The former Sky Sports presenter now BeIN Sports presenter Richard Keys questions the appointment of Erik ten Hag and the problems that the Dutch man is going to face when he arrives at the Old Trafford club, come the end of the season.
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‘Football’s worst kept secret is out. Erik ten Months is confirmed in the most uncomfortable hot-seat of all.
‘I genuinely wish him well. I hope he gets beyond the 10 months or so that United coaches are generally given – a pattern set after the sacking of David Moyes.
‘Ten Months might turn out to be a stroke of genius by football director John Murtough and Darren Fletcher – but I have to wonder – what was the rush to appoint him? Not one of the other big clubs in Europe was chasing him. Not one. So why did United dive in headlong now?’
‘As I write Poch looks as though he’ll be on the market,’ he continues. ‘I still don’t believe Conti (sic) is in for the long haul at Spurs. There are so many other options. But it’s done. Ten Months has got his work cut out and I fear he’ll go the same way as the others.’
‘‘Er – Ronnie. You’re standing in the wrong position. You too Bruno. And you Marcus’. I think not. As I said last week – big players at big clubs are different. They need handling differently. They’re not impressed by white boards and crayons,’ Keys concluded.