Crystal Palace Was The Nail In The Coffin For Erik ten Hag – Scholes

Manchester United legend, Paul Scholes has come out to say that Erik ten Hag is on borrowed time at the club. This is coming after the team’s 4-0 drubbing by Crystal Palace, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the result on Monday night certainly felt like a final nail in the coffin for the manager, and the lack of knowhow in the team is evident even to the blind.

Scholes added that he believed Ten Hag might get another year at MUFC weeks back, but he does not feel that way anymore.

His words, “Tonight almost felt like a final nail in the coffin. There was a lack of knowhow in the team, a lack of effort, going to a team like Crystal Palace, who to be fair are a good team and are doing well, but Manchester United shouldn’t be going there and losing 4-0.

I felt for a while he [Ten Hag] might get another year and work for a club that has calmed down a little by the new owners but it doesn’t feel like that now.

I thought who is out there to replace him? With Thomas Tuchel saying he’s leaving Bayern Munich, I don’t think that creates a bigger problem for him as the problems are there anyway, I think it’s quite plain to see that he’s on borrowed time.”

WOW.

Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.

Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.

The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992, beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the second to win that competition for the first time as well.