Erik ten Hag has survived (another) critical meeting at Manchester United and will stay on as the manager at Old Trafford. The Dutch strategist was in a similar situation last season, but a lack of available candidates fit to run such a difficult club and also an FA Cup won on the last day of the season were enough to keep him in the dugout. He was also strengthen in the just finished transfer window but the results are terrible. The Red Devils made the worst start in their Premier League history and it seems like his sacking is just a matter of time.He survived! Ten Hag stays….for nowBut there are people who would like to see Ten Hag given more time, as they don’t count days and months, but rather years. Former Manchester striker Andy Cole is one of those who looks long-term and wants managers to have more time to develop the squad, even in United, where results are expected instantly.“Whatever the people in charge decide to do, it will be done with the best interests of the club in mind. That’s that. However you look at it, for an individual to win two cup competitions in their first two seasons at Manchester United, that’s not lucky. You can’t be lucky two seasons on the bounce. The club will do whatever they decide to do but if you look at the bigger picture, you can’t just blame the manager. The manager picks the players, but the players are the ones that have to go out there and win football matches. That’s the way it is” said former Newcastle striker.The Morrocan Red Devil sidelined due to heart issuesCole was playing under United‘s best manager sir Alex Ferguson and knows a thing or two about longevity and giving chances to a coach. He also challenges anyone to find a coach who has won trophies in recent years, apart from Ten Hag. “It’s the same as any other manager because they want to be given a chance and they want to be given an opportunity. Sir Alex Ferguson, the greatest manager in the club’s history, didn’t win a trophy in his first three years at Manchester United. Does constantly changing managers help? No it doesn’t. Winning two cups in two seasons isn’t easy to do, regardless of what others say. If it was easy to do, then everyone would. If you take away Pep Guardiola, if you look at all the ‘elite’ managers in England at the moment, what have they won? They haven’t won a couple of trophies in their first two seasons have they? If I was a manager and I won the League Cup and FA Cup in my first two seasons at a club like Manchester United, then I’d be buzzing“ said Cole.##NAJAVA_MECA_46891##The British press has been writing a lot about the possible replacements for Erik ten Hag, especially before the big executives meeting in London, after which he kept his job. Names like Thomas Tuchel. Gareth Southgate and Simone Inzaghi were mentioned, as well as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ten Hag‘s assistant Rud Van Nistelrooy as possible interim managers.“Nine times out of ten, it seems to be the case that when a manager goes, the assistant or another member of the coaching staff takes over in the short-term. If Ruud gets the opportunity, then he will do the job to the best of his ability. I’ve always got on well with Ruud and I’ve had quite a few conversations with him since his return to the club. It’s all hypothetical at the moment, but if it happens, it happens. He will do the job to the best of his ability if he gets the chance, just like Erik ten Hag has done the job to the best of his ability” said former Red Devil.##NAJAVA_MECA_8409448##
