Gary Neville hits out at 'people above' Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag for quiet transfer window

Gary Neville has hit out at Manchester United’s hierarchy for not backing manager Erik ten Hag in the summer transfer window following the opening day defeat to Brighton in the Premier League. Pascal Gross scored a double to give the visitors a two-goal lead at Old Trafford and though an Alexis Mac Allister own goal gave United hope, Brighton held on for victory. Ad/> Nine of United’s starting XI were involved in last season’s underwhelming campaign, with Lisandro Martinez and Christian Eriksen the only new signings on display from the start while Tyrell Malacia came on as a late substitute.

Liga‘Treated really badly’ – Expert view on De Jong and Barcelona29/07/2022 AT 11:22 And speaking on Sky Sports after the game, Neville described it as a ‘familiar performance’ from last season. «The people above him should have known that was an unacceptable situation to hand Erik ten Hag that squad at the start of the season,” he said. “It needed improving more than it has been already.

Obviously there are two or three weeks to go in the transfer window but he needed three or four weeks to be able to work with them. »Every new coach that comes in thinks they can do better with the players that were there than the players with the last coach because they believe they're the better coach. That's probably the case with this.