{"id":297628,"date":"2023-10-30T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297628"},"modified":"2023-10-30T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:25:10","slug":"ten-hag-turns-on-man-utd-flops-wholl-never-play-like-ajax-as-boss-gives-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ten-hag-turns-on-man-utd-flops-wholl-never-play-like-ajax-as-boss-gives-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Hag turns on Man Utd flops who&#8217;ll &#8216;never&#8217; play like Ajax as boss &#8216;gives up&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Erik ten Hag laid into his Manchester United flops after their mauling at the hands of Manchester City on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The exasperated Dutchman insisted his team will never be as slick as his old Ajax side, who won three Eredivisie titles and reached the Champions League semi-finals in 2019, and appeared to take a swipe at the quality within his squad after they were hammered 3-0 by their noisy neighbours at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We will never play that football,&quot; he said after the game. &quot;Because those were different players. This is also not why I came here. We are playing different football than I showed at Ajax because I have to, because I can&apos;t play the same way.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Every single one of Erik ten Hag&apos;s 16 Man Utd signings ranked \u2013 from Antony to Hojlund<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Gary Neville calls Man Utd &apos;graveyard for players&apos; in astonishing attack on old club<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31314770.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_fm24.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a winning approach on the tactics board, incorporating modern systems and positional innovations to deliver big victories on the pitch.<\/li>\n<li>Master the transfer market, using new ways to craft a dream squad capable of winning titles.<\/li>\n<li>Level up your players on the training field and turn your contenders into champions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a339.99 (PS5), \u00a340.49 (PC)<\/p>\n<p>The defeat to City was United&apos;s fifth in the Premier League this season and their seventh in all competitions. Their chaotic on-field start has been mirrored by a rather turbulent few months off the pitch, with a long-running takeover saga, injury problems and player scandals dogging the early stages of the Red Devils&apos; campaign.<\/p>\n<p>But even when the dust settles Ten Hag doesn&apos;t think he&apos;ll be able to get an Ajax-esque tune out of his players without dipping into the transfer market. Continuing, he said: &quot;The players decide how you play.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Should Ten Hag adapt to Man Utd football or should Man Utd adapt to Ten Hag football? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31312791.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Britain-Soccer-Premier-League-23302622575326.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Ajax has a very typical and characteristic style of play, with Manchester United I will always show different football. I did so last year as well. We play much more direct football here because I have the players for that here.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>United fans on social medai didn&apos;t take too kindly to his comments, with some concerned he might have &quot;given up&quot;. One user wrote: &quot;Really disappointing to hear this to be honest, he needs the sack. He first came saying he wasn\u2019t going to sacrifice his style of play and he\u2019s already given up.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article24952699.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_JS176832008.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article30794334.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Arsenal-FC-v-Fulham-FC-Premier-League.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports is bringing you 500 live football games to watch, as well access to C<span>ricket, Golf, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA and more across eight<\/span><span> dedicated channels. Sky Sports is the <\/span><span>only way to watch all the action this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a322 a month<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &quot;He\u2019s basically saying the players at United aren\u2019t capable of passing the ball well like Ajax players did,&quot; while a third accused him of &quot;throwing the team under the bus&quot;. A fourth added: &quot;It\u2019s over, he has totally lost the plot. The &apos;United DNA&apos; got to him. It\u2019s only a matter of time before he gets the sack now. He got more money than he has ever gotten at Ajax, he spent it on trash. Just return to Ajax man.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag&apos;s debut campaign in England was, generally-speaking, a positive one. Despite a rocky start, he led the club to a top four finish and two domestic cup finals, winning one of them. But stumbling out of the blocks this season has cost him dearly and there are whispers he could be replaced if he doesn&apos;t steady the ship soon.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/ten-hag-man-utd-ajax-31314597\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erik ten Hag laid into his Manchester United flops after their mauling at the hands of Manchester City on Sunday. <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ten Hag turns on Man Utd flops who&#039;ll &#039;never&#039; play like Ajax as boss &#039;gives up&#039; - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ten-hag-turns-on-man-utd-flops-wholl-never-play-like-ajax-as-boss-gives-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ten Hag turns on Man Utd flops who&#039;ll &#039;never&#039; 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