Beneath-fire Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag says exterior noise doesn’t have an effect on him as he brushed apart Cristiano Ronaldo’s newest criticism.
The Portuguese ahead’s second spell at Outdated Trafford resulted in a high-profile break-up in November 2022 after he made a wide range of eye-catching feedback in an interview.
That included criticising ten Hag and now the 39-year-old has hit out at his former boss once more, saying a United supervisor can not admit the membership are a great distance away from profitable the Premier League and Champions League.
However the Dutchman stays unmoved by the celebrity’s newest remarks and identified that the Al-Nassr star himself had conceded himself on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast that it “shall be tough” for the Pink Devils to problem.
“He stated that Manchester United cannot win the Premier League,” ten Hag famous on Thursday. “He stated this, when you learn the article very effectively.
“So, he is far-off in Saudi, removed from Manchester. Everyone seems to be entitled to have an opinion. It is OK.”
Ronaldo’s interview has added to the noise surrounding ten Hag and his staff throughout a global break that adopted a 3-0 dwelling humbling by rivals Liverpool, which was itself preceded by a late 2-1 loss at Brighton.
United head to promoted Southampton on Saturday lunchtime seeking to keep away from struggling three successive Premier League defeats for the primary time since December 2015.
The 20-time English champions haven’t misplaced three of their opening 4 video games since 1986-87.
“We are going to see the place we’re in Could subsequent yr,” ten Hag stated. “It’s extremely early within the season and it is about profitable trophies, to be as excessive as potential within the league and do every thing to win each sport.
“Then we are going to see in Could the place we’re after which choose.”
Requested how the noise round United impacts him, ten Hag stated: “It would not affect me. I do know within the course of the place we’re, what we now have to do, the place we’re going.
“I’ve stated earlier than we’re nonetheless in a transition interval. We have now to combine a whole lot of younger gamers additionally within the staff.
“We’re nonetheless coping with accidents, we now have to convey the injured gamers again within the staff.
“Earlier than anybody thinks about excuses, no, we now have to win each sport.
“I do know that, the staff is aware of this and it would not matter who is offered. We are going to give attention to each sport and have in each sport the mindset that we now have to win.”
