{"id":302644,"date":"2023-12-17T07:54:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T07:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302644"},"modified":"2023-12-17T07:54:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T07:54:24","slug":"man-utd-told-erik-ten-hags-star-signing-not-good-enough-after-400m-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/man-utd-told-erik-ten-hags-star-signing-not-good-enough-after-400m-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd told Erik ten Hag&#8217;s star signing &#8216;not good enough&#8217; after \u00a3400m failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Antony available for Manchester United again as police inquiries continue<\/h3>\n<p>Manchester United have been told by their former defensive enforcer Jaap Stam that star signing Antony is not good enough to play for the Red Devils. United boss Erik ten Hag persuaded his club to pay Ajax \u00a382million in exchange for Antony in the summer of 2022 after the player had impressed in the Netherlands. But the winger has flopped since moving to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Stam appeared alongside former team-mates Gary Neville and Roy Keane as well as Arsenal icon Ian Wright and Liverpool hero Jamie Carragher on The Overlap to discuss the Red Devils\u2019 current plight. And after being asked why Ten Hag can\u2019t put his stamp on the club despite spending \u00a3400m, the 51-year-old explained: \u201cThat\u2019s a difficult one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have respect for what he did in Holland and what he did last year at Manchester United. I think he\u2019s a good coach and I\u2019m wondering this myself and we even asked him for Via Play, when are we going to see this style of play we saw at Ajax?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has to do with your players as well, but he invested a lot of money in players that he bought. But are they the right players? My opinion is that they\u2019re not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive Man Utd news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Read more&#8230; <\/strong> <strong>Liverpool and Everton &#8216;to battle it out&#8217; for \u00a325m-rated Maximilian Beier<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/67\/590x\/secondary\/5113262.jpg?r=1702473377462\"><\/p>\n<p>And as Stam turned his attention to Antony\u2019s lack of output, he added: \u201cFrom what I\u2019ve seen from Antony, he\u2019s not good enough for this level that we\u2019re looking for at United. Because you\u2019re also looking for a player who can have a difficult time and struggle when he comes in, but where he is making progress to get to that level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re looking at Antony now, at this moment, you don\u2019t see where he can make the progress to make the next step in the Premier League to be up there with the top wingers who can make a difference.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Shearer explodes over &#8216;excuse&#8217; that saw Ten Hag clash with Man Utd icon[QUOTES] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Man Utd board &#8216;make Erik ten Hag sack decision&#8217; with Ratcliffe waiting in wings[INSIGHT] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Man Utd could finish down in eighth as our panel discuss Erik ten Hag&#8217;s future[COMMENT] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/67\/590x\/secondary\/5113274.jpg?r=1702473377572\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Holland, he did okay but it wasn\u2019t like he was the best player in Holland. He did okay for Ajax but then again they\u2019re playing in a league with a couple of good players. And the rest of the league, with all respect, are mediocre players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re (Ajax) always dominating so he could always do his trickery, put the crosses in and play a one-two. But at this level &#8211; and that\u2019s down to recruitment together with the management &#8211; they need to make the right choices to bring the players in who can really make a difference in the Premier League. I was surprised by Antony\u2019s fee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1845124\/Man-Utd-Erik-ten-Hag-Antony-Jaap-Stam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antony available for Manchester United again as police inquiries continue Manchester United have been told by their former defensive enforcer <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302643,"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>Man Utd told Erik ten Hag&#039;s star signing &#039;not good enough&#039; after \u00a3400m failure - 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\/man-utd-told-erik-ten-hags-star-signing-not-good-enough-after-400m-failure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man Utd told Erik ten Hag&#039;s star signing &#039;not good enough&#039; 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