{"id":288758,"date":"2023-09-16T01:34:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288758"},"modified":"2023-09-16T01:34:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:34:58","slug":"i-was-hired-to-sort-out-clubs-bad-culture-says-erik-ten-hag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/i-was-hired-to-sort-out-clubs-bad-culture-says-erik-ten-hag\/","title":{"rendered":"I was hired to sort out club&apos;s bad culture, says Erik Ten Hag"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Broken Manchester United!\u00a0I was hired to sort out club\u2019s bad culture, says Erik ten Hag in bombshell pre-Brighton press conference<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Ten Hag was asked directly about Sancho 20 times but diverted from the topic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Sancho\u00a0has been training alone after appearing to criticise the manager publicly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Erik ten Hag has revealed he was brought in to fix a \u2018no-good culture\u2019 at Manchester United after Jadon Sancho became the latest player to be ruled by the Dutchman\u2019s iron fist.<\/p>\n<p>Sancho trained on his own at the club\u2019s academy on Friday while Ten Hag prepared the rest of his players to face Brighton after exiling the England winger from his first-team squad.<\/p>\n<p>Antony is on paid leave while he fights allegations of assault against three women that he strongly denies, weeks after Mason Greenwood was forced to leave the club over domestic abuse allegations that were later dropped.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag wasn\u2019t afraid to get rid of Cristiano Ronaldo last season and insisted on Friday one of the reasons he was given the United job was to improve the culture and discipline.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Strict lines is the point,\u2019 said Ten Hag. \u2018It\u2019s what the club asked me because there was no-good culture before last season, so to set some good standards, that is what I did. That is my job, to control the standards.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/21\/75485503-0-image-a-30_1694810314034.jpg\" height=\"463\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag has admitted that he was brought into Manchester United to fix the &#8216;no-good culture&#8217; at the club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/21\/75489679-0-image-m-33_1694810387769.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Antony (right)\u00a0is on paid leave while he fights allegations of assault against three women that he strongly denies<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/16\/00\/75489747-12524475-Cristiano_Ronaldo_front_was_pushed_out_of_the_club_after_speakin-a-10_1694819541619.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo (front) was pushed out of the club after speaking out against it while Mason Greenwood (not pictured)\u00a0was forced to leave the club over domestic abuse allegations that were later dropped<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Hinting that\u00a0Sancho\u2019s discipline was a problem on more than one occasion, he added: \u2018It has never been when someone makes one mistake. It is a whole process before you come to a certain outcome about strict lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You have to be strong. But this is not about me, or to be strict. No, this is in favour of the team.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The United boss faced a barrage of questions about Sancho and was asked if he would consider picking him for the club again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t know,\u2019 replied Ten Hag, who didn\u2019t mention Sancho by name once. \u2018What is important is I have to prepare my team, so that\u2019s what I do. I put all my effort into the players who are available. He is not available, so in this moment he is not important. So I block it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/16\/00\/75489651-12524475-Jadon_Sancho_meanwhile_has_been_training_on_his_own_after_a_soci-a-9_1694819541591.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jadon Sancho, meanwhile, has been training on his own after a social media post that appeared to criticise Ten Hag<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag insisted the rest of his players are treating the absence of three wingers \u2014 Sancho, Greenwood and Antony \u2014 as an opportunity to shine.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018With fans it\u2019s the talk, with you it\u2019s the talk, but with the players it\u2019s not the talk,\u2019 he said. \u2018They want to perform. For players who didn\u2019t have so many opportunities, they get their opportunity, so they are happy. We have many options there (on the right wing), so I don\u2019t worry about that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag defended his decision to reveal at Arsenal a fortnight ago that Sancho had been left out because he had not trained well.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When I am asked the question, I will be honest,\u2019 he said. \u2018I explained something about the team, nothing else.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12524475\/Broken-Manchester-United-bad-culture-Erik-Ten-Hag.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Broken Manchester United!\u00a0I was hired to sort out club\u2019s bad culture, says Erik ten Hag in bombshell pre-Brighton press conference Ten Hag was asked directly <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/i-was-hired-to-sort-out-clubs-bad-culture-says-erik-ten-hag\/\" title=\"I was hired to sort out club&amp;apos;s bad culture, says Erik Ten Hag\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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