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Man Utd break transfer promise to Erik ten Hag after failure to sign two players

Erik ten Hag has been left fuming by Manchester United ’s failures in the summer transfer window and being let down over the club’s lack of activity.

Manchester United transfer news LIVE Brentford reaction and Frenkie de Jong updates

Erik ten Hag knew life at Manchester United would be tough but he would not have expected to have broken a 101-year record for all the wrong reasons.

Manchester United bottom of Premier League after 4-0 thrashing by Brentford

Manchester United manager descended into an embarrassment as a 4-0 thrashing by Brentford on Saturday left the Red Devils bottom of the Premier League. The former Ajax boss' reign began with Brighton's first ever win at Old Trafford last weekend, but much worse was to come as the Bees punished a series of errors to score four times in the first 35 minutes. Josh Dasilva's strike slipped through David de Gea's grasp to open the floodgates before Mathias Jensen pounced on United's attempt to play out from the back to make it 2-0 inside 18 minutes. Ben Mee then exposed the visitors' frailty from set-pieces for his first Brentford goal and Bryan Mbuemo rounded off a stunning counter-attack 10 minutes before half-time to sink United to the bottom of the table for the first time in 30 years.

Erik ten Hag Given Baptism Of Fire To Manchester United's New Reality

Erik ten Hag expressed his surprise at seeing Manchester United capitulate to a 4-0 defeat at Brentford that leaves the Red Devils bottom of the Premier League for the first time in 30 years. But after just two games in charge, the Dutchman is getting a crash course in United's new reality. The 20-time English champions have now lost seven consecutive away league games for the first time since 1936.

Brentford embarrass Man Utd | Ten Hag: I could have changed them all at HT

Erik ten Hag said he could have taken off all of his “naïve” players at half-time after a catalogue of errors put them 4-0 down at the interval against Brentford.