£10.4 million. This was the compensation Manchester United had to pay to sack Erik ten Hag and his team. When new United boss Ratcliffe and the INEOS gang at the same time cut costs by sacking 250 employees and cutting support for employees’ trip to the FA Cup final at Wembley, then the huge expense of sacking the manager the management signed a new contract with four months earlier becomes reasonably pointless. Now The Telegraph reports conditions that put it all in a new light – with dimmer lighting.
The English media claim that confidence in Erik ten Hag was anything but high when his contract was extended until 2026. So low, in fact, that the United management started almost directly looking for a replacement. That is, before, or at the start of the season.
That may explain why everything went furiously fast with Ten Hag out and Amorim in. At the same time, it explains why Erik ten Hag was deceived. The Dutchman never had the trust of the Man United management when he was hailed as “the chosen one”.
When things started to get bumpy in the season and Ten Hag was asked in September if he feared being sacked, the United manager responded with: “The management and I agreed on a long-term project in the summer… We are in it together..”
Sorry, Ten Hag, you were the only participant in that project.
