Erik ten Hag has been sacked as Manchester United manager.
The Dutchman was informed on Monday morning and leaves Old Trafford after two and a half years in charge, with his final game being the Premier League defeat to West Ham United on Sunday.
That result left the club 14th in the table, seven points off the Champions League qualification places, after just three league wins from nine games and only four in 14 in all competitions.
Since his appointment in April 2022, the former Ajax manager led the club to two domestic trophies, winning the Carabao Cup in 2023 and the FA Cup in 2024.
In his first season at the club, he finished third in the league behind Arsenal and Manchester City with seventy-five points; he won twenty-three games, lost nine, drew six, and oversaw their Carabao Cup triumph, ending a six-year run without a trophy.
His second season at the club was significantly worse, as he led the side to eighth in the Premier League, their lowest finish since 1990. They also struggled in Europe, suffering a group-stage exit from the Champions League, and only qualified for the Europa League this season by winning the FA Cup.
Despite this, he was retained as United manager in the summer, following a season review. The club also backed him with the signing of Matthijs de Ligt, Leny Yoro, Joshua Zirkzee, Manuel Ugarte, and Noussair Mazraoui for a combined spend of approximately £205 million ($274m).
In the new season, the club took off where they left off and had a continued run of bad form in the league and in Europe, losing four of their opening nine fixtures and placing 14th on the table. They’ve also not won a single Europa game, drawing all three.
Ten Hag’s time at the club has come to a close, and it leaves fans of the club with mixed feelings; on the one hand, he maintained a run of trophies his two full seasons at the club and on the other, United looked horrid in the Premier League.
