Manchester United are once again in crisis and their Dutch manager, Erik ten Hag, has been compared with new Liverpool boss Arne Slot
Liverpool might have struggled to beat Manchester United this season, wasting chances galore in two Premier League draws and an FA Cup exit, but few others can say the same.
And shipping 55 in the Premier League, they are on course to concede more than the 57 they conceded in the English top-flight in 2021/22, which currently stands as the most league goals they’ve conceded in a campaign since 1978/79. Former CEO Richard Arnold, who left the club following Ratcliffe’s investment, controversially made headlines in the summer of 2022 when he was secretly filmed by supporters at a pub and quizzed about the club’s transfer strategy, admitting the club had 'burned through money' in the years prior.
The former Ajax trio make up three of the six players to have ever made over 150 appearances under Ten Hag, so are clearly players he knows better than most. But are they even up to the standards required? Meanwhile, Onana has endured an error-strewn miserable first season at Old Trafford as he struggles to replace David de Gea. As for Amrabat, he appears to be a deadline day panic buy on loan from Fiorentina who hasn’t looked up to the pace of English football.After missing out on De Jong, Ten Hag brought in Casemiro from Real Madrid in a deal worth up to £70m. But while the 32-year-old impressed in his first season in Manchester, he has struggled horrendously in the current campaign.
Whether first-choice signings or not, United’s recruitment has continued to be dismal with Ten Hag’s preference to reunite with Antony in particular backfiring spectacularly. On this evidence, the Red Devils have not learnt from their previous mistakes, despite Arnold’s pub-based admissions two years ago.
Meanwhile, Liverpool have already ensured they won’t fall into the same trap as United, with Slot set to be appointed with a new structure already in place to support him. Slot will likely have some level of input of course, but his recommendation alone would not be enough to inspire a record fee spent on a familiar face. And in truth, the Dutchman has already seemingly suggested it is not a practice he would favour anyway, having been advised to be wary of signing his compatriots both by Netherlands legend Wesley Sneijder and former Everton director of football Marcel Brands.
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