everything to win every game.'
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'I know in the process where we are and what we have to do, where we are going. I have said before we are still in a transition period. We have to integrate a lot of young players in the team. We still have to deal with injuries and bring players back into the team.'
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Before anyone thinks about excuses, no, we have to win every game. I know that. The team knows that and it doesn’t matter who is available. We will focus on every game and approach it with the mindset that we have to win.'
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Detailed Quotes
Ten Hag on Ugarte
"Manuel Ugarte, you will have seen he played for Uruguay, he returned this afternoon [Thursday], he was the only player who returned today, the rest yesterday, so he is available for this game."
Ten Hag on Shaw and Hojlund
"Rasmus Hojlund and Luke Shaw are progressing very well but not ready."
Ten Hag on Ronaldo's comments
"He said that Manchester United can’t win the Premier League. He said this if you read the article very well. He's far away in Saudi, far away from Manchester. Everyone can have an opinion. It's okay."
More from Ten Hag on Ronaldo
"[It] doesn't impact me, I know in the process where we are, where we're going."
Ten Hag on the process
"We're in the transition period, we have to integrate a lot of young players in the team. We have to bring the injuries back in the team. Before anyone thinks about excuses, we have to win every game, I know that, the team knows this. We will focus on every game and have the mindset we have to win."
Ten Hag on United's start to the season
"We will see where we are in May. It is very early in the season and it is about winning trophies, being as high as possible in the league, do everything to win every game."
More from Ten Hag on United's process
"Of course, when we see the scores nobody is happy. But the players have a very good sense of the process. We are in a good position. But we have to improve and we have to step up."
by nearly_headless_nic
24 Comments
FFS Shawster….
Seems luke wont be back anytime soon, probably ain’t coming back till at best end of the month
Wheel of misfortune, who’s gonna “pick up a knock” next that puts them out for 3 month 😂 I think they need a wider vocabulary, Hojlunds initial injury was supposed to be a short one and we’ve lost him for ages
Shaw back during the next intl break 👍🏽
Before this, did the club specifically say when Hojlund would return? Idk why I assumed it’ll be for this game.
>He is far away in Saudi
Rather, South Africa – according to the man himself.
Both Shaw & Højlund would bring about massive changes to how we play and hurt opponents.
This spell of injuries has been absolutely woeful, still with no end in sight.
I’ve been following United for over 30 years now and can’t recall anything remotely as bad as this ongoing crisis.
We are cursed.
Fuck Luke Shaw honestly – club is definitely being cautious but my god
Whatever happened to Mason Mount lol
First complaint of season about injuries lets gooo
A new midfielder that is going to be the missing link to solve all our problems is such a United tradition now – Casemiro, Amrabat, Matic, Pogba, Schweinsteiger, Herrera…all the way back to Fellaini.
Shaw should never have been allowed go to that World Cup ffs
It’s all just part of the United injury cycle.
“It didn’t look too bad.” ➡️ It’s worse than we thought ➡️ “Hopefully he’s back earlier than expected.” ➡️ Player has a delayed return
We need a new left back
Gimme dat Ugarte
Sick and tired of Luke Shaw
Strange how he says no excuses when he’s had nothing but excuses
They really need to move shaw on in the coming transfer windows, he is a class player on his day but is completely unreliable now.
Ben Chilwell is available. I really think if everyone was healthy we have a really good team, I just don’t know if we’ll ever see it.
I knew Shaw wouldnt be back, bet we dont see him until october, waste of space along with mount. England over united fuck him
He goes to the wc and gets injured after coming back from the world cup. Have any of the players that jose gave a hard time proved him wrong?
Whens malacia coming back
He is far away in Saudi Arabia 😂😂
sick off shaw, need to move him on in the summer