Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag warned his successor.
Even if Erik ten Hag leads United to an FA Cup Final win over Manchester City at Wembley, minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is expected to fire the Dutchman.
In his first season at Old Trafford, Ten Hag won the Carabao Cup, reached the FA Cup Final, and finished third in the Premier League.
He has underperformed even realistic expectations this season. Ten Hag called it “crap” after the club finished eighth, their lowest in Premier League history, with a negative goal difference.
Ten Hag has slammed unrealistic club and outside expectations.“Let me be clear,” he told Voetbal International. “It has been bad. It has been crap. But despite everything, we are going to play an FA Cup final.”
He added: “Manchester United won the league for the last time in 2013, 11 years ago. But, still, they expect us to win every game while competing at the top. This club is not ready for that.
“We were supposed to start building something and we made the first steps last year, but then you find out how big this club is and that nobody is ever satisfied.
“Within the club people were satisfied, but outside the club there was noise by saying I won only the Carabao Cup, lost the FA Cup Final and finished third. Well, then you have no sense of reality. Other clubs had a much better squad.”
