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Since the start of the season, Manchester United has had a series of poor performances. While high expectations were placed on the club after an attractive transfer window and a rather successful end to last season, the Red Devils can no longer achieve it. Already in difficulty before this tough new vintage, Erik Ten Hag is at the heart of all the criticism from Mancunian fans. Still held in check this Thursday against Fenerbahce for the third time this season in the Europa League (1-1), the residents of Old Trafford cannot even take off on the continental scene. And inevitably, the noose continues to tighten around the Dutch technician who defended himself this Friday and blamed the injuries to justify a disastrous start to the season:
“The importance of injuries on our start to the season? Yes, this slows us down in our level and also in our position in the championship. Because when you don’t have the players available, you can’t field the best team and that’s what’s holding us back at the moment. We need more players available, and then we need to work together on this. That is to say the players, the technical staff, all the rest of the staff. We have to do better and have more players available because we know that when we have them, we are a very difficult team to play, and when we have them, we can really, really succeed. And this is what we have demonstrated over the last two months.” Twelfth in the Premier League, Manchester United have been without Luke Shaw, Leny Yoro and Tyrell Malacia since the start of the season. In recent weeks, Kobbie Mainoo, Harry Maguire and Mason Mount have also joined the infirmary while Antony was taken out on a stretcher this Thursday in Türkiye…
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