When chatting with membership reporter Adam Marshall about our plans for the winter break, Ten Hag seemed ahead to the prospect of working along with his gamers who received’t be on the World Cup.
“It’s a wierd season,” mentioned Erik. “It’s not like common as we now have a World Cup but additionally gamers will keep behind. We have now to coach them throughout these six weeks and we now have to offer them the correct programme in order that they keep in the correct health ranges, but additionally they keep in the correct form and likewise within the group fashion.
“We made a programme to try this, as optimum as attainable. So, we are going to prepare right here [at Carrington] for one week, or eight or 9 days, after which we may have a brief break. Then we are going to prepare and go to Spain for a coaching camp for one week.
“There, we will prepare correct. We have now good opponents over there so we will get the sport follow in as properly. Then we are going to return, prepared for the second stage of the season, I’d say, however an extended stage, longer than common.”