Man United boss Ten Hag calls Ratcliffe investment ‘positive’

Erik ten Hag known as Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s investment in Manchester United a “positive” flip of occasions for the membership, however mentioned it had no influence on the gamers on his staff.

Ratcliffe’s sporting guru, Sir Dave Brailsford, was within the stands at Old Trafford on Tuesday as United got here again from 2-0 right down to beat Aston Villa 3-2.

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It was their first sport because the announcement that British billionaire Ratcliffe, chairman of chemical firm Ineos, had agreed to a $1.3 billion deal to purchase a 25% stake and take management of all soccer issues on the membership.

“I don’t think it has had an impact on the players,” Ten Hag mentioned after the match. “For me, I was kept informed in the whole process, so I knew what was going on.

“We’re wanting ahead. I feel it’s optimistic for the membership that they’re stepping in. They have loads of expertise in sport on the highest degree — F1, a biking staff, soccer golf equipment.

“They can only help us and support us to get our targets. We are looking forward. They want to work with us and we want to work with them.”

Brailsford, director of sport at Ineos, watched from the stands as Villa went 2-0 up earlier than half-time because of targets from John McGinn and Leander Dendoncker — each coming from set gamers.

United, although, staged a powerful comeback within the second half with two targets from Alejandro Garnacho and a winner from Rasmus Hojlund, who discovered the online within the Premier League for the primary time since his £72 million summer season transfer from Atalanta.

“I’ve had several talks with him and I pointed out you scored for Denmark a lot and you scored in the Champions League, so that demonstrated ability. So believe in it and it will come,” Ten Hag mentioned when requested concerning the striker. “He will score more. When strikers don’t score it is always a problem, but he has a strong character.

“He has an enormous persona and that’s what a striker wants and once you preserve investing the targets will come.”