Erik ten Hag's final words as Manchester United manager before sack decision

Erik ten Hag's final act as Manchester United manager was to conduct a pre-match press conference for a game he will not be a part of.

Due to the short turnaround between Sunday's 2-1 defeat to West Ham and Wednesday night's Carabao Cup tie against Leicester City, United hosted their pre-Foxes press call after the West Ham game.

Usually, reporters assemble at Carrington to gather the thoughts of the United manager one or two days before the upcoming fixture. Instead, Ten Hag held court in the London Stadium press conference room to review the defeat to the Hammers and look ahead to the clash with Steve Cooper's side.

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Now, of course, Ten Hag will have no involvement in the clash with the Foxes following United's decision to dismiss him on Monday morning. Interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy will lead the Reds for the first time.

The embargo time for Ten Hag's pre-Leicester press conference quotes to be published was 1.30pm on Tuesday. Addressing journalists as United manager for the last time, below is a transcript of everything he had to say...

Q: Will any previously unavailable players be back available against Leicester?

"No, I don't think so."

Q: What is the latest on Luke Shaw?

"The process is not going as we expected, that's the truth. The setback, if you want to call it like this, we want also to do it very careful.

"When he is now dropping again, we want to be very careful. We know his past, we have to do this right, because we want him to be available, because he will have a big impact on our performances and also on our levels. We can't have him playing