{"id":290829,"date":"2023-10-03T00:24:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T00:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290829"},"modified":"2023-10-03T00:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T00:24:35","slug":"ibrahimovic-queries-whether-ten-hag-has-adapted-to-life-at-man-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ibrahimovic-queries-whether-ten-hag-has-adapted-to-life-at-man-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibrahimovic queries whether ten Hag has adapted to life at Man United"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Zlatan Ibrahimovic questions whether Erik ten Hag has fully adapted to life at Manchester United a year on from joining from Ajax because of his treatment of &#8216;big stars&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>United are enduring their worst ever start to a Premier League season this term<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ibrahimovic questioned whether Ten Hag has noticed the differences at United<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Click HERE to listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zlatan Ibrahimovic has questioned whether Erik ten Hag has adapted properly to life at Manchester United after taking over at the club a little over a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag replaced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in charge of the Red Devils at the start of last season and endured a difficult start before winning the Carabao Cup and finishing third in the league table.<\/p>\n<p>But this year has difficult so far\u00a0both on and off the field, with the club enduring their worst ever start to a Premier League season on it, suffering four defeats in their first seven matches in the league.<\/p>\n<p>They also lost their opening Champions League match and sit 10th in the league table following a 1-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahimovic, who played for both United and Ten Hag&#8217;s former side Ajax, queried whether the Dutchman has noticed the difference between the two clubs since his move while speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/00\/76092865-0-image-a-81_1696290228741.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Zlatan Ibrahimovic (pictured) has questioned whether Erik ten Hag has filly adapted to life at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/00\/76092863-0-image-a-82_1696290232262.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He questioned whetehr Ten Hag (right) has noticed the differences between United and his old club Ajax<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/00\/76092869-0-image-a-89_1696290276694.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/00\/76092873-0-image-m-88_1696290266025.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The now-retired Ibrahimovic played for both United (left) and Ajax (right during his career)<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Coming from Ajax to United as he did is a big difference. I have been in both clubs,&#8217; he began.\u00a0<\/span>&#8216;You have a different kind of discipline.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ajax is a talented club. They have the best talents in the club. They don&#8217;t have big stars. What is the experience of this coach? Young talents, he comes to United, it is a different mentality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The players there are supposed to be big stars. I don&#8217;t think you give the same treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;How much time do you give a coach? It depends on the owners, what they want, but if you listen to the fans, you don&#8217;t have a lot of time because they want to win, and I understand them because they are used to winning and they want to still win.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The former forward, who is now 41 and retired at the end of last season, also referenced Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo when discussing Ten Hag&#8217;s relationships with big players.<\/p>\n<p>Sancho remains a United player but is currently unavailable for selection after a public falling out with his manager after his training performances were called into question.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/01\/76092905-12586755-He_slo_questioned_Ten_Hag_s_handling_of_Cristiano_Ronaldo_left_a-a-1_1696291262331.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He slo questioned Ten Hag&#8217;s handling of Cristiano Ronaldo (left) and Jadon Sancho (middle)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/00\/76092929-0-image-a-91_1696290311610.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>United are enduring their worst ever start to a Premier League season with four defeats in their opening seven games<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo, meanwhile, spent a few months playing under Ten Hag before publicly criticising the club and moving the Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You need a plan, you need a project to follow,&#8217; Ibrahimovic said. &#8216;It feels like you follow a project plan and then it goes wild in a moment because of the results.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Either you believe in it or you don&#8217;t believe in it. But with the situation of the coach, I think he is living two different situations now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then obviously what happened with Sancho and Cristiano, I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When things are good, there are still errors and problems, but you don&#8217;t see it because we are winning.&#8217;\u00a0<\/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-12586755\/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-questions-Erik-ten-Hag-adapted-Manchester-United.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Zlatan Ibrahimovic questions whether Erik ten Hag has fully adapted to life at Manchester United a year on from joining from Ajax because of his <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ibrahimovic-queries-whether-ten-hag-has-adapted-to-life-at-man-united\/\" title=\"Ibrahimovic queries whether ten Hag has adapted to life at Man United\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290828,"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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