Former Premier League midfielder turned pundit Jermaine Jenas doesn’t believe Erik ten Hag is the right manager to take Manchester United forward.
The main reason for that seems to be Ten Hag’s approach to recruitment, which, whether he likes it or not, has been handed to his preferred agency SEG. Ten Hag obviously prefers this arrange to having John Murtough or Richard Arnold calling the shots, but I am sure every manager would like the best in class recruitment team behind them.
Jenas, who often works as a pundit on Match of the Day, has doubts that Ten Hag has what it takes to be a success at Old Trafford. He doesn’t think the Dutchman is ‘good enough’.
“I don’t see players who have chucked the towel in, I just see players who don’t know what to do,” Jenas told talkSPORT. “There’s no cohesion. I don’t think he’s [Ten Hag] good enough. I’ve not seen anything in his style of management that makes me think he’s the right man to take them in the right direction.
“I can’t see what his plan is based on the players he is buying – that’s a big one for me. All he’s buying is what he knows rather than what is good for Manchester United.”
In Ten Hag’s defence, we can’t overlook how badly the squad has been hit by injuries this season. That has had a huge impact in our slow start to the season, getting knocked out of the Carabao Cup and being on the verge of going out of Europe.
The fans are still in Ten Hag’s corner and I don’t hear Jenas having any hot takes on Chelsea’s managerial situation.
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